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by The Jiving Jungle of Baloo Kingdom. . 84 reads.

The Grand Amendment (Proposed Amendment to the Callistan Constitution) (Additions in Red)

§3. Government of Callista

1. The region will solely possess a Council of State.
2. This Council shall contain the Tsar (the founder of Callista), a World Assembly Delegate (which will be appointed as either the Prime Minister, Lieutenant Prime Minister, or the Head Justice in that order), and five other Ministers.8
3. In the event that the Prime Minister, Lieutenant Prime Minister, and Head Justice dismiss or are ineligible for the delegacy, the Tsar may take up the role.8
4. Members of the executive branch will have their own, different duties in the region.

§4. Privileges held by citizens

These privileges listed below will only be accessible by residents through filling in the citizenship form.
1. All citizens are entitled to certain privileges, which take effect immediately upon their entry into the region and shall not be accessible the moment they leave Callista.
2. A citizen is defined as a human being who resides in Callista and has been accepted as a citizen. No citizen is permitted to control more than one nation inside Callista.
3. These privileges are as follows:
i. All citizens may give, receive, withdraw, and otherwise exchange endorsements freely as long as they do not violate the endorsement cap of the region.
ii. All citizens may vote in general elections held by the Tsardom.
iii. All citizens may contest the position of Prime Minister, Lieutenant Prime Minister, or Head Justice, before elections.
iv. All citizens may express their thoughts freely without fear of repercussions unless those thoughts violate the Regional Message Board rules of Callista or NationStates rules.
4. Citizens also reserve the right to have their citizenship automatically updated based on their residency status. Nations that leave Callista for a historically significant or friendly region may have their citizenship status updated to honorary citizenship and honorary citizens who move to Callista may have their citizenship status updated to citizen.8

§5. The Cabinet

1. The region shall possess a Founder, who shall be referred to as "the Tsar". The Tsar shall hold all powers, including executive powers, and may not be challenged or restricted in their authority.
2. The World Assembly Delegate will be appointed as either the Prime Minister or the Lieutenant Prime Minister in the case of the Prime Minister not being able to become the World Assembly Delegate. The WAD will only hold World Assembly powers and shall, under any circumstance other than the Tsar's nation ceasing to exist, not hold executive powers.
3. All ministers except the Prime Minister, Lieutenant Prime Minister, Head Justice, Minister of Roleplay, Chief Prosecutor, and the Tsar shall be chosen by the Prime Minister Once a cabinet is chosen, the Tsar will give regional officers to those chosen by the Prime Minister and the Head Justice.7
4. There will be nine members of the Cabinet. The duties of the members are as follows:7,8
i. A Minister of Foreign Affairs will be appointed by the Prime Minister and shall be responsible for negotiating with other regions, establishing relationships between Callista and other regions and organizations, and speaking on behalf of the region.
ii. A Secretary of the Press shall be a puppet nation, controlled by the members of the Cabinet. They shall be used for posting official dispatches. They cannot be replaced and will always be the nation Callista Dispatches.
iii. A Head Justice shall be elected by the People of Callista. The Head Justice will have the final say in legal disputes between residences, is tasked with appointing a Chief Prosecutor, and has the power to overturn Amendments if they are deemed unconstitutional.6,7
iv. A Chief Prosecutor shall be appointed by the Head Justice. The Chief Prosecutor will serve for 3 months between the Judicial elections, and is tasked with; investigating members deemed "suspicious", pressing charges against residents who are assumed to have committed a crime or are criminals on behalf of the Tsardom, and acting as a nonpartisan watchdog who is able to bring charges against government members.7
v. The Overturning of Amendments can be rejected by a two-thirds majority in the Cabinet and the Tsar.6
vi. A Prime Minister and a Lieutenant Prime Minister shall be elected by the people of Callista. They will have the power to oversee the duties of all of the aforementioned Ministers, the ability to accept or deny citizenship forms, guarding the region from foreign threats such as quorum raiders, manage the World Factbook Entry and pin/unpin dispatches, holding regional events, enforcing the regional rules, ban-ject and eject nations deemed "suspicious"; and vetoing, adding, accepting, or removing amendments to or from the constitution.
vii. A Minister of Internal Affairs will be appointed by the Prime Minister and be responsible for hosting internal events and managing internal affairs such as spam.
viii. A Minister of Roleplay shall be elected by the People of Callista. The Minister of Roleplay will have the power to end all roleplay disputes and can only be contested by an unanimous vote by current roleplay moderators.
ix. A Minister of Recruitment will be appointed by the Prime Minister and shall be responsible for recruiting new and returning nations to join Callista as well as providing information to new members. They will have access to sending mass telegrams.8

§7. Vacancies in government

1. If the office of the Delegate becomes vacant, the Lieutenant Prime Minister shall become the next Delegate, followed by the Head Justice and Tsar.8
2. If the office of any Cabinet member becomes vacant, the Prime Minister will choose a replacement that will serve until the end of that position's term.
3. Should the office in question be that of the Prime Minister, the Lieutenant Prime Minister will fill the position until a special election can be held to replace the Prime Minister.
4. Should the office in question be that of the Lieutenant Prime Minister, the Prime Minister shall appoint an emergency Minister until a special election can be held to replace the Lieutenant Prime Minister.

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