Vetoed Democracycraft Constitution Amendment Act

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A
BILL
To

Amend changes to the constitution

The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:​

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Democracycraft Constitution Amendment Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

2 - Amendments
(1)The process of changing the constitution will be changed from subsection a to subsection b:

(a) Current process:
- A 'Bill: Draft' proposing changes to the constitution is made public.
- A Representative must then start a referendum on forums where citizens, over the course of 5 days, will vote on the proposed amendment.
- A super majority in both chambers of Congress.
- An absolute majority (50%+1) needs to be achieved via public referendum, if the amendment is for a Government Change or a Rights and Freedoms change.
- Presidential Assent.

(b) Proposed Process:
- A constitutional change must satisfy these requirements beyond the normal congressional process when an amendment is in relation to; a Significant Government Change; a System of Government Change; an amendment to change the method of changing the Constitution; or Rights and Freedoms changes:
- A Representative must pose a referendum on forums where citizens, over the course of 3 days, will vote on the proposed amendment.
- An absolute majority (50%+1) needs to be achieved via public referendum.
- A super majority is achieved in both chambers of Congress.

 

[Westray]

This bill has been vetoed.​

Explanation:

• The removal of the requirement of Presidential assent for an amendment would undermine the intentions of the constitution, which was for the Executive to keep a check on legislative authority. The constitution makes it very clear that vested in the President is the power to veto legislation passed by Congress. Such legislation should continue to include amendments. It is necessary that the President retains the right to veto an amendment in order to ensure that lawful and reasonable amendments are made.