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They don't have seals yet. I don't know if y'all would prefer a Cabinet-looking seal for those positions, or if Nassau has a more formal seal that he can make.
For the PM seal, I like the idea of a mace, but I would also propose that it also feature nine stars to represent each of the nine Senators.
For the President's seal, perhaps an escutcheon would be better, as the President is also tasked with defense.
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Question: who is even on the Recruitment Council? The last two Presidents haven't been very clear about that, especially since I remained as an NS++ recruiter even while I wasn't PM, even though I cannot find anything saying that I'm on the Recruitment Council. I know that in the President is now Lhistonia, who is away, but I think we should try to clear up this mess when he gets back.
Thanks!
It's been very much neglected, unfortunately. By default, the Founder, President, and PM are on the council, and the President is supposed to appoint 3 members to the Council. But there are restrictions on who can be appointed. The nation can't be a cabinet member, and must play NS on a computer (any device that supports browser extensions, which does not include mobile phones and some tablets), and be willing to install NS++. The problem I found was that all of the people who expressed interest for being on the council could not meet those requirements.
REPORT!
Fellow Citizens! The first month of my term as Prime Minister has finished, and here is a report on my 12-Point Plan: 4 of the points have been fully realized, 3 are in progress, and 5 are pending. In view of having finished a third of my agenda in a fourth of the time I gave myself to do so, I have updated my Plan as follows:
1) Implement the provisions of SO#2017-14 (“On Judicial Rights and Procedures”): set up the Union’s judicial system for the protection of the citizens and Law of the Union.
2) Implement the provisions of SO#2017-41 (“Regional Sport Act”) to boost activity within the Union.
3) Work closely with the President of the Union to elaborate strategies and structures to best defend the Union from invaders.
4) Create a new, more permanent, quarterly Union Newspaper as a government publication promoting the Union and providing a space for ordinary citizens to express themselves and their opinions.
NEW! 5) Continue to revamp the Cabinet, including promulgating an Administrative Code regulating various aspects of Cabinet service.
6) Conduct a complete overhaul of the Union Constitution, including incorporation of the Union Charter of Rights and Freedoms as an appendix to the Constitution and a full consultation with the people of the Union in the process.
7) Introduce a motion to create a Culture and Activities Parliamentary Commission, which will propose activities to further regional activity and development to the various departments of government concerned.
8) Amend the Parliamentary Procedure Orders to formalize the create of Parliamentary Groups and Caucuses, which will have various special privileges within the parliament.
9) Push for the citizens of the Union to be consulted via referendum on controversial issues.
NEW! 10) Continue to promote and encourage, all while protecting and regulating, various aspects of non-governmental citizen's engagement within the community, through the Citizen's Forum and the recently created Union Discord server.
NEW! 11) Assemble for unofficial publication, as a work of collaboration between the Chair's Office, the Office of Jurisprudence, and the Office of Communications, a complete and accessible reference book for the Union's diverse and intertwined laws.
NEW! 12) Push for a more forward approach in seeking out other regions in NationStates to develop relationships with, through embassies and also possibly through the mutual exchange of ambassadors.
The purpose is not for them to be delegated, the purpose is that since the PM and Cabinet have far more internal resources than the President, and since the powers of the President are being delegated to the Cabinet for the beginning of this initiative, the President won't have the task of setting up these relationships dumped on his desk. Also, though the President is clearly meant to be the supreme authority in Foreign Affairs (right now, embassies), he rather sets general policy which both he and the PM implement, instead of having full and absolute control. And since the MoW and MoC, which would be involved in making sure of the safety and good intentions of a region and helping ambassadors interact with the Union membership respectively, both answer not to the President but to the PM, some sort of collaboration seems useful.
Because a) the PM, as Chair of Parliament, coordinates most projects that involve several ministries, and b), the Constitution says that the PM must accept embassies when the President tells him to, but that implies that the PM has everyday authority to deal with embassies, and therefore by extension with foreign relations. This is inevitable since I regularly get TGs, as WA delegate, from other WA delegates, about embassies and interregional projects, which i then forward to the President with my recommendation.
Then I ask, what is, in your opinion, the role of the Presidency? Is it merely to provide assent to legislation? Does the President enjoy no other exclusive powers? In my opinion, the Presidency is separate from the office of the Prime Minister for a reason. As the sole Head of State, the President should exercise full authority when it comes to FoPo. As Aralunya explained, the purpose of having the Pres. direct the PM to answer embassies was not because of an implied authority on FoPo, but because of past feature limitations. Therefore, the authority of foreign policy should lie solely with the President and perhaps the Cabinet, but the Prime Minister should have very limited or no authority on this matter.
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