[DRAFT] Hands-On in a Pinch Act

[Pallaith]

As promised, should the Court decision not go the way I'd like, this should cover the aftermath.

1. Section 7.5 of the Legal Code will be amended as follows:

41. There will be an Executive Officer charged with the North Pacific's foreign affairs. They will ensure the continued operation of any embassies of the North Pacific and will report on events in the region.
42. There will be an Executive Officer charged with military affairs. They will carry out such legal missions as are authorized by the Delegate, expressly or categorically.
43. There will be at least one Executive Officer charged with focusing primarily on matters of internal interest to The North Pacific.
44. For the purposes of this section, the Delegate may serve as one of the Executive Officers charged with any of the preceding duties. The Regional Assembly may approve the Delegate serving as more than one of the Executive Officers charged with any of the preceding duties by majority vote.

Simply put, this codifies the right of the Delegate to serve as a mandatory minister. Because this is apparently such a crazy idea for some of you, I went ahead and placed a limit on its use. So even this bill would not allow for a one-man band scenario, though if the RA permits it, it could happen. I see that as highly unlikely though considering I have only seen a Delegate serve in one of these ministries while Delegate twice in my nearly decade in TNP, and it was only ever one ministry at a time. Delegates do not enjoy having to take these roles on, it is not gonna happen regularly (at least, I hope this isn't the beginning of a trend due to a talent crunch, anyway). I see no reason why in lean times we should make our lives harder and encourage the appointment of empty suits, but if the Court is going to once again put us in a bind, better we prepare ahead of time I think.

 

[St George]

How dare you come up with a reasonable solution to an issue someone has pointed out and also depriving me of a frankly quite boring talking point given that I've said it approximately 4,000 times over the years.

Full support. And exile. Twice.

 

[Great Bights Mum]

Please reword the second sentence from "may" to "shall."

This proposal follows the insidious trend of expanding the powers of the Delegate. I am continually amazed at the RA's willingness to have it's own power eroded. Is it going to take a nasty dictator to wake us up and restore the balance of power?

Against.