Owenstacey for Speaker - May 2017

Owenstacey

Owenstacey

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Owenstacey for Speaker of the Regional Assembly - May 2017​

Hello and welcome to everyone taking time to reading this. I’m Owenstacey and I am standing for Speaker of the Regional Assembly (or just Speaker as it will be later referred to as). I have been playing Nationstates since August 2016 and have been actively involved in the off-site since last September and the legislative branch of Government has always interested me.

As some of you will know I am currently serving as Deputy speaker under Pallaith, a role that I have held for the past two months. I feel that this proves that I am very capable of the step up and running the Regional Assembly. As with my predecessors my main focus for this term, should I be elected, will be to maintain the activity and improve the efficiency of the Speaker’s office, with the help of two Deputies and potentially a third.

Along with this I will be retaining the Speaker's staff that was created by the current Speaker Pallaith. Along with keeping the current staff, I will be looking to recruit a couple of people to help me and the deputies carry out our jobs in the most efficient way possible. As well as this, I will be training the staff to be able to competently carry out the work of the Speaker’s office because I firmly believe that these people will be the future Speaker’s in the years to come. As well as all of this, they will be assisting me in catching up on the discord masking that has slipped by in recent time.

I will also continue to produce high quality digests on a weekly basis to keep citizens informed on the goings-on of the Assembly because I feel it important to allow the electorate to see what is going on regularly. I will also open a new ‘suggestions’ thread in the Regional Assembly open for any citizens to put forward any ideas that they have to improve the Assembly.

Finally, with the Discord making, as previously mentioning, I will look to put forward legislation to the assembly to propose adding discord username in their citizens application. I will be a voluntary thing in the application because not all people use discord, so it would be unfair to not let them in for not using something that is not necessary to them being in the region.

With everything said, I welcome any comment or questions about my campaign or anything that I have said and I hope I can count on your support in the upcoming election.
 
I've had some trouble with deciding on what questions I wish to ask in relation to the Speakership, so I've decided to focus on some of the more obscure duties of the Speaker which have either not came up during my time in the Speakership or have came up rarely.

First, when there are vacancies, an absences, and/or a COIs affecting all of the members of the Court, it falls to the Delegate to make the appointment of Temporary Hearing Officers, with the agreement of the Speaker. What considerations might be borne in mind in determining whether or not to agree to an appointment? In what sort of scenarios might you decide to withhold agreement?

Second, when either or both of the Delegate and Vice Delegate are unable to commission a special election, that duty falls to the Speaker (and whichever of them is able, or, if neither of them, the Attorney General). What experience and knowledge do you have in relation to the commissioning of elections?

Third, the Assembly may override deployments of the NPA (where they have not previously been approved), the Codified Law states that, in relation to such motions, "[t]he Speaker shall accept motions to override for voting on an expedited basis." What does this provision require the Speaker to do?
EDIT: In relation to the last question, to give some matters which might be considered: does the provision require that such motions be voted on; is there any means by which a vote on them can be stopped, either before or after starting; and what is "an expedited basis".
 
Zyvetskistaahn:
I've had some trouble with deciding on what questions I wish to ask in relation to the Speakership, so I've decided to focus on some of the more obscure duties of the Speaker which have either not came up during my time in the Speakership or have came up rarely.
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Thank you for your questions Zvyetskistaahn,

First, when there are vacancies, an absences, and/or a COIs affecting all of the members of the Court, it falls to the Delegate to make the appointment of Temporary Hearing Officers, with the agreement of the Speaker. What considerations might be borne in mind in determining whether or not to agree to an appointment? In what sort of scenarios might you decide to withhold agreement?
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First of all, when deciding whether or not I will agree with the appointment, I will first look to ensure that the people put forward by the delegate do not have a conflict of interest in the case, which I feel would be quite easy because as a THO, they will only be needed and used for this one case. Then, after checking this, I will look to see what judicial experience these appointments have. Preferably these people would have some experience in the Judicial branch, however this would not be for definite, I would agree as long as the choices are logical. And I would only withhold my agreement on the THO choices if I feel that the people put forward would not be able to competently be able to carry out their role, for example if they are brand new to TNP law and have no law on our laws.

Second, when either or both of the Delegate and Vice Delegate are unable to commission a special election, that duty falls to the Speaker (and whichever of them is able, or, if neither of them, the Attorney General). What experience and knowledge do you have in relation to the commissioning of elections?
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As of this election, I have had no experience in commissioning of elections because this is my first time standing for a position that would commission an election. However, I feel that I would be able to competently be able to carry out the duty and commission the election and I am sure that if there was any part that I am not 100% sure on what to do, there would be many people that could help me.

Third, the Assembly may override deployments of the NPA (where they have not previously been approved), the Codified Law states that, in relation to such motions, "[t]he Speaker shall accept motions to override for voting on an expedited basis." What does this provision require the Speaker to do?
EDIT: In relation to the last question, to give some matters which might be considered: does the provision require that such motions be voted on; is there any means by which a vote on them can be stopped, either before or after starting; and what is "an expedited basis".
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Finally , This provision would require me to call a vote in the Regional Assembly to decide of the people want to override the deployment of the NPA. I would look to get the vote on the floor as quickly as possible to ensure that the issue can be resolved as quickly as possible. The vote itself, I would look to do so with discretion following RA procedure set out in TNP law. But of course the vote could be held back by the objections of members of the RA but could only be stopped after starting if the NPA were to withdraw from the deployment that the vote is on.
 
During my time as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, you were an outstanding ambassador. You demonstrated the qualities needed for the Speaker of the Regional Assembly.

You have my support and my vote. All I ask is that should you win, you offer Bootsie a position as a Deputy.

I hope you do well in this election. :D
 
Thank you for your support Praetor. And if course, if I were to win, I would be more than happy to offer Bootsie a place as deputy speaker
 
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