Constitution and Election Act

Constitution and Election Bill Written by heiligerhahn Summary This bill will give the Assembly the possibility to clear up several conflicts and ambiguities concerning elections and the constitution that rose up recently. 1.	LEGAL COUNCIL AND ATTORNEY GENERAL Article Two of the Constitution will be changed to the content of the Legal Council of Doggerland Act. 4 and amended by the following: The Prime Minister and Minister of Justice may appoint an Attorney General. They are independent and cannot be a member of the Legal Council. They are tasked with investigating any matter of national importance and sueing people before the Legal Council. 2.	COMMITTEES Article One of the Committees and Caucus Act is repealed. 3.	SENATE Article One, Section VI. of the constitution and all other mentions of the Senate are repealed. [since the Senate is already abolished this only serves to correct the constitution] 4.	ELECTORATE Article One of the Constitution will be amended by the following: Section V. I.	Eligible to vote are all members of the Doggerland Mock Election Discord and and the r/imaginary elections subreddit r/imaginaryelections. Individual people can be referred to the reddit post to vote.

5.	ELECTION POSTPONEMENT Article One of the Constitution will be amended by the following: Section V. H. a. National Assembly elections may be on the closest Saturday four weeks after the date of the last election. b. It can only be postponed by a two-thirds majority in the Assembly. c. An earlier election can be called by a simple majority in the Assembly or is automatically called in the instances outlined [in the constitution].

6.	MNA ABSENCE The Rules of the National Assembly will be amended by the following: a. MNAs can declare themselves absent for a set period of time. They have to do this 12 hours prior and notify the Speaker. Their voting duties are delegated to a member of their choice. b. MNAs can also be declared permanently absent by the Speaker if their party leader is able to prove prolonged inactivity. The MNA will be notified and can declare themselves present again at any time. 7.	ASSEMBLY ELECTION Article One of the Constitution will be amended by the following: Section V. I. a. The National Assembly is elected through a mixed-member proportional representation system with single-member constituencies and national lists. b. The constituencies are only contested by one person. The number of constituencies is determined as follows: One constituency per person running on a party list. One additional constituency for every party under 10% and two for every party over 10% c. All seats not filled by party candidates are filled with NPC MNAs voting as stated by the respective party leader. d. Party leaders can request the Speaker to replace an NPC MNA with a party member. e. Parties must present a list of candidates when polls open and can change the list until polls close.

8.	REFERENDUM Article One of the Constitution will be amended by the following: Section VII. Referendums a. A bill will be voted on by the electorate if: the National Assembly votes for the referendum with a simple majority or 15 citizens sign a petition for the referendum. Among these there need to be members of three different parties. b. A referendum can only concern regular bills, not constitutional amendments. c. Before going to a vote the constitutionality of the bill needs to be assessed by the legal council. d. Eligible to vote on the referendum are all those eligible to vote for the National Assembly. e. A referendum on a bill is approved with a simple majority. 9.	SPEAKER Article One, Section I. C. of the Constitution will be changed to the following: The Speaker and Speaker Pro-Tempore cannot state their opinion on matters before or while they chair the debate on it. They cannot chair a debate on legislation they have written, sponsored or co-sponsored. The Speaker and Deputy Speakers can be members of a party and hold any position. The Speaker cannot be a member of the cabinet or shadow cabinet. Section I. F. of the constitution will be replaced with the following: The National Assembly can choose to elect a number of Deputy Speakers. Section 1. III. of the Rules of the National Assembly will be removed. 10.	INQUIRIES Article One of the Constitution will be amended by the following: Section V. J. a. One-quarter of the National Assembly can vote for instituting an inquiry. b. The inquiry investigates a matter and writes a report on it. It has the right to subpoena citizens and evidence. All messages on discord servers and subreddits connected to Doggerland between four or more people classify as evidence. 11.	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Article Four, Section I. B. of the Constitution is replaced with the following: Any amendment to the constitution has to fulfill the constitutional principles of democracy and human rights

12.	PRIME MINISTER “These ministers must be confirmed by the national assembly with a majority vote” is removed from Article One, Section III. C. of the constitution. “The Prime Minister will be the leader of the party that is in control of the coalition that is in the majority in the National Assembly.” in Article One, Section III, A of the constitution is replaced with the following: The prime minister is elected with at least half of all MNAs. If a prime minister dies or resigns the First Deputy Prime Minister assumes all duties of the Prime Minister until a new one is elected. Appendix 1.	Results of the Election After the results are in the number of constituencies each party gets can be determined. This is done by counting all list candidates of a party and adding either 1 or 2 depending on the result. Then the results can be put in here (use the Sainte-Lague method). The number of seats to assign needs to be increased by one repeatedly until every party has at least the number of seats they won through constituencies. 2.	Dividing the Matter I intend to propose a motion to divide the matter so that each section of this bill will be voted on separately because they are so vastly different. Section two and six require a simple majority in the Assembly, all other sections a three-thirds majority in the Assembly. [Appendix, Section 2 can be removed upon passing]