Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 03:02:22 PM@Moinul Moin has graciously agreed to represent the Progressive Alliance.  Please increase @Tong Mun Kit 's allotment to twenty seats, reflecting our confidence in his growing experience, and assign the remaining seven to @Moinul Moin .  Thank you!

The above has now been reflected on the database. S:r Moin will be emailed database credentials for Clark voting in short order.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on Yesterday at 11:21:40 PM@Sir Lüc , please forgive the early tag; as I will be travelling tomorrow for a funeral I may not be on Witt much. However, in the event the CRL does not inappropriately delay the Freedom of Conscience Act outside their limited scope of responsibility, I would ask that you add it to the Clark once it receives the requisite approval.

That's a reasonable ask under these circumstances. My deepest condolences.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on April 23, 2026, 11:31:46 AMS:r Secretary,

I am Clarking the following: The Sentient Rights Act

Just FYI: this bill should not be accepted under the terms of Lexh.H.2.1.7.1, since it is too deficient in function to work.  In the time since it was proposed and placed in the CRL, that section of the law was amended by an intervening bill, and so it's proposing to amend a provision that does not exist.

Thanks so much! I have updated the El Lex amending references to account for The Blanking Blank Act.
@Sir Lüc S:r Secretary, please let me know if these changes prevent it from being Clarked and I will hold off until the fifth Clark.

No, it's good to go on this Clark. The changes are minor enough.

Pursuant to Article X, Section 4 of the Organic Law, with a heavy heart the Chancery acknowledges S:r Vitxalmour Axhairsegol's renunciation of citizenship and accordingly issues the present to serve as Writ of Termination.




Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

I think we're both in perfect agreement that His Majesty is not a strongman.  And you already have made it clear that you didn't mean to suggest otherwise.  But several people, including His Majesty, reached a different conclusion when they first read the bill.  This is probably because of the nature of the phrase "His Majesty's Government."  The literal meaning can be different from what a casual reader might understand.

My preference would be for you to fix the wording of the whereas clause in question, so that it more clearly expresses your meaning.  It's a problem with the form of the bill that the wording doesn't match your intent.  That's the only concern I have, since otherwise the bill is fine in form and function.  I will reserve my CRL vote for now.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on Yesterday at 11:21:40 PM@Sir Lüc , please forgive the early tag; as I will be travelling tomorrow for a funeral I may not be on Witt much. However, in the event the CRL does not inappropriately delay the Freedom of Conscience Act outside their limited scope of responsibility, I would ask that you add it to the Clark once it receives the requisite approval.

Rest eternal to your loved one.

Quote from: Alexandreu Soleiglhfred on April 21, 2026, 01:06:26 PMI will try to send a mail your way.

Sure. Do you have my correct email (hotmail not gmail)?

@Sir Lüc , please forgive the early tag; as I will be travelling tomorrow for a funeral I may not be on Witt much. However, in the event the CRL does not inappropriately delay the Freedom of Conscience Act outside their limited scope of responsibility, I would ask that you add it to the Clark once it receives the requisite approval.

I'm going to give the Government the benefit of the doubt here for a second and discuss this under the assumption that their issue with this bill is based on an appallingly-severe lack of reading comprehension, as opposed to the sort of blatant misrepresentation that has become common on their part. So let me start at the beginning.

His Majesty is a constitutional monarch. He is by leaps and bounds the most scrupulous monarch this country has ever had when it comes to respecting his constitutional boundaries and duties. I do not believe he is a strongman.

Constitutional monarchs "reign, but do not rule", as the saying goes. Consequently, since I believe he respects his role, I do not believe HM "rules" over Talossa at all, in a strongman fashion or otherwise. (Though in the colloquial complimentary sense, I would absolutely agree that he "rules".)

It is baffling to me that someone could read this bill, see that it removes the reference to His Majesty's government from the oath of citizenship, and honestly conclude that the bill says His Majesty is the one guilty of strongman tactics.

Frankly, the fact that the current Government is hellbent on keeping new citizens bending the knee to them is all the more argument in favor of the bill's value. Instead of saying "yes, condemning autocracy and removing parts of Talossan law that smell of it, however small they may be, is something we are on board with", they decry this bill's pro-liberty values as inappropriate for legislation; "some political message". Where, exactly, is political messaging more appropriate than the nation's legislature?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:26:43 PMWe use RCV for the Senats, but I don't know how you have parliamentary democracy without party politics.  Also that might be a bridge too far for right now.  I don't know, though?

Parties will always exist, but I guess it's a matter of how institutionalised they are.

With the current closed party list voting system, parties are strongly institutionalised, and ultimate power ultimately rests with party leadership.

With a more open and direct voting system, hopefully power would be transfered to the voters and the MZs they elect, regardless of party affiliation (if any). I've spent several years researching proportional voting systems that do not require strongly institutionalised parties to function, and I feel like they might bring a positive change to the current culture.