I'm not convinced that the introduction of F/S has become so detrimental and burdensome upon all departments of our region that we can't push through a quick confirmation vote on self-appointments on the three departments that this proposal applies to. That argument does not feel very well...
Holy text wall.
Well, for those who are claiming that this is "just more red tape", I'm failing to see how.
There have only ever been three self-appointments in TNP history, so even if this law had somehow magically been in effect since the begining we'd have a total of...three votes. In 14...
If the intent was to block any Delegate from self-appointments, the bill would have said that, and it doesn't.
The intent is for the Regional Assembly to have a simply majority vote confirming the position, just like we currently have should a Delegate ever try to self-appoint themselves to a...
Attacking the author and not the content isn't conduct becoming of a Delegate. Please stay focused.
In any case, the Delegate rules with the consent of the Regional Assembly. The entire point of the Mandatory Ministries acts in the first place was to 1) establish vital and necessary departments...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having more oversight and accountability, especially when self-appoints had been exceptionally rare in the past but are now being used with increasing frequency.
Self appointments are going from "in a pinch", very rare events to increasingly the standard...
I propose a minor fix to Section 7.5: Mandatory Ministries, 7.5.45 which reads with my proposed changes as follows:
This minor change allows the Regional Assembly to vote any time a Delegate appoints themselves as an EO to one of the Mandatory Ministries rather than only being allowed to vote...
If you're this hostile over such a simple line of questioning, one which is pretty relevant given that the job requires a minimum level of activity and attention, then I'm not sure you're a very good fit.