User:Darkmantle/Congress

Current Guidelines

- Citizenship requests should only be approved following a 48 hour discussion and vote in favour. This begins after a report on the applicant is provided to congress or when there's only 48 hours left on the expiry of the application. The report will include anything found from basic checks of the applying profile and a statement from the applicant about reason for applying and if they have eUK contacts/sponsors.

- Congress can debate anything followed by a voting period. The Speaker can monitor this to make sure proposals don't vanish and are voted on. If a debate needs a vote that cannot be via the Country Admin module then that vote should not begin within the first 24hrs of the debate and will last 2 or 3 days (depending on size of debate). This will be communicated at the onset of a vote.

- The duties of the speaker should be undertaken impartially. Additionally, a Congressperson's status as speaker shouldn't be used to promote parties. Speaker elections will be held at any time an election is called by one or more congressmen. Please respect the outcome of votes.

Updated Guidelines

Speaker

An impartial Speaker shall be elected by Congress upon the current one resigning, or an election being called by a Congressman. There will be a 48 hour period where people can candidate, followed by a 48 hour vote. During their Speakership, they should not be engaging in public party politics, and should not use their role to promote parties. The Speaker should also maintain the official HANSARD records, as well as regularly review guidelines to ensure they are working efficiently.

A Speaker may appoint a deputy to assist them, however they must be from a different party and an elected member of Congress. The Speaker must open a 24 hour discussion regarding the deputy they wish to appoint, with approval being automatically given unless 5 members call for a vote. The Deputy Speaker will have the same powers as the Speaker, however the Speaker can overrule them at any time.

Budget

The Government should provide the current Speaker with their budget request no later than the 26th of the month (unless already public in an article). As soon as the election results are confirmed and the PM thread is created, the Speaker's first order of business will be to start the discussion for the budget proposal as per the guidelines below.

Proposals

Any congressman can make a proposal to Congress by posting their proposal in the Congress artticle, which will trigger an immediate 48 hour discussion period, followed by a 48 hour meta vote (see below). If this vote passes, a Congressman should then propose the law in-game (where applicable).

These can be reduced at the Speakers discretion for time-sensitive proposals, and the meta vote can also be skipped for the same reason if there is an in-game law. The Speaker must clearly state their reasons, and this can be overriden by 5 Congressmen disagreeing with the reduced timings.

Voting

Votes should happen within the eUK feed, with regular updates in the Congress thread. Votes within the Congress thread are still valid, but we do encourage all Congress members to vote on the feed.

Citizenship Requests

Citizenship requests should not be approved until there has been a 48 hour concurrent discussion and vote. During this time, the Speaker should message the citizen and ask their reasons for moving to the eUK and whether they are being sponsored by an existing eUK citizen. The discussion and vote will start once Congress has been informed of the response, or when 72 hours are left on the citizenship request.