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Nangka wrote:

Co-Founder Llorens sought the opinion of the Supreme Court regarding whether a Leftist Assembly dual citizen may be nominated for elected office if they currently hold office in another region.

It should be noted that Standing Justice Antinios recused themselves from participating in this legal ruling due to a potential conflict of interest, as they were considering running in the upcoming general election. Therefore, Chief Justice Nangka used his powers to grant Alternate Justice Ghillemear the powers and privileges of a Standing Justice for this specific case. These powers and privileges will be returned to Standing Justice Antinios upon the conclusion of the case.

Furthermore, due to the time constraints presented by the case, with the election only days away as of writing, the Supreme Court begs The Leftist Assembly for consideration because it was not able to grant such an important ruling the time and in-depth discussion it deserves to have.

That being said, based on the Supreme Court's own deliberations, it has come to the conclusion that, while the Dual Citizenship Act technically does not prohibit a dual citizen from running in The Leftist Assembly's elections while holding office in another region, there is an implicit intent to hold office if the dual citizen wins the election.

Therefore, the Supreme Court finds that a dual citizen cannot run in The Leftist Assembly's elections while holding an elected or appointed office in another region. If the dual citizen wishes to run for office in The Leftist Assembly, they must immediately step down from the elected or appointed office that they currently hold.

It should be noted that, due to the time constraints the Supreme Court mentioned above, it was not able to delve deeper into whether or not dual citizens are allowed to run in two or more concurrent elections. While an opinion has been raised within the Court about prohibiting this, the Court unfortunately was not able to put more time into discussing this matter, and thus asks that The Leftist Assembly take this conversation up at a later date.

Furthermore, the Supreme Court strongly recommends that the next government of The Leftist Assembly put forward a relevant amendment to the Dual Citizenship Act that can clarify the language of the law in such a way as to better suit the needs and desires of the community regarding the status of its dual citizens.

We hope that this ruling can clarify all the concerns the community has raised regarding any confusion within the Dual Citizenship Act.

Unity in Diversity,
Justice for All

Twentieth Supreme Court of The Leftist Assembly

Chief Justice Nangka
Standing Justice Antinios
Standing Justice Sincadenas
Alternate Justice Ghillemear