TNP Law 29

Westwind

Westwind

TNPer
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I present TNP Law 29, Freedom of Information Act to the Regional Assembly for it's consideration.

Being that the law requires citizens requesting information to make that request thorugh the Department of Internal Affairs, and being that there is no appointed or designated Internal Affairs authority as the current delegate choose not to appoint anyone, the law is no longer effective.

I recommend that the law be reformed or repealed.


TNP LAW 29
Freedom of Information Act

Preamble: whereas the security and freedom of the North Pacific go hand in hand:

Section 1:
a) The North Pacific government exists specifically to serve the people of the region and to act in the best interest of the majority.

b) The Ministry of the Interior shall be delegated the task of informing the Assembly of any governmental action not already disclosed by the respective Ministers.

c) All registered citizens and/or governments residing in The North Pacific have the right to request information from the Government through the Department of Internal Affairs, and

d) The Department of Internal Affairs shall endeavour to retrieve information requested from the different departments of the government, whom are obligated to release this information provided it will not and/or does not present a threat to regional security, and

e) Citizens or governments which do not recieve this information for any reason not specifically designated in appropriate legislation may file a request for the information in a regional court, where the Department of Internal Affairs and/or other regional departments may present evidence to attempt to persuade the court to rule for either side.

f) Information not disclosed because of issues pertaining to Regional security will be classified by the majority vote of the CLO.

g) Information deemed a security threat will be released by a majority court ruling, no sooner than 2 months after the original request.

h) All activities by the designated Intelligence Agency of the North Pacific are exempt from this law.
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I suspect all that is needed is amendment, rather than repeal.

A more general reference to the Executive Branch should be sufficient, given the constitutional flexibility of the structure for that branch of the government.
 
I would favor an amendment with the general reference to the Executive
 
I propose that Law 29 be amended as shown (red strikeout indicates deletion; blue boldface indicates addition)

TNP LAW 29
Freedom of Information Act

Preamble: whereas the security and freedom of the The North Pacific go hand in hand:

Section 1:
a) The North Pacific government exists specifically to serve the people of the region and to act in the best interest of the majority all resident nations of The North Pacific.

b) The Ministry of the Interior Delegate and the Executive officers appointed by him or her shall be delegated the task of informing the Assembly of any governmental action not already disclosed by the respective Ministers officers of the Executive.

c) All registered citizens and/or governments residing in The North Pacific have the right to request information from the Government through the Department of Internal Affairs Delegate and the designated officers of the Executive, and

d) The Department of Internal Affairs Delegate and the designated officers of the Executive shall endeavour to retrieve information requested from the different departments of the government, whom are obligated to release this information provided it will not and/or does not present a threat to regional security, and

e) Citizens or governments which do not recieve receive this information for any reason not specifically designated in appropriate legislation laws or regulations may file a request for the information in a regional court, where the Department of Internal Affairs Delegate and the designated officers of the Executive may present evidence to attempt to persuade the court to rule for either side that addresses any claim that release of the information impairs Regional security.

f) Information not disclosed because of issues pertaining to Regional security will be classified by the majority vote of the CLO Court sitting as a three-member panel.

g) Information whose disclosure is deemed a security threat to the Region will be released by the affirmative vote of a majority court ruling of a three-member panel of the Court, no sooner than 2 months after the original request, once the threat no longer exists.

h) All activities by the designated Intelligence Agency of the North Pacific regional intelligence services are exempt from this law.
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