The Nonpartisan SOS Entrenchment Act

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

I'm not sure there is any way we can pass this while Txec is still SoS without casting a pall of suspicion over him, even if that's not the intention. I would prefer this bill not be proposed until after he leaves office.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Well, it seems like that will necessarily implicate his successor, or else imply that we were just waiting for him to leave to put this restriction through.

Maybe if we put in an explicit statement saying that we absolutely trust him, this is no reflection on his ethics or behavior, etc? I mean, it already kind of says that, but we can make it even stronger if it would make anyone comfortable, I bet.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

Am I to offer a "solution" for a question which only the TNC seem to think is a problem? I thought I already did - a higher bar for confirmation of a new SoS, to something like we have for CpI justices, to ensure non-partisanship. Or alternatively the ability of a (large) Ziu minority to request accountability for partisan behaviour (or incompetence). A recall provision, or a formal impeachment process.

The principle is that we judge people for bad behaviour, not for their organisational affiliations.