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Military Commission Act (2020) Reform Act | LR 040 Amendments

Author: Andusre, Brototh
Sponsor: XXX
Preamble: Noting the dire threat which some sections of LR 40 pose to operation security (opsec), which could severely impact the success of an operation and the foreign affairs reputation of Thaecia should a leak occur,
Understanding the need to add further sections to legally protect other regions from destruction at the hands of Thaecia,
Believing the military could benefit much more from a situation similar to the Thaecian Roleplay,
Respecting that Congress is a higher priority for Thaecia than her relatively new military,

Congress hereby agrees,

Amends Section I and Section II
  • Section I - The Thaempirial Army which shall be under the competence of the Prime Minister, and which the President shall be the Chief in Command, with the Secretary of Defence as its operational Most Senior Officer, shall have the responsibility to defend the regions, uphold international military engagements, provide military assistance to allies, protect and forward collective Thaecian interests abroad and domestically, and occupy regions.

  • Section II – There shall be an established 'Secretary of Defence' nominated by and under the Prime Minister President, akin to how the Prime Minister employs their Ministers,

Amends Section III and Section IIIa, Creates Section IIIb

  • Section III – The Executive shall at any time, when making use of the Thaempirial Army, for defensive or offensive purpose, continue to inform and interact with the legislative Senate, as equal partners, and conduct rigorous self-oversight.

    • Section IIIa - Specifically, whenever the Executive makes use of the Thaempirial Army, they shall interact and inform with the House of Commons, the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Chairperson of the Senate or the Senate directly, who then shall pass on this information to their respectable Chambers Senate (if applicable), and the Foreign Affairs Minister, and the Speaker of the House, as equal partners.

    • Section IIIb - After the conclusion of an operation, the Executive shall inform the House of Commons directly, of the details of the previous military operation. The Executive shall also prepare a full, detailed, and honest report of the military operation, which shall be released to the public. Said report may also be the one given to the House of Commons.

Creates Section IVa

    • Section IVa- The Thaempirial Army shall be prohibited from carrying out any military operation during a Senate election. Military operations may take place in a Senate special election provided that special election does not have more than half of the total capacity of the chamber up for election.

Creates Section V

  • Section V - The Prime Minister shall have the authority to veto participation in a military operation for any reason, but that reason must be given to the Secretary of Defence. The Foreign Affairs Minister shall be able to veto participation in an operation only if said participation would incur significant harm to the region's Foreign Affairs. The Prime Minister shall have the authority to overturn this veto.

  • Section I - No member of the Thaempirial Army shall knowingly partake in operations which grief occupied regions when on an operation with the Thaempirial Army. Doing so will be considered a criminal offence, prosecutable in the High Court of Thaecia.

  • Section II - Operations which grief occupied regions shall be defined as operations where acts are conducted harming the inhabitants of a region in a way which is permanent or arduous to undo. Examples include but are not limited to the refounding of an occupied region; applying passwords to an occupied region; and the ejection or banjection of inhabitants of occupied regions- if the nation in question is immediately unbanned, this shall be forgiven.

  • Section III - An inhabitant is defined as a resident of an occupied region who is not residing in the region for raiding/defending purposes.

  • Section IV - Section II shall not apply to regions which are fascist in nature.

  • Section V - Members of the Thaempirial Army shall have a duty of candour to report griefing by any Thaecian or by a member of another organisation with which the Thaempirial Army is collaborating to the Secretary of Defence. Should a member of the Thaempirial Army become aware of griefing in these circumstances but fails to report it, this shall be grounds for their expulsion from the Thaempirial Army.

  • Section VI - Where the Thaempirial Army has taken part in an operation which griefs a region, the whole organisation will be required to withdraw from the operation in the timeliest possible manner. Should the Secretary of Defence be made aware of griefing by a Thaecian or collaborating foreign military member, but fails to have the whole organisation withdraw from the operation by not ordering an immediate withdrawal order, this will be considered grounds for recall of the Secretary of Defence. A Thaempirial Army member who defies the order to withdraw from the operation in question shall be expelled from the Thaempirial Army and shall never be readmitted.

  • Section VIa - The Secretary of Defence, before military operations, must inform participants or foreign allies if applicable, that the Thaempirial Army has a zero tolerance on griefing. If a participant/ally declares their intention to grief, or it is disclosed that the operation is of a grieifing nature, the Thaempirial Army shall not take part in that operation unless said participant/ally agrees not to grief, or said participant/ally is removed from the operation/not given permission to partake in the operation. The Thaempirial Army shall never knowingly and willfully take part in an operation that is of a griefing nature.

Amends Section II,
Section II - The following ranks will exist in the Thaempirial Army. The higher a rank is on this list, the more prestigious it is. The top two ranks may not be achieved by an ordinary officer or military personnel through promotion. The Secretary of Defence may choose whom has the power to promote/demote others, but will always have the final say in whom is promoted or demoted -- second only to the President. The Thaempirial Army may be allowed to create their own cosmetic names to stand in for these roles if they wish, but they must equate exactly to the roles listed here.

Chief in Command

Secretary of Defence

General

Colonel

Major

Lieutenant

Sergeant

Corporal

Private First Class

Private Second Class

The Kingdom of Brototh

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