Clean Land Attorney General Candidacy Thread

Clean Land

Clean Land

TNPer
I declared my candidacy for this post.
Yes, I am new, and I have no experience.
The Attorney General is not someone who shapes executive policy, like the Delegate or the Vice Delegate, which means that I have nothing more to say currently.
So, if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
 
Darcania:
Clean Land:
The Attorney General is not someone who shapes executive policy...
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Could you clarify this statement?
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The Attorney General will only get active if there are legal concerns(if they are acting as advisor or prosecutor). Everything else is of no interest to the Attorney General. That means that there are no plans the AG can make(beyond appointing a deputy). The post of Attorney General is reactive.
What is the most important job of the Attorney General of TNP?
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There is no most important job. The AG can be an advisor(upon request), and they manage the criminal prosecutions. None of these jobs should be disregarded for the others.
Managing criminal prosecutions impartially is very important. But on the other side bad legal advice to the executive is very dangerous. And keeping the actions of the executive legal is very important, too.
 
You've stated that you have no experience, how would this affect your ability to perform the duties of the AGs office and what qualities do you posses that you could bring to the AGs office.

Also, if you were to be elected, who would you appoint as your Deputies?
 
Clean Land:
The Attorney General will only get active if there are legal concerns(if they are acting as advisor or prosecutor). Everything else is of no interest to the Attorney General. That means that there are no plans the AG can make(beyond appointing a deputy). The post of Attorney General is reactive.
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Wrong. There is one more thing the AG can do which is much more active in nature. Any clue what it could be?
 
deropia:
You've stated that you have no experience, how would this affect your ability to perform the duties of the AGs office and what qualities do you posses that you could bring to the AGs office.

Also, if you were to be elected, who would you appoint as your Deputies?
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I do not know how much my inexperience would affect my abilities to perform the duties of AG. I think I might manage it by being careful, but that is just an assumption.
I will take any complaints and requests for advice seriously and double-check that I am not giving bad advice or shutting down reasonable complaints. Attorney General is a very important office(it is not constitutionally mandated and expressly made independant from the Delegate and Vice Delegate for nothing).
Wrong. There is one more thing the AG can do which is much more active in nature. Any clue what it could be?
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No idea!(Well there is the judical review but that is still reactive)
 
Clean Land:
No idea!(Well there is the judical review but that is still reactive)
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The Attorney General always has standing when submitting Requests for Reviews to the Court. I and my predecessor have each used it once before.

When do you believe it appropriate for the Attorney General to use this ability?
 
Darcania:
Clean Land:
No idea!(Well there is the judical review but that is still reactive)
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The Attorney General always has standing when submitting Requests for Reviews to the Court. I and my predecessor have each used it once before.

When do you believe it appropriate for the Attorney General to use this ability?
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Whenever they find something that violates the law.
Or when someone expresses credible legal doubts no one acts on.
 
Greetings,
In your candidacy application you had said that you have no experience. If elected, the main part of being an Attorney General is to be the legal advisor to the Government, you will in a very important position.
I have a few questions, What are your pros and cons? Will you be able to cope under pressure? Will you be in a positive and of right mind to give such advice to the TNP Government?

Thank you for your time.
 
So, a proposal is brought before the Regional Assembly. The Bill is super popular, and thus, gets a ton of support. There comes and motion and a second, but the Speaker, who is avidly against the proposal, refuses to schedule it. In what way are they breaking the law?

What charges would you bring before the Court to convict them, and what kind of sentence would you recommend if they were found guilty?
 
The Attorney General may, at their discretion, refuse to manage the prosecution of a criminal case. Under what circumstances do you think this would be acceptable and why?
 
Bootsie:
So, a proposal is brought before the Regional Assembly. The Bill is super popular, and thus, gets a ton of support. There comes and motion and a second, but the Speaker, who is avidly against the proposal, refuses to schedule it. In what way are they breaking the law?

What charges would you bring before the Court to convict them, and what kind of sentence would you recommend if they were found guilty?
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Note: I am assuming that this, a bill, is a legislative proposal.
Rules of the Regional Assembly of The North Pacific:
4. If a number of citizens equal to or exceeding one third of the number of votes required to achieve quorum for any legislative vote, including the citizen that introduced the proposal to the Regional Assembly, motion that a vote should be held on a proposal before the Regional Assembly, then the Speaker must schedule a vote on that proposal to begin as soon as permitted by law.
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If the number of citizens required to achieve quorum for a legislative vote is 6 or lower;or 9 or lower if the citizen introducing the proposal did not motion or do the second, then the Speaker has violated the Law and as such their Oath of Office. They would be charged with Gross Misconduct.
I do not find it appropiate to recommend any sentence, the court can do that by itself. It already has guidance on that matter(the Penal Code).

If the number of citizens required to achieve quorum is higher,
the Speaker might have broken the Oath of Office, if they did not act in an unbiased manner.
If the behaviour of the Speaker leads to that conclusion, then they will be charged with Gross Misconduct as outlined above.
If the Speaker gives unbiased reasons for their refusal(and the number of citizens required is not met) then no charge will be brought before the court.

The Attorney General may, at their discretion, refuse to manage the prosecution of a criminal case. Under what circumstances do you think this would be acceptable and why?
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If there is no credible evidence of criminal conduct.
If the criminal prosecution is overloaded with criminal cases, and not enough willing deputies are avaliable.
If the Attorney General is a witness or the accused, then they must not manage the prosecution.
 
Hello, I have some questions, some are building on what has been said already, but there are also others.
Clean Land:
Darcania:
Clean Land:
No idea!(Well there is the judical review but that is still reactive)
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The Attorney General always has standing when submitting Requests for Reviews to the Court. I and my predecessor have each used it once before.

When do you believe it appropriate for the Attorney General to use this ability?
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Whenever they find something that violates the law.
Or when someone expresses credible legal doubts no one acts on.
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Can I ask for clarification, is this to say that you would refer all legal violations or credible doubts as to interpretation/legality to the Court (or, all you became aware of, that is)?

Are there any legal controversies in TNP law which you presently think would warrant the use of the inherent standing to bring judicial review?

Clean Land:
The Attorney General may, at their discretion, refuse to manage the prosecution of a criminal case. Under what circumstances do you think this would be acceptable and why?
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If there is no credible evidence of criminal conduct.
If the criminal prosecution is overloaded with criminal cases, and not enough willing deputies are avaliable.
If the Attorney General is a witness or the accused, then they must not manage the prosecution.
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Are there any scenarios where you may refuse to prosecute despite it appearing to you that there is evidence substantiating a crime?

The Attorney General is constitutionally required to act as legal adviser to officers of the executive on request, if you were requested to so act by the Delegate and advised that a particular act by them would, in your belief, be unlawful and they nonetheless did that act, how would you respond? Would your response differ if the officer was the Vice Delegate, a Minister, or an Election Commissioner?

At present the law of evidence in TNP is contained almost wholly in the Rules of the Court and in rulings of the Court, should consideration be given to endeavouring to codify at least some of the law of evidence and add it to the Codified Law? Why or why not?

Is the current law on sentencing sufficient? Whether or not it is, could it be improved in any particular way?
 
As the Attorney General is often not a very demanding job, except when it is, how will you prepare for the occassions when the AG is needed to act?

Do you plan to appoint any Deputy AG and if so how many?

How will you prepare any DAGs that you might appoint?

Do you see the office of the Attorney General as being a reactive or proactive position?

Being asked of all candidates.
 
Zyvetskistaahn:
Hello, I have some questions, some are building on what has been said already, but there are also others.
Clean Land:
Darcania:
Clean Land:
No idea!(Well there is the judical review but that is still reactive)
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The Attorney General always has standing when submitting Requests for Reviews to the Court. I and my predecessor have each used it once before.

When do you believe it appropriate for the Attorney General to use this ability?
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Whenever they find something that violates the law.
Or when someone expresses credible legal doubts no one acts on.
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Can I ask for clarification, is this to say that you would refer all legal violations or credible doubts as to interpretation/legality to the Court (or, all you became aware of, that is)?

Are there any legal controversies in TNP law which you presently think would warrant the use of the inherent standing to bring judicial review?

Clean Land:
The Attorney General may, at their discretion, refuse to manage the prosecution of a criminal case. Under what circumstances do you think this would be acceptable and why?
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If there is no credible evidence of criminal conduct.
If the criminal prosecution is overloaded with criminal cases, and not enough willing deputies are avaliable.
If the Attorney General is a witness or the accused, then they must not manage the prosecution.
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Are there any scenarios where you may refuse to prosecute despite it appearing to you that there is evidence substantiating a crime?

The Attorney General is constitutionally required to act as legal adviser to officers of the executive on request, if you were requested to so act by the Delegate and advised that a particular act by them would, in your belief, be unlawful and they nonetheless did that act, how would you respond? Would your response differ if the officer was the Vice Delegate, a Minister, or an Election Commissioner?

At present the law of evidence in TNP is contained almost wholly in the Rules of the Court and in rulings of the Court, should consideration be given to endeavouring to codify at least some of the law of evidence and add it to the Codified Law? Why or why not?

Is the current law on sentencing sufficient? Whether or not it is, could it be improved in any particular way?
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If I would be a witness, then I would not refer criminal cases to the court as AG...
the same would apply for a government action and so on.
But if I see a problem with normal laws violating the constitution?
I would refer it to the court. It is better to do something before further damage happens.

Are there any scenarios where you may refuse to prosecute despite it appearing to you that there is evidence substantiating a crime?
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Evidence must be credible. That not only means that the evidence in itself must be credible. Counterevidence may affect credibility.
I would not be able to prosecute in some cases I already mentioned(and of course I would not want to be a defense attorney during prosecution anyways!).
The Attorney General is constitutionally required to act as legal adviser to officers of the executive on request, if you were requested to so act by the Delegate and advised that a particular act by them would, in your belief, be unlawful and they nonetheless did that act, how would you respond? Would your response differ if the officer was the Vice Delegate, a Minister, or an Election Commissioner?
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I would be a witness. As a witness I would not be able to prosecute. But I would definitely report that problem, swiftly.
At present the law of evidence in TNP is contained almost wholly in the Rules of the Court and in rulings of the Court, should consideration be given to endeavouring to codify at least some of the law of evidence and add it to the Codified Law? Why or why not?
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That is a matter for the Regional Assembly.
Is the current law on sentencing sufficient? Whether or not it is, could it be improved in any particular way?
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That is a matter for the Regional Assembly, too.

As the Attorney General is often not a very demanding job, except when it is, how will you prepare for the occassions when the AG is needed to act?

Do you plan to appoint any Deputy AG and if so how many?

How will you prepare any DAGs that you might appoint?

Do you see the office of the Attorney General as being a reactive or proactive position?
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I would not make any special preparations. I would study any law or change to a law when it gets passed.
Direct preparations would be to double-check the laws again, to make sure I didn't miss something.
And I would appoint Deputy AGs, if possible.
Which deputies, and how many, that depends on the avaliability of suitable candidates.
If suddenly nobody wants to be a deputy AG, then I can't force them to.
I would definitely ask prospective deputies some legal questions.
Ideally, Deputy AGs should be trained before they are deputies. If I am suddenly a witness in court I don't want inexperienced deputies handling the case. I would train them by asking them legal questions, for example. Questions on how to behave before the Court.
 
Clean Land:
The following complaints are made(with credible evidence supporting them):

1."The Speaker violated their Standing Procedures!"
2."The Speaker refused to give me citizenship! I passed both checks! This is outrageous!"
3."The Speaker is biased! I presented my wonderful bill and demanded the speaker to bring it to vote ASAP, but they declined!"
4."The Vice Delegate refused to admit me as Citizen because I didn't endorse the delegate! The Regional Assembly upheld that decision on the same reason! That is a violation of my rights!"
5."My army application was rejected because I was deemed not trustworthy!"
6."The Delegate is planning a coup!"
7.The Minister of Defense complains:"The Delegate and 20 members of the Army have just performed a DDOS attack against a forum of an enemy we declared war on without my prior knowledge! That is illegal!"

Please elaborate your reactions and possible indictments, in detail.
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May as well have you answer your own questions.
 
I have withdrawn my candidacy.
I honestly believe that there are at least two candidates more suitable for the office than me.
I see no good reason to uphold my candidacy with the possibility of being elected as less suitable alternative.
 
Some would say that you recognizing that you are an inferior candidate is a refreshing amount of honesty that in reality makes you the prime choice to be TNP's AG. How would you respond?
 
1. It is too late(unless nominations are reopened)
2.I have no experience in being an AG or anything similar.
3.Not all candidates looked like they were confident in being the best candidates.
4.If the first round would end with a reopening of nominations due to a lack of confidence of the Regional Assembly in the current candidates, I would reconsider.
 
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