Cabinet Vote

Staggered Justice Terms:
An Amendment to the Constitution, Article V, Section 2, Clauses B & C:

In order to stagger the terms of the Chief and Associate Justices, the clauses named above shall be amended to the following:

B - The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices shall each serve a term of six months. The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices shall be Members of the Regional Assembly who shall hold no other office during their tenure as judges.

C - The term of office of the Chief Justice shall begin on the first day of the months of August and February. Nominations and referendums for the full term shall take place during the months of July and January. The term of office of the Associate Justices shall begin on the first day of the months of May and November. Nominations and referendums for the full term shall take place during the months of April and October. The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices shall be nominated by the Prime Minister with the advice and consent of the Cabinet, and during the interim period between the creation of a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice or an Associate Justice and the confirmation and installation of a successor to that office, the nominee shall serve as an acting judicial officer on the Court of The North Pacific and have the authority to exercise the duties and responsibilities of the office.

Constitutional Appendix:
The title of Article II (Membership and Registration) and Section 2 (Registration) of said Article was amended by a constitutional amendment that made certain corrections following earlier amendments, and that was approved by the regional assembly 12 April to 19 April 2006 and by the Cabinet on 24 April 2006.

Article II Section 2 (Registration) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article II Section 3 (Jurisdiction, Review of Regional Government Action) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Clauses B and E of Article II Section 4 (Political, Diplomatic and Military Relationships With Other Regions) were amended, and Clause F of the same Article and Section was added by a constitutional amendment adopted by a vote of the Regional Assembly, 9 January to 16 January 2006. The measure also amended portions of TNP Law 9. Clause B was further amended by a constitutional amendment that was approved by the Regional Assembly 12 April to 19 April 2006 and by the Cabinet on 24 April 2006

Article II Section 4 (Political, Diplomatic and military Relationships With Other Regions) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

A former Section 1 of Article III (Elections and Elected Offices) entitled "Election Rules and Regulations" was repealed and replaced by the current Section 1 (Election Procedures) by a constitutional amendment adopted by the regional assembly 27 September - 4 October 2005. This section was amended by a constitutional amendment that created the office of UN Vice Delegate adopted by the regional assembly 9 October-15 October 2005. This section was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article III Section 2 (Elected Offices of the Regional Government) was amended by a constitutional amendment that created the office of UN Vice Delegate adopted by the regional assembly 9 October-15 October 2005. This section was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article III Section 3 (Term Limitations) was amended by a constitutional amendment that created the office of UN Vice Delegate adopted by the regional assembly 9 October-15 October 2005.

Article III Section 5 (Deputy Ministers) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

A former Section 6 of Article III (Elections and Elected Offices) entitled "Elections for UN Delegate for the Region" was repealed by a constitutional amendment adopted by the regional assembly 27 September - 4 October 2005.

A former Section 7 of Article III (Elections and Elected Offices) entitled "Additional Rules and Regulations for Delegate Elections" was repealed by a constitutional amendment adopted by the regional assembly 27 September - 4 October 2005.

A former Clause A to Article IV Section 1 (The Regional Assembly of the North Pacific) was repealed by a constitutional amendment adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006. Clauses formerly designated as B through G were redesignated by that same amendment.

Article IV Section 3 (Legislation) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article IV Section 5 (Quorum) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article IV Section 8 (Roles of Officials) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article IV Section 9 (Security Council) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article V Section 2 (Chief Justice and Associate Justices) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article V Section 4 (Criminal and Impeachment Trial Rules and Procedures) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006. Bracketed word was not shown in the amendment and appears to be an inadvertent omission.

Article V Section 5 (Grounds for Civil, Criminal or Impeachment Proceedings) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article VI Section 2 (Power of Expulsion) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article VII Section 1 (Amendment Proposals) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006.

Article VII Section 2 (Amendment Procedures) was amended by a constitutional amendment merging registered voters into the Regional Assembly adopted 26 February - 6 March 2006. This section was further amended by a constitutional amendment that revised amendment procedures adopted 21 - 28 March 2006

Recently passed RA amendment, yes I know one of these can technically not count for a Cabinet vote but lets just be safe and pass it anyways. Other than that, the deadline for Cabinet allowing this to pass is by Oct 30 but will begin the threats to have you impeached and barred from running from office around the 21st, lets see how I feel that day. :D
 
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