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Abbreviations and shorthand names

  • Sekidean Union - SU, The Union, the Union, Union
  • Inner Sekidean Union - ISU, The Inner Union, the Inner Union, Inner Union, Inner Countries, Inner countries
  • Dokodo Union - DU, Dokodo
  • Norterric Assembly - NA, Norterric, Norterria, Norterrica
  • Member of the Sekidean Union - SU Member, SU member, The Member, Member, Sekidean Member
  • Member of the Inner Sekidean Union - ISU Member, ISU member, ISU Member, Inner Sekidean Member

Treaties assigned to the whole of the Sekidean Union

Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union

As it has been originally drafted by Ulman Чuчlik & signed in 1982 in Gimyeong by the 6 founding members

The nations that are the Members of the Sekidean Union are expected to follow the principles of the Union, out of which the key ideas are:

  1. Obligation to defend other member if he is attacked. This does not include cases, where the Union member is considered to be the agressor in the said conflict
    1. For this purposes, agression is defined as "Being the first to use the instruments of war over peaceful means in an agressive way or forcing the opposing country to attack first by the means of political leverage, such as provocations, state-sanctioned terrorism and political or economical attacks"
    2. Nations are not required to weaken their own defence capability beyond the point, where the territorial integrity of their own is threatened by the enemy in question or an alleged ally to the enemy in question
    3. Every constituent nation of the Union is obligated to defend an attacked member according to this regulation even when the attacking nation is another SU member
  2. Free trade agreement
  3. No customs or border tariffs
  4. Obligation to remain neutral or pro-government if a civil war or a coup d'etat begins in a member country
    1. Civil war is defined as "an armed conflict of two or more semi-organized sides within one or more nations". This definition does not include an insurgency, which is defined as "an armed uprising by semi- or fully-organized forces against the governmental or government-backed authority"
    2. Coup d'etat is defined as "a hostile takeover or a attempt of takeover of the governmental powers of either legislative, executive or judiciary, or a combination of those, by the means of armed forces, military, militia, police or any other armed personnel, by an organized group stationed or operating within the nation"
    3. If there is a tangible proof, that the civil war was started as a proxy conflict by another country (no matter if it is a Member or not), all SU nations are obligated to follow the mutual defence clause
  5. Right to vote in the pact manners
    1. Every Member gets the same voting power unless specified differently and approved by all the member nations
    2. Member can be disenfranchised according to the regulations set in further passed amendments
    3. Votes are to be public and publically shared, with no voting secrecy. Each nation's vote is to be public to both the citizens of the nation as well as citizens of the whole Union alike
  6. Obligation to treat other pact member's citizens or respective minorities that are a majority or a plurality in other member country or have their home territory in other member country kindly, meaning no directed harassment or violence and offer them right to ask for a court in their home country or the country having a majority of their ethnicity in if the country is in the alliance
    1. As such, no citizen can be expelled from their country of origin or prohibited from returning to the country of origin, based on their nationality, sexual orientation, gender, sex, ethnicity, class, political orientation or religious affiliation
    2. No minority outside of those whose homeland is currently within the Sekidean Union can be directly prosecuted or attacked by the central or local authority or deported, although they are not obligated to be politically subsidized from the SU funding
  7. Members shall recognize our joint history and culture and work together to protect our joint heritage
  8. Members shall vote together on issues concerning culture and mineral extraction and trade
  9. Every member country gets a right to make polls for others to vote, majority/plurality/unanimous vote requirements to be set in a further agreements (to be determined on a further summit requiring an unanimous vote to enact)
    1. For the addition of a new member, no current member shall be openly against the proposal (voting no) and more than 1/2 of the members must be in favor of the motion
    2. For suspension (= freezing of the membership voter right and representation right, but not kicking the member out), 3/5 majority of the countries must vote in favor of the motion, while no more than 1/5 of the nations shall vote against
    3. For alteration or amendment of this founding document, that is the "Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union" without amedments, a 3/5 majority is required along with no more than a single negative vote
  10. Every Member is allowed to move through the Canton Canal and the Colonia-Pinžak with Military Ships, for this Canton River Delta is allowed to charge toll on the Canton Canal and the Committee formed by Renia, Zhousheng and Monte Blanco on the Colonia-Pinžak Canal
  11. Members agree to protect only the mainland or the heart territory of each state, colonies remaining unprotected by the pact as their position doesn't apply to the original Pact conditions
  12. If a new member asks to join, an unanimous vote is required as per §9.1 of this document. To apply, a country must be bordering the mainland of an existing pact member or have a reasonable naval connection that can not be easily disrupted by a foreign non-pact military power in the region

Functionality amendment

  1. Countries get right to join a free movement area
    1. An opt-out deicision can be made by the government of the newly joining nation, not joining the free movement union
    2. A country that is already a member of the free movement area and for some reason decides to close their borders has to provide at least 2 year long transitional period, where the free movement is ensured and transitional IDs are given to people wanting to cross the border after the transitional period
  2. Neither SHANGHOU PACT or PURPLE COMMUNITY have dissolved, but contain only the former member of the founding alliances, newcomers are members of neither
  3. Both members and founders are member of the supranational entity – the SEKIDEAN UNION
  4. All joining countries agree to give up their right to vote after 3 days of the vote, meaning that if new vote is declared on the 1st of October at 5:37 PM GMT, all countries which have not cast their vote before 4th of October at 5:37 PM GMT officially agree to abstain from voting, meaning that votes are concluded as if the non-participating country had voted neutrally
  5. Countries agree to develop military assets using a standardized calibre for each type of weapon with the exception for armament for special forces
  6. For opening of the SU-lead negotiations, more than 50% of the SU members must agree for it
  7. Joining the SU must be proceeded with a unanimous (no negatives) vote and a negotiation that can be opened with official application for membership
  8. To change the founding charter unanimous (no negatives) vote must be required with at least 75% of people voting in favour of the edit
  9. SU mission must have at least 50% of the SU members voting in favour before it is approved
  10. Country can be kicked from the Sekidean Union if at least 65% of votes on the kicking vote are for the proposal (and negative votes work like negative positives and are subtracted from the percentage)
  11. On other votes, ≥50% of votes must be AYE for the vote to pass, but NAY serves as a negative aye, meaning that if there are 4 ayes and 2 nays, it is just like if there were just 2 ayes
  12. No member shall join an international organization whose guidelines or binding rules contradict, break, circumvent or conflict with those of the Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union or may cause a clash of interests in a reasonably foreseeable scenario

Amendment to the Sekidean Charter regarding voting of the member states

  1. Voting is established on absolute majority of voting and rights of the member states
  2. The voting pool of the Sekidean Union is formed by the Heads of governments of the member states
  3. Every country casts a single vote, no matter the number of people forming the hypothetical collective head of government
  4. Voting on regular deals and deals effecting politics takes 48 hours for the heads of governments to cast votes on their countries' behalf
  5. Voting on deals affecting security and membership requires
  6. Voting includes trinary system, comprising of the following options:
    1. AYE - Voting in favor of a proposal
    2. IDC - Literally meaning "I don't care", stating neutrality on the issue
    3. NAY - Voting against a proposal
  7. Regular deals of the Sekidean Union
    1. Resolution needs simple majority of the votes cast to be "AYE" to pass
    2. Resolution can be fast-tracked and approved before the expiration of the voting period if the number of NAY votes can not realistically be bigger than 1/4 of the votes
      1. This number is determined using the formula ⎾n/2⏋+⎾1/2(n-⎾n/2⏋)⏋, where n is the number of members
    3. This resolutions include economic deals, cooperation treaties and decisions regarding common policy
    4. In case the proposal has not been rejected (the number of AYE votes is equal to the one of NAY votes), the vote is repeated and IDC option is removed
  8. Deals effecting the politics in the Sekidean Union
    1. Resolution needs an absolute majority of all possible votes cast to be "AYE" to pass
      1. This number is determined using the formula ⎾n/2⏋, where n is the number of members
    2. Resolution can be fast-tracked and approved before the expiration of the voting period if the number of NAY votes can not realistically be bigger than 1/4 of the votes
      1. This number is determined using the formula ⎾n/2⏋+⎾1/2(n-⎾n/2⏋)⏋, where n is the number of members
    3. In case the proposal has not been rejected (still has the same amount or more AYE votes than NAY votes), but the total number of AYE votes is not the one required, the vote is repeated and IDC option is removed
  9. Deals effecting the security of the Sekidean Union
    1. These deals include military excercises, entanglement in foreign conflicts or the triggering of defensive clauses outside of regular specifications as defined in the Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union
    2. NAY votes are considered to be "negative", meaning that every NAY vote is subtracted from the number of AYE votes, with the resulting number requiring to be bigger than ⎾n/2⏋, where n is the number of members
    3. If the voting ends with an inconclusive result, the vote is repeated and IDC option is removed
      1. This number is determined using the formula ⎾n/2⏋+⎾1/2(n-⎾n/2⏋)⏋, where n is the number of members
  10. Deals effecting the membership in the Sekidean Union
    1. These dealts include amendments to the Sekidean Charter effecting the whole Sekidean Union and votes admitting a new member into the Sekidean Union
    2. Unanimity is required, meaning, no NAY votes can be cast and at least half of all members must vote AYE
    3. If no NAY vote is cast, but the number of AYE votes fails to reach one half of all member, the vote is repeated and IDC option is removed, and NAY no longer works as a veto
Scheme of the needed AYE votes for passing and fast-tracking a legislation
Members 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Passing 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16
Fast-track 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 21 22 23

The process of application

TBA

Addition to the Sekidean Treaty System regarding the fundamental human rights of all people living within the Sekidean Union

The Sekidean Union nations agree to obey the following human rights and freedoms, obligating every nation that is a Member to obey by the following principles, but not necessairly obligating members to not add any more rights to their local governments:

  1. Right to life
    1. Exceptions were carved out to for the countries which still have death penalty set for multiple crimes
    2. With exceptions for the high crime of treason
    3. With exceptions for the high crime of murder
    4. With exceptions for the high crime of espionage
    5. With exceptions for the high crime of naval piracy
    6. All of the exceptions must be approved by the Sekidean High Court before they are carried out to prevent any judicial murder
  2. Right to a freedom of speech
    1. No man shall be prosecuted because of the things they said, both in private or in public
    2. With exception for hate speech and advocating for commitment of serious offences, such as murder, theft, rape, harrasment, assault or blackmail
    3. With exception for the cases, where a dangerous alarmist message is spread, such as shouting "fire" in a crowded theater
  3. Right to property
    1. With exceptions for the cases where the property was gained illegally
    2. With exceptions for the cases where the nation is in a state of war and needs said property for defense purposes
    3. With exceptions for the cases of property abandonment, which shall last at least 5 years or the owner has to be consent to the confiscation
    4. With exceptions for the cases where the property imposes a public danger
    5. With exceptions for the cases where the property is blocking a publically benefitial project, in which case it may be confiscated and compensation shall be paid with no less than 50% of the property's value
  4. Right to personal identity, without exceptions
    1. Including post-gender change identities
    2. The treaty doesn't specify non-binary genders, that one is questionable (though it is generally considered a part of the treaty by most)
  5. Right to a freedom of assembly
    1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §7.1 of this document and the cases labeled below
    2. With exceptions for the meeting with the purpose of conspiracy
    3. With exceptions for where the meeting may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
  6. Right to a freedom of association
    1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §7.1 of this document and the cases labeled below
    2. With exceptions for the association with the purpose of conspiracy
    3. With exceptions for where the association may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
  7. Right to protest
    1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §2.2 of this document and the cases labeled below
    2. With exceptions for violent protests, that were unprovoked by the local or national authorities' violence or provocation thereof
    3. With exceptions for extremist political rallys
    4. With exceptions for where the protest may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
  8. Right to a freedom of the press
    1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §2.2 of this document
  9. Right to a freedom of religion
    1. With exceptions for the religions may be considered extremist cults
    2. With exceptions for the religions that impede on any of the other rights labelled above
  10. Right to a freedom of movement
    1. With exceptions for where the movement from one location to another may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
  11. Right to a freedom of thought
    1. No man shall be prosecuted because of the things they think or thought
    2. With exceptions labeled within the term conspiracy, that means bringing thoughts into action

Dokodo Union - Sekidean Union Co-operation Treaty (DUSU-COT)

Chapter 01: Pact of Non-Aggression

  1. The Member States of the DU and the SU shall refrain from engaging in armed conflict with one another in order to promote social harmony and economic integration between the two blocs. The Pact of Non-Aggression formalises the association between the two blocs and ensures that neither bloc must prepare for a military advance from the other.
  2. In case there is a possibility of armed conflict between the DU and SU members, the DUSU-COT DEM (De-escalation Mechanism) shall go into action.
    1. The COT-DEM is designed to ensure co-operation between members of the two blocs and allows for a passive, non-militaristic method of conflict resolution
    2. A member from one of the blocs shall be chosen to provide a space for discussions between the member states involved with conflict and a member state from the other bloc shall be expected to provide staff and moderation to facilitate the discussions for de-escalation and resolution
  3. The states who shall participate in the facilitation of de-escalation must be un-involved in the said conflict and the roles of the two states shall be decided by a lottery system
  4. In the case that the COT-DEM fails to achieve de-escalation and an armed conflict blows out between member states of the DU and the SU, the mutual defense clauses that are a part of both blocs shall remain inactive, meaning, other member states of the bloc shall have no legal obligation to provide military support in the instance of armed conflict between DU and SU member states
  5. In the stead of mutual defense, the un-involved DU and SU nations would be expected to collaborate and ensure a quick end to armed conflict while also ensuring minimal collateral damage due to the armed conflict
  6. In case an armed conflict does break out between DU and SU members, a tribunal consiting of at least 2 DU and 2 SU nations shall be formed to adjudicate on the penalities to be imposed on the member states participating in the armed conflict, as well as deliver justice by conducting free and fair trials for war criminals

Chapter 02: Free Trade Association

  1. The member states agree to enter into a free trade alliance, meaning goods originating in member states of one bloc shall not charged any form of duties, tariffs or quotas while getting imported into the member states of the other bloc
  2. Nations would be encouraged to ensure an easy movement of goods and services between blocs by removing physical and other barriers to trade, but there shall be no legal obligation under this treaty to eliminate such physical barriers
  3. The Free Trade Association would recognize certain goods and services as unique cultural heritage of certain nations, upon submission of a list of such goods and services, and members shall be allowed to apply certain trade restrictions on such goods and services

Chapter 03: Customs Agreements

  1. The DU and the SU shall, for the sake of economic integration, form a Customs Group
    1. The Customs Group would be a body made up of representatives of all member states of the DU and the SU
    2. The Group shall have no binding legal powers but shall be a place for deliberation on customs regulation
  2. The DU and the SU shall make use of the Customs Group to deliberate upon and try arriving at the same or similar customs regulations, essentially matching each other in custom regulations, allowing for the smooth functioning of the Free Trade Association
  3. Since the Customs Group has no binding legal authority, no bloc is obligated to follow regulations, but for improving economic relationships it would be in the best interest of both blocs to deliberate and apply at least similar customs regulations and policies

Chapter 04: Social Integration

  1. Both blocs shall be encouraged to remove travel restrictions on individuals from the other bloc allowing for easier movement of people between the two blocs both for business and travel purposes
  2. Member States within both blocs shall also be encouraged to reduce restrictions on naturalisation for individuals from the other bloc to allow for more effective social integration and cultural exchange
  3. The DU and the SU shall establish a DUSU student scholarship programme:
    1. This shall be a scholarship programme administered jointly by the DU and the SU by forming a Scholarship Group comprising of 2 nominated representatives from each bloc who shall be the Board of Governors for the Scholarship
    2. The BoG shall decide the number of scholarships made available to students from each member state for each year
    3. The Scholarships shall allow students enrolled in schools and universities of DU and SU member states to study in a member state of the other bloc for one academic year
    4. The scholarship shall cover for tuition, housing, food and minor recreation for each of the participants

Tribunal amendment

TBA

State of war

TBA

On establishment of the Inner Sekidean Union

TBA

Treaties exclusive to the Inner Sekidean Union

On establishment of the Legislative Bodies of the Inner Sekidean Union

Chapter 01: Sekidean Assembly

  1. The official name of the organ is the "ASSEMBLY OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", but a shorthand name is the "SEKIDEAN ASSEMBLY" or simply "THE ASSEMBLY"
  2. Chapter 01a: Elections to the Sekidean Assembly
    1. Chapter 01aα: Electoral method
      1. Sekidean Assembly is elected using the Siedem method as defined in the 1992 book "PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM FOR A NATIONALLY DIVERSE UNION" written by Phd. Dr. Чaraƌa Siedem
      2. Total number of all seats (SΣ) is set to 500
      3. Number of seats reserved per constituency (SR) is set to 15
        1. If the number of seats remaining after the subtraction of all reserved seats from the total is less than 150, seats are added until the number is equal to 150
        2. The convocation of this nature legally has more than 500 seats and is required to lower the number of reserved seats until 150 can be reached
        3. This process is to be supervised by the Sekidean Council and Sekidean High Court
        4. In this convocation, any resignation, after which the number of members of the Assembly is equal or more than 500 does not allow for replacer to enter as the new member of the Assembly
      4. Each member state of the Inner Sekidean Union is considered to be a single electoral constituency
      5. Electoral threshold (ΠΩ) is set at 4% of all valid votes
      6. If any constituency fails to elect the full number of seats reserved for it due to electoral thresholds, election are to be repeated in less than 1 month time with the electoral threshold removed
    2. Chapter 01aβ: Election timing
      1. Elections are carried using secret ballot on a Saturday defined by the Sekidean Assembly no later than 5 years from the previous electionde
      2. All votes carry the same value, none can be elevated over any other
      3. Election day is considered to be a holiday in every member state regardless if it is one under the states' legislatures
    3. Chapter 01aγ: Polling places
      1. Polling places must be accessible to all citizens with the right to vote and must not be further than 15 minutes of walking from any residence with at least 30 inhabitants
      2. Polling places must be open from at least 8 AM local time on the election day for at least 18 hours, possibly allowing elections to carry until 12 PM the next day
      3. Polling places are not allowed to turn down citizens whose voter ID is in order because of the time. If there is a queue and wait time exceeds the original working hours of the polling place, the polling place must allow all voters who are in the queue and any that enter the queue to cast their vote regardless of the time
      4. Polling places must be accessible to people physically disabled
      5. Polling place must have a trained specialist for people who are unable to cast the vote on their own, such as the blind, or must be ready to call upon such a specialist if asked
      6. A polling place must be set up in areas abroad, where there is a notable concentration of ISU citizens, such as military facilities, cruise ships who are in international waters and citizen patches living in diaspora. Rules on the walking distance do not apply on this extraterritorial polling places
      7. Any citizen of any ISU country must be allowed to cast their vote in a different country or on any embassy of the ISU in the period of the election
    4. Chapter 01aδ: Voter identity
      1. Voting age is set at 18 years, but each constituency is allowed to lower the voting age to up to 15 years of age, the number of electors younger than 18 years of age is not included in the voter pool as defined in the electoral method (PC)
      2. Recognized voter IDs in every constituency must include Passport, ID card, Driver's licence if it includes a photo, Insurance card if it includes a photo, Military identity card, Gun permit, Birth certificate and any other identification material issued by the administrative branch of the member states' governments or administrative branches of the member states' recognized autonomies or subnational entities defined as such under the rules set by the Sekidean Tribune
      3. Voter who has been caught with a forged voter ID faces the same prosecution as they would in the case of elections to the nation's legislative bodies
    5. Chapter 01aε: Overturning of the result
      1. Elections can be declared invalid and be repeated if the Sekidean High Court decides that the way in which they were carried was in opposition to the rights as defined in the Addition to the Sekidean Treaty System regarding the fundamental human rights of all people living within the Sekidean Union
      2. A recount can be carried, if a change in the final distribution of mandates to elected subject or the distance of a subject from the set electoral threshold is equal or small than 20,000 hypothetical votes
      3. Any party effected in by the previous point can ask the member states' government for recount of votes and the government is required to comply unless
      4. Any member states government has the right to trigger a recount in its constituency
      5. The Sekidean High Court has the right to trigger a recount in any constituency if called upon by a party or an organization, whose request has been denied by the member states' government
      6. Recount can be called in the period of 2 months following the day of the election
      7. Electoral ballots must be archived for the period of at least half a year following the day of the election
      8. Results are certified no longer than 120 days from the day of the election
      9. If results are not certified, the Sekidean High Court has the right to certify the results and disband the Sekidean Council or to call for a repeated election
  3. Chapter 01b: Organization
    1. The term of one convocation of the Assembly is equal to 5 years
    2. The term of one convocation begins with the day of the certification of electoral results in a joint session of the Parliament
    3. Member of the Sekidean Assembly can not be a member of any of the national parliaments or any of the other Sekidean institutions related to the legislative branch
    4. The term of one convocation ends with the day of the certification of electoral results establishing new convocation
      1. If no new convocation has been elected in 5 years since the certification of previous convocation's results, the role of the Assembly is temporairly taken over by the Sekidean Tribune until a snap election can be called or until results can be properly certified
    5. Each convocation has 500 members by default
      1. The convocation can have more than 500 members as defined in the electoral law under the Siedem method
      2. If the convocation has more than 500 members and a member resigns, dies or is unable to carry the duties required from them, no replacement is selected
      3. If the convocation has 500 members or less, and a member resigns, dies or is unable to carry the duties required from them, the first unsuccessful candidate from their electoral ballot is sworn in as their replacement in the Assembly
      4. If no unsuccessful candiate remains on the party's ballot in the constitutency, another constituency is selected via lottery from which the first unsuccessful candidate is sworn in
      5. If no associated party from any constituency has any unsuccessful candidate left, the seat is left vacant until the next election
    6. Each member of the Sekidean Union, that is not a member of the Inner Sekidean Union has the right to send a single non-voting delegate to the Sekidean Assembly
      1. This delegate has no right to vote on the bills presented in the Sekidean Assembly
      2. This delegate can coauthor bills and participate in the discussion on those bills
      3. This delegate can not propose or join any committee of the Sekidean Assembly
      4. One delegate has been granted to the Dokodo Union as a whole for the duration of the effectivity of the Dokodo Union - Sekidean Union Co-operation Treaty
    7. A bill can be proposed by any recognized committee, the Sekidean Council, the President and Vice President, or a group of at least 20 members of the parliament
  4. Chapter 01c: Legislative process
    1. Upon proposing, the bill enters the "First reading"
      1. In First reading, no bill can be rejected
      2. This reading serves as a general discussion
      3. Amendments and changes to the bill can be proposed
      4. After the discussion has concluded, the bill is passed down to committees and to experts who propose more changes and alteration
    2. After returning, the bill progresses to the "Second reading"
      1. In Second reading, a bill can be rejected
      2. All the proposed changes are discussed and voted on by a simple majority on wether or not they will be included in the final bill
      3. The second reading ends, when the bill has been finalized in its complete form
    3. After the bill has been completed, it progresses to the "Third reading"
      1. Third reading includes only a debate about the bill
      2. The third reading ends with a vote on wether the bill enters into law or is rejected
    4. After the bill has been passed by the Assembly, it is sent to the Sekidean Council
    5. The quorum of the Assembly is equal to 3/5 of all members, with 500 members, the number is equal to 300 members present
    6. For passing a bill, there are three different thresholds to be met depending on the contents of the bill
      1. A simple majority of present members is required to pass basic laws or a bill amended by the Sekidean Council
      2. An absolute majority of all members is required to pass laws editing the state budget, the electoral system and the governmental system, and to overturn the simple majority veto or amendment of the Council
      3. A qualified majority of 2/3 of all members is required to pass laws editing the Sekidean Charter, disband the parliament or overturn an absolute majority veto or amendment of the Council
  5. Chapter 01d: Leadership
    1. The leadership of the Sekidean Assembly consists of 1 Assembly Chairman and between 9 Vice Chairmen
    2. The Chairman and Vice Chairmen are elected from among the Assembly's members upon the establishment of a new convocation of the parliament
    3. The Chairman sets the order in which people are allowed to give speeches and has the right to interject to retain order in the house
    4. If the Chairman can not be present, one of the Vice Chairmen takes over and serves as the Chairman
    5. The Chairman and all Vice Chairmen have a reserved spot in the Standing committee
    6. Chapter 01e: Standing Bureau
    7. The official name of the organ is the "STANDING BUREAU OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", but a shorthand name is the "SEKIDEAN BUREAU", "STANDING BUREAU" or simply "THE BUREAU"
    8. The Standing Bureau consists of the leadership of the Sekidean Assembly and 25 other members, totaling 35 members
    9. The Standing Bureau has the right to pass legeslation if the Sekidean Assembly is in recess
    10. The Standing Bureau can not pass legislature which requires an absolute or a qualified majority
    11. Any legislation not confirmed by the full Assembly after the end of the recess is considered void
    12. The Standing Bureau is elected from among the Assembly and has the term of 11/2 years, after which it needs to be reelected
    13. Any member of the Standing Bureau can be voted out of the Bureau and replaced by a different one if an absolute majority of the members of the Assembly vote for it or sign a petition
    14. Chapter 01f: Recess
    15. The Sekidean Assembly can call for a recess in its
    16. The recess can last no longer than 4 months
    17. During the recess, the legislative procedures are carried out by the Standing Bureau
    18. After the declared recess is over, the Assembly is required to go through all the provisional laws passed by the Standing Bureau and confirm or reject them one by one
    19. Recess can not be declared if it would overlap with certification of electoral results or with a presidential election

Chapter 02: Sekidean Council

  1. The official name of the organ is the "COUNCIL OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", but a shorthand name is the "SEKIDEAN COUNCIL" or simply "THE COUNCIL"
  2. Chapter 02a: Appointment to the Sekidean Assembly
    1. The Sekidean Assembly is elected by the legislatures of the member states of the Inner Sekidean Union
    2. If the legislature electing the representant has more than a single chamber, the election happens during a joint session
    3. Each member state elects 3 deputies
    4. Per each 3 deputies appointed from a state, 1 deputy is elected by the Sekidean Tribune
    5. The body of deputies elected by the Sekidean Tribune is called the "UNION OF AUTONOMIES"
    6. Any deputy of the Council can be replaced if they meet least 2 of the following conditions:
      1. The deputy is openly standing in opposition to the government of the country that nominated him
      2. The deputy has violated a law set by the home country
      3. The deputy has served for more than 5 years
      4. The deputy has been nominated by a party, that does not participate in the government
      5. The deputy did not show up for at least 5 meetings in a row
      6. The deputy is incapable of carrying out the duty due to a boycott
      7. The deputy is incapable of carrying out the duty due to an illness
      8. The deputy has been reprimanded for misconduct by the Council
    7. Any deputy of the Union of Autonomies can be replaced if an absolute majority of the Sekidean Tribune votes for their replacement
    8. No deputy can serve for longer than 15 years
    9. If a deputy resigns, their place is considered to be vacant until the legislature can elect another deputy
    10. No deputy replacement can happen if the government of the member state has not passed through the vote of confidence by the parliament
    11. No deputy replacement can happen if the parliament of the member state has undergone a non-democratic replacement, such as coöptation or suspension of members not approved by the Sekidean High Court
    12. Only one deputy can be replaced at a time, to replace more deputies, the parliament must wait for at least 1 month, unless the deputies resigned, died or is unable to carry the duties required from them
  3. Chapter 02b: Organization
    1. Sekidean Council does not have a standing body and can not enter recess
    2. Sekidean Council must meet at least once in two months
    3. Deputy of the Sekidean Council can not be a member of any of the national parliaments or any of the other Sekidean institutions related to the legislative branch
    4. Sekidean High Court has the right to remove a deputy from the position upon the request of one or more of the state governments based on a legal misconduct
    5. Sekidean Council can be assembled on request of the President
  4. Chapter 02c: Legislative process
    1. Upon the approval by the Sekidean Assembly, the bill enters the "First reading" in the Council
      1. In First reading, a bill can be rejected
      2. This reading serves as a general on if the Council agrees with the wording proposed by the Assembly
      3. If the Council agrees, the bill can be voted into law in this reading
      4. If the Council disagrees, the First reading serves as a discussion and amending and changing the text of the bill
    2. If the bill has not been rejected or passed, it enters into the "Second reading" in the Council
      1. In this reading, the Council votes AYE or NAY on the bill as amended during the first reading
    3. The quorum of the Council is equal to 3/4 of all seats existing, including vacant ones
    4. If the Council occupany drops below the 3/4 quorum, it is considered to be disbanded and all members are ordered to be elected anew
  5. Chapter 02d: Leadership
    1. The leadership of the Sekidean Council consists of 1 Assembly Chairman and between 4 Vice Chairmen
    2. The Chairman and Vice Chairmen are elected from among the Council's once every 11/2 years
    3. The Chairman sets the order in which people are allowed to give speeches and has the right to interject to retain order in the house
    4. If the Chairman can not be present, one of the Vice Chairmen takes over and serves as the Chairman
    5. Session of the Council can take place only when at least one member of the leadership is present
  6. Chapter 02e: Veto power
    1. The Council can veto or amend the bills with three different powers, depending on the support:
      1. Veto or amendment passed by a simple majority (50% of all present) - an absolute majority of the Assembly is required to overturn the decision
      2. Veto or amendment passed by an absolute majority (50% of all deputies) - a qualified majority of the Assembly is required to overturn the decision
      3. Veto or amendment passed by a qualified majority can not be overturned
    2. The Council's decision to reject any bill, that requires an absolute or a qualified majority, can not be overturned

Chapter 03: Relations between the Assembly and the Council

  1. Chapter 03a: Joint sessions
    1. Joint sessions are called in the following circumstances
      1. To carry out a presidential election
      2. To witness the President swearing an oath
      3. To listen to addresses from the Sekidean President, Sekidean Vice President, Sekidean High Court or Sekidean Treaty Court representants
      4. To listen to addresses from any head of state or head of government of any state, including a member state, or a representant of an international community, union, alliance, organization or any other international body recognized by the Sekidean Parliament
      5. To vote on a state budget
      6. To certify the results of the Assembly elections
      7. To vote on allowing prosection of a member of the Parliament
      8. To vote on disbanding the Sekidean Assembly and call for an early election
      9. To vote on impeachment of the President or the Vice President
      10. To listen to testimonies
      11. To vote on the declaration of the State of Defence
      12. To overview the Sekidean Charter in a plenary meeting
    2. Joint sessions happen in the seat of the Sekidean Assembly
    3. Chapter 03aα: Organization
      1. The Joint Session is presided over by the Assembly Chairman
      2. If the Assembly Chairman is not present, the Joint Session is presided over by the Council Chairman
      3. If both the Council and Assembly chairmen are not present, one of the Vice Chairmen of the Assembly presides over the joint assembly
      4. At least one of the Vice Chairmen of the Assembly must be present in order for the Joint Session to take place
    4. Chapter 03aβ: Presidential Election
      1. Presidential election is carried during a Joint Session of the Parliament
      2. The election is carried using a four scrutinia system
        1. In the first scrutinia, all recognized candidates stand for election. President is elected in the first scrutinia if an absolute majority of the Assembly and an absolute majority of the Council select the same candidate
        2. In the second scrutinia, the two most successful candidates of the first scrutinia are picked as the final candidates. President is elected in the second scrutinia if an absolute majority of the Assembly and an absolute majority of the Council select the same candidate
        3. In the third scrutinia, the two houses vote as a single organ. President is elected in the third scrutinia if an absolute majority of all people select them
        4. In the fourth scrutinia, the two houses vote as a single organ, allowing for approval voting. The candidate with the most votes (at least an absolute majority of all people) becomes the President
      3. Before the first scrutinia vote and between every two votes, a discussion is held regarding the candidates, with the candidates being allowed to make speeches and discuss each other
      4. If no president is elected in the fourth scrutinia, the whole election repeats in another Joint Session of the Parliament
      5. If the elected president is a member of one of the two chambers, they must resign on their post before being sworn in
    5. Chapter 03aγ: Adresses by the President or other leaders, and testimonials
      1. The two chambers are assembled in a Joint Session to listen to speeches from the personalities listed in §3.1.1.3 and §3.1.1.4 of this document
      2. Testimonies are always carried in front of the Joint Session, unless the topic discussed contains classified information, in which case a commission of people with clearance is elected in both chambers to listen to the testimony
      3. The personality can request to hold speech only in front of a single chamber
      4. Members of both chambers can ask questions after the opening speech
    6. Chapter 03aδ: Budget
      1. The voting on budget is carried during a Joint Session
      2. The budget must be approved every year
      3. If the budget is not approved during the Joint Session, the ISU enters a "budget provisorium" as defined in the "Agreement regarding the Sekinar Monetary policy and financial budgeting of the organs of the Inner Sekidean Union"
      4. The budget is approved by an absolute majority of the Assembly and an absolute majority of the Council select the same candidate
      5. Voting and amending the budget is possible after a rejection of the previous budget
    7. Chapter 03aε: Triggering of the State of Defence
      1. A Joint Session must be called in case there is an imminent danger of major harm, war or other threat to the Sekidean Union as defined in the "Agreement of the Sekidean Union in regards to the defence of the member states"
      2. If the Joint Session agrees, that the imminent danger as defined in the "Agreement of the Sekidean Union in regards to the defence of the member states" indeed exists, the State of Defence is declared
      3. If the State of Defence has been declared, a new body, named the "EXTRAORDINARY PARLIAMENTARY CORPS OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", referred to as the "EXTRAORDINARY PARLIAMENTARY CORPS", "EXTRAORDINARY CORPS" or simply as the "SEKIDEAN CORPS" is elected
    8. Chapter 03aζ: Overturning vetos
      1. Overturning a bill veto (or passing the original version of the bill) passed by a simple majority of the Council requires an absolute majority of the Sekidean Assembly
      2. Overturning a bill veto (or passing the original version of the bill) passed by an absolute majority of the Council requires a qualified majority of the Sekidean Assembly
      3. Overturning a bill veto (or passing the original version of the bill) passed by a qualified majority of the Council is not possible under any circumstance
      4. Overturning a veto passed in the Council regarding the special cases as defined in §1.4.6.2 and §1.4.6.3 of this document is not possible under any circumstance
      5. Overturning a presidential veto requires an absolute majority of the Sekidean Assembly and an absolute majority of the Sekidean Council
    9. Chapter 03aη: Certifying election results
      1. A Joint Session must be called no longer than 120 days after the election to the Sekidean Assembly has been carried out
      2. Both houses together listen to the Electoral Committee's reading on election results and the listing of all 500 newly elected members of the Sekidean Assembly
      3. A vote is carried out on the question of "Does the parliament take the results of the election in mind and accepts them as per the regulations of the Sekidean Charter"
      4. The results are certified no matter the vote. If the vote ends with more negative votes than positive ones, the Electoral Committee is obligated to publish in a report on elections the statement, that the Sekidean Parliament stood opposed to the certification of results
    10. Chapter 03aθ: Overviewing the Sekidean Charter
      1. The two chambers are assembled in a Joint Session in order to overview the texts in the Sekidean Charter related to the Inner Sekidean Union and discuss their applicability and actuality
      2. If the Joint Session votes to replace a part of the Sekidean Charter or to amend it, voting must be carried out seperately using the regular legislative process
      3. The Joint Session's decisions on the obsoleteness of the Sekidean Charter are binding and must be followed by amendments or changes to the parts seen as obsolete or unapplicable
      4. The overviewing of the Sekidean Charter must happen at least once every 10 years
      5. The overviewing is called by the President of the Sekidean Union
  2. Chapter 03b: Oversight
    1. A Joint Session can be called in order for the Parliament to discuss the actions of the executive branch (Sekidean Cabinet)
    2. A Joint Session has the right to disband the Sekidean Cabinet and assemble a new one via the vote of no confidence
    3. If a vote of no confidence does not succeed, another one can not be called without the consent of the Cabinet in less than 6 months
  3. Chapter 03c: During the State of Defence
    1. During the State of Defence, the parliament acts in a shortened system as an unicameral legislature
    2. Two readings are used to pass legislature
      1. The First reading is to discuss the proposed bill and possibly amend it
      2. The Second reading is to pass or reject the bill
    3. For approving or disapproving of the decisions of the Sekidean Corps, only yes-or-no vote in a single reading is carried out
    4. To replace members of the Sekidean Corps, a positive vote of no confidence must be carried out and replacements must be ready to take part in the activities of the Corps immediately, unless the vote can not be carried out
    5. If the situation does not allow for elections to take place, the Sekidean Parliament is allowed to extend its term until elections can be held, but no longer than 2 years
  4. Chapter 03d:

Chapter 04: Advisory and supportive bodies

  1. Chapter 04a: Sekidean Tribune
  2. Chapter 04b: Sekidean Corps
  3. Chapter 04c:
  4. Chapter 04d:

Trade amendment

TBA

Climate amendment

TBA

Agreement regarding the Sekinar Monetary policy and financial budgeting of the organs of the Inner Sekidean Union

TBA

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