Kennanite Constitutional Assembly II

[The Military of Ethan Foley]

The First Kennanite Constitutional Assembly

Following the Resolution #105, sanctioned the 25th of February of the year MMXV of our Lord, in my powers as the World Assembly delegate, declare this Assembly as constitutional, with the objective of promoting international cooperation and ensuing equality amongst members.

As per Resolution #105 is concerned, the Secretary Council, consisting of the nations of Samukan, administrator, Republic of Guadalajara, elections, Ryzzle, foreign affairs, Hackleberry Islands, role-playing, and Ethan Foley, security, are the main components of this Assembly, along with our current WA Delegate, Spaztislavia (me), and every other nation that Him chooses. Following the investiture of those powers, I designate the nation of Jakeopia, Herodas, and Sandwich Territories as fit for legislation of the Constitution.
These nations do not have obligation of acting in the legislation, and can also renounce their power. If another Kennanite nation believes they should be given legislative powers, they should PM me, Spaztislavia, and I will consider your participation.


Our constitution should have a preamble, which I prepared beforehand, and it's the first issue to be discussed by the Assembly:


'We the representatives of the Kennanite peoples, reunited in General, Constituent Congress, by will of the nations that compose it, in fulfilment of previously established pacts, with the objective of constituting international unity, supporting justice, consolidating internal peace, promoting common defence, and assuring the benefits of liberty for us, our posterity, and every human that desires to reside in Kennanite soil; calling the protection of the powers that be, source of all reason and justice: we ordain, decree and stablish this Constitution for the Kennanite region.'

The above quote is from the first Kennanite Constitutional Assembly. This is the second Kennanite Constitutional Assembly, formed on this day, September 5th, 2015.

Objectives:

• Form a final draft of the Preamble [STATUS: INCOMPLETE]
• Organize the KRC Resolutions into categories [STATUS: INCOMPLETE]
• Format the KRC resolutions so they work into the Constitution [STATUS: INCOMPLETE]
• Work the good Kennan Laws of 2013 into the Constitution, and then repeal the Kennan Laws of 2013 [STATUS: INCOMPLETE]

CURRENT OBJECTIVE: Form a final draft of the Preamble

[The Military of Ethan Foley]

Well, I'll start off the introductions. I'm Vinco (Ethan Foley), the chairman of the Kennanite Constitution Committee. I'll be leading and organizing the effort to draft a working Constitution for the region of Kennan.

[Guadalajara]

I'm Guadalajara, Secretary of Elections. I will be helping with the drafting of the Kennanite Constitution.

[The Hackleberry Islands]

I'm Hackleberry, the Regional Secretary of Cartography, and will be working to introduce laws that regulate the map.

[Spaztislavia]

I'm Spaztislavia, former WA Delegate, and the organizer of the failed First Constitutional Assembly.

[saphlua]

Saphlua, Regional Secretary of Foreign Affairs, represented by Thadone Wolis Namaril, 78^th leader of the Democratic Council of Saphlua. I will also be helping with the drafting of the Kennanite Constitution.

OOC: I would like to note that there seems to be a typo in the preamble: "stablish", last line, should be "establish".

[southganja]

I am South Ganja, newly arrived to the region, and will be helping draft the constitutional points about the newcomers. 

[Sandwich Territories]

I am the Sandwich Territories, former WA Delegate and Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and current useless regional senior, and I will be trying to help create the constitution.

[The Military of Ethan Foley]

Alright, that's most of us (sorry Samukan). Before we get into this, I would like for it to be known that this entire process of getting a working Constitution could take weeks or even months, and that daily activity on this thread is not a requirement, however regular participation will be appreciated and awarded. Now let's get onto the first objective: finalizing the Preamble.

Spaztislavia was nice enough to write the first draft of the Preamble:

FIRST DRAFT: We the representatives of the Kennanite peoples, reunited in General, Constituent Congress, by will of the nations that compose it, in fulfilment of previously established pacts, with the objective of constituting international unity, supporting justice, consolidating internal peace, promoting common defence, and assuring the benefits of liberty for us, our posterity, and every human that desires to reside in Kennanite soil; calling the protection of the powers that be, source of all reason and justice: we ordain, decree and stablish this Constitution for the Kennanite region.

SECOND DRAFT: We the representatives of the people of Kennan, reunited in General, Constituent Congress, by will of the nations that compose it, in fulfillment of previously established pacts, with the objective of constituting international unity, supporting justice, consolidating internal peace, promoting common defense, and assuring the benefits of liberty for us, our posterity, and every human that desires to reside in Kennanite soil; calling the protection of the powers that be, source of all reason and justice: we ordain, decree and establish this Constitution for the Kennanite region and all of its inhabitants to abide by for the greater good of the region.

Just started out with some grammar edits, added a little bit at the end, and changed a little wording. Follow this type of format for making additional drafts (putting it in quotes and prefacing it with "THIRD DRAFT, FOURTH DRAFT, and so on")

[Samukan]

I am Samukan, the Founder of Kennan and current Secretary of Administration. I will contribute to making this constitution as sensible, practical, and comprehensive as possible.

[Guadalajara]

I think the Preamble is fine as is and we should leave it like that. Unless, of course, anyone else has something to add.

[saphlua]

THIRD DRAFT: We the representatives of the people of Kennan, reunited in General, Constituent Congress, by will of the nations and the representatives that compose it, in fulfillment of previously established pacts, with the objective of constituting inter-regional unity, supporting justice, consolidating international peace, promoting common defense, and assuring the benefits of liberty for the nations of Kennan, their posterity, and every human that desires to reside in Kennanite soil; calling the protection of the powers that be, source of all reason and justice, do ordain, decree and establish this Constitution for the Kennanite region and all of its past, present, and future inhabitants to abide by for the greater good of the region.

I would like to know why this must be one, continuous sentence. It seems extremely unnecessary to me.

[Great Carlistan]

OOC: Sorry for the delay, had a research paper to finish, that's why my activity was more or less non-existant last weekend.

As the representative of the Empire of Great Carlistan, we are here to make certain that Kennan's constitution will uphold our traditional ideals, traditions and morals without destroying our culture and beliefs.

Also, I may just be confused by the sentence but there is a semi colon in there which I do not think fits. If we were to replace it with a full stop, neither parts would make any sense or did I miss something?

[Sandwich Territories]

Sept 7, 2015 14:28:27 GMT saphlua said:

I would like to know why this must be one, continuous sentence. It seems extremely unnecessary to me.

Short answer: 5-10 seconds of this.

(couldn't help myself...although I don't remember the music video being quite as weird as that...)

Professional answer: This is a just feeling of mine, but I think some people like the long rambling, as it resembles the US Constitution's preamble. For those people, I suspect the long preamble for the US Constitution works well because it really defines what the values of the Constitution are as a whole. I think that's what the long, continuous sentence here was trying to do.

Of course, it doesn't have to stay that way. I'm just trying to explain why it would be that long without any stopping at all. I wouldn't mind seeing there be more structure to the preamble, but it would definitely have to be reformed a bit to make sense.

EDIT: Also, I believe that semi colon should simply be a comma if there is to be a massive run-on sentence as the preamble.

[Spaztislavia]

That was mostly my intention when I wrote the first draft. It explains the objectives and gives warranties. It was also a word by word translation of my Argentine constitution preamble... Which happens to be based on the American one.