[CHANCERY] Call for Bills for the January 2026 Clark

[Sir Lüc]

The call for bills for the January 2026 Clark (the first of the 62nd Cosă) is now open. You may post a link to a bill's Hopper thread underneath in the usual fashion, provided it has passed the Hopper according to Lex.H.2 and you are entitled to Clark bills.

I will accept for Clarking any such bills (except for any that fall foul of H.2.7) that are presented between now and December 31st 11:59 PM TST, as I will begin assembling the Clark on the CEST morning of January 1st.

[Mximo Malt]

CdZ: Restoration of National Honour (and KR1's Nationality)

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Sense of the Ziu: Big Neighbor Democratic Backsliding

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

The Túischac'h Casual Vacancy Act
Advisory Opinion Removal Amendment

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I apologize, @Sir Lüc , and you're right that I should use this thread.  I have been in the habit of doing it the other way by tagging you, but I should respect the process you have laid out.  In the future, I will be sure to do so.

I wonder if I could trouble you to please re-Clark it with a slight change?

WHEREAS the immigration process should be open to all, without regard for the religious or political views of the Minister of Immigration, and

Whereas this should be true whether we have a politically conservative Minister, who must not be allowed to block progressives, or a politically progressive Minister, who must not be allowed to block conservatives, etc etc, and

Whereas there are some concerns people have about things which can be easily addressed in this second version,

THEREFORE the fifth section of Title E of el Lexhatx, which currently reads

5. If, at any point during the process, either before or after creation of the Wittenberg account, the Immigration Minister determines that the prospective immigrant shall not be considered further, the prospective immigrant shall be informed of this decision, and shall be made aware that a Grant of Citizenship may yet be obtained by the disappointed applicant if an act of the Ziu be passed directing that such a grant be issued. Any account created for the applicant on Wittenberg shall then be terminated

5.1 Any person, whose citizenship is denied, may in the first case appeal this decision by application to the Secretary of State, and be given the Chancery's contact details to enable them to do so. The Secretary of State may, if they believe the Ministry of Immigration has misused their discretion under Talossan law, report to the Ziu with their reasons for so deciding and recommend that the applicant or prospective citizen be given citizenship by act of the Ziu. Alternatively, the applicant or prospective may reapply by undergoing the entire procedure (minus any successfully completed portions) following the next general election.

shall be amended to read

5. If the Immigration Minister and a Member of the Ziu associated with the Opposition determines that the prospective immigrant shall not be considered further, the prospective immigrant shall be informed of this decision, and shall be made aware that a Grant of Citizenship may yet be obtained by the disappointed applicant if an act of the Ziu be passed directing that such a grant be issued. Any account created for the applicant on Wittenberg shall then be terminated.

5.1. This decision may only be made after the application has been processed and posted, and the public must be informed of the minister's decision and the justification for the decision.  The public need not be informed if an application is merely returned as insufficient or nonsensical under the terms of Lexh.E.2.4.

5.2. Any person, whose citizenship is denied, may in the first case appeal this decision by application to the Secretary of State, and be given the Chancery's contact details to enable them to do so. The Secretary of State may, if they believe the Ministry of Immigration has misused their discretion under Talossan law, report to the Ziu with their reasons for so deciding and recommend that the applicant or prospective citizen be given citizenship by act of the Ziu.

5.3. Alternatively, the applicant or prospective may reapply by undergoing the entire procedure (minus any successfully completed portions) following the next general election.

FURTHERMORE, this bill shall not be construed as an ex post facto attempt to criminalize any associated behavior within ministerial duties of the past, and shall not be grounds for prosecution.

FURTHERMORE, there will be a new Lexh.E.2.6, which shall read:

2.6.  Immigration applications shall all be automatically forwarded to an email address that is under the control of His Majesty the king and that is not accessible to any member of His Majesty's Government, and His Majesty will give access to this email address to the Leader of the Opposition.

Uréu q'estadra så
Alexandreu Davinescu, Senator for Maritiimi-Maxhestic
Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial (MC-URL)

I am here assuming that @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP doesn't object to this change -- please correct me if this is wrong, Tafi.

[Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP]

What exactly is the change? I can't really see it at a glance.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

It's essentially the change suggested by Mic'haglh: 5. If the Immigration Minister and a Member of the Ziu associated with the Opposition determines that the prospective immigrant shall not be considered further, the prospective immigrant shall be informed of this decision, and shall be made aware that a Grant of Citizenship may yet be obtained by the disappointed applicant if an act of the Ziu be passed directing that such a grant be issued. Any account created for the applicant on Wittenberg shall then be terminated.

I also briefly had it screwed up a moment ago when I was fixing it, since I originally just had "a member of the Opposition" and I thought that was unclear, so you might have just been looking at a version with the change in the wrong spot.

[Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP]

Fair enough. I don't mind this. (This was probably the wrong place to have this discussion in. I'm sorry, Lüc...)

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Stop casually throwing umlauts on his name and making me look bad.  Think of us poor ignorant folks over here with no diacritics on our travel keyboards.