Circle of Trust
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Formation
Circle of trust was founded after Switzerland and Bulgaria became proONE. It is mad of smaller countries who's goal is to help each other economically and militarily.
Presidency
The Presidency presides the meetings of the alliance Council and has the powers and obligations to:
-initiate any legislative proposals that it believes will strengthen the alliance in the long term (such as common alliance policies or other rules that can complement this Charter without contradicting it)
-propose a document with the short term goals that the alliance should work for during the Presidency mandate
-invest its efforts and capacities for the creation of a positive image for the alliance and its values
-set the agenda of the Council meetings and keep the logs of these meetings which it should present to the open public in case the majority in a member state Congress requires this and if doing so does not pose a direct threat to the security of the alliance
-to maintain the alliance channels of communication
The President of the member state holding the Presidency appoints a team to perform the tasks of the Presidency during its mandate which is 1 month long and starts on the 5th day of each month. The Presidency rotates among member state governments in alphabetic order on a monthly basis. If there are more than 4 members in the alliance the Presidency is run by a coalition of two member states. In this case the states within these coalitions should rotate in the long run in such a way that provides for all possible combinations of couples to happen before the same couple takes over the Presidency again.
Council
The Council of the alliance is the institution where the Heads of Member states meet. The Presidency convenes a regular Council meeting at the 1st, 10th and the 20th day of each month in case a member state proposed an agenda topic. Each member state can propose a topic for the agenda of the next regular Council meeting by informing the presidency at least 3 days before the meeting. It is obligatory that the regular Council meeting scheduled for the 10th day of the month takes place, as at this meeting:
- all officials for the alliance positions that are implied by this Charter have to be appointed
- the Presidency should inform the allies on its plans for the mandate
The Council holds the monopoly of political decision-making. All proposals (see II.1) and agenda topics are voted in its meetings. Each member state is represented in the Council by its Country President (or another individual appointed by the Country President - preferably the Minister of Foreign Affairs - if the President cannot attend the meeting). Decisions are generally taken with the approval of a qualified majority of ⅔ or unanimity (if the Charter implies that the respective agenda topic explicitly requires consensus). The internal rules and procedures of the Council meetings are to be settled by the signatories in a separate regulation.
Court of Justice
The Court of Justice of the alliance is to serve as a guardian of this Charter and all legislative norms that appeared as a result of it. It is an independent institution in which any member state government can appoint one official for a renewable mandate of 6 months during which the official is not allowed to take part in any national political parties or governmental structures. The rulings of the Court are binding for all alliance members but it cannot impose sanctions and has the single power to interpret the alliance legislation when it forms its decision.
The government of each member state can bring a case in front of the Court if it believes that certain part of this Charter or the legislative norms that appeared as a result of it are breached or not respected in reality. Only the violations of the above-mentioned norms that occur out of the actions of an alliance institution or a member state can be considered by the Court as an admissible basis for a case trial.
Through its rulings the Court can inform the presidency if it finds that some of the legislative texts need amendments to become more clear. The Court is supposed to act as the institutional memory of the alliance by keeping an archive of the alliance legislation.
Military Commander
The Military Commander (MC) runs the military operations of the alliance and develops the strategic planning behind them. The ministries of defence of the member states coordinate their activities under his supervision. Each member state appoints one representative as an Assistant to help the MC in his tasks. This representative can be the respective government’s Minister of Defence or another individual who is considered to be the best they have in terms of activity and military strategy skills.
The member state holding the presidency proposes a candidate for the MC position. This candidate is appointed if the Council approves his nomination with a ⅔ majority in a vote at the obligatory regular Council meeting taking place on the 10th day of each month (see II.2). If the presidency candidate is not elected, then any other member state can propose a candidate for the position until one is elected by the necessary ⅔ majority in the Council vote. The duration of the Military Commander mandate is 1 month and is only renewable once. It is recommended that the presidency provides good arguments if it decides to propose a new MC candidate instead of the renewal of the current MC mandate to a second term. The MC should ideally have the nationality of a state which is different from the one proposing him.
Membership
All alliance members are by default equals. In order to join the alliance the government of the potential applicant state must contact the Presidency expressing its will to become a member. The Presidency is consequently obliged to propose its application for approval at the next Council meeting. The applicant becomes an official candidate only if the Council approves its application unanimously and no member state opposed or abstained at the membership proposal vote. The official candidate should then prove its allegiance to the alliance with its actions for a period of one month. In the end of this one month period the Council votes again on its application. Consequently the official candidate becomes a full member if
- all member states approve this unanimously
- its President proposes a national referendum or an open vote in the state’s Congress for the approval of this membership
- more than ⅔ of the members of congress (or the votes at the referendum) are in favor of the membership
In case of a rejection at any stage of its application the candidate state cannot apply for membership again in the next 3 months. A new member state cannot hold the presidency of the alliance sooner than 4 months after it got its full member rights.
Military cooperation and diplomatic relations
The military and diplomatic relationships at the alliance level are governed by the following principles:
- No member state is allowed to initiate, support or organize acts of aggression towards another member.
- Each member state must sign a Mutual Protection Pact (MPP) with all other alliance members.
- A member state needs the approval of the MC in order to initiate a long term military operation by its own will. In this case it is recommended that the MC coordinates his decision to approve the operation with the Presidency and/or his Assistants.
- A member state needs to inform the Presidency for all contracts it intends to sign in its relations towards non-member states. In case these non-member states have common border with a member state the Presidency should act as a mediator between these member states involved to avoid potential conflicts.
- A member state should not sign MPPs with non-member states who are in an open war with other member states, or who have themselves signed MPPs with such other non-member states.
- By default the defence of the core regions of the member states is to have priority over other military operations unless the circumstances imply more optimal alternative actions.
