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Endowment of the Exodite Confederation


BY THE WILL OF THE EXODITES, signed April 14, 2019
THE ENDOWMENT OF THE EXODITES
PREAMBLE

WE, THE EXODITES,
In order to abolish the stagnant oligarchies of our past, to initiate a new era of autonomy, fairness, and enlightenment for all, and to provide security against those who seek to restore the regimes of eras bygone, do hereby reaffirm, ordain and establish this Endowment of the Exodite Confederation.


Section I: Naming the Legislature

The legislative body of the Exodites shall hereby be known as the Assembly.

Section II: the Assembly

The Assembly shall consist of all registered citizens of Exodus and its extremities.
As of their registration on the forums and completion and approval of their citizenship application, all citizens are considered members of the Assembly and it is the duty of the citizenry to regularly participate in its hearings. The Assembly shall exist primarily on the Exodite Public Forum (EPF, or the forum), followed by the Exodus Regional Message Board (RMB) and Official Exodus Discord in the respective channel. Voting is to exclusively take place on the forum.

As members of the Assembly, all citizens have the following legislative powers:
a. Draft/propose legislation
b. Deliberate on legislation
c. Vote on legislation
d. Call for legislation to be repealed
e. Impeach members of the Curiarchy

Citizens do not have the power to call proposals to vote.

“Deliberation” is defined as discussing the mechanisms, components, language, or any other factor of a proposal or the proposal as a whole within the confines of the Assembly.

Proposals shall be deliberated on for a time that does not exceed ten days. If a vote is not called within that time span, the proposal shall stall in the Assembly and will not move forward. Once a formal vote is called by a Curiarch, all citizens have 48 hours to vote yea or nay. Should either no one vote, the proposal receives less than 3 votes, or the proposal receives a plurality nay by the end of the 48 hour voting period, the proposal is considered “Dead” and shall not move on. Should a proposal receive a plurality vote yes, then it is considered to have “passed” and it is the duty of the Grand Curiarch to sign the proposal and send it to the Prime Executive within 24 hours of the proposal’s passing. If the Prime Executive vetoes the bill, the Assembly may vote to override the veto with a new vote. The overriding motion must pass with 2/3 votes cast in favor of the veto.

Section III: the Curia

A specialized group of individuals shall be elected by the citizenry to manage and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Assembly. It is the duty of this group, known henceforth as the Curia, to ensure the Assembly operates efficiently and within the confines of the law.

A member of the Curia shall be known as a “Curiarch.” The Curia shall have five seats for curiarchs. All seats do not have to be filled. Should the number of Curiarchs drop below three, it is the duty of the Executive and their Advisory Council to ensure the proper management of the Assembly until the number of Curiarchs is restored. Curiarchs will be elected by popular vote in a general election where each citizen gets one vote. The top five candidates will become Curiarchs with the most popular candidate assuming the role of Grand Curiarch.

As a purely managerial body, the Curia is not permitted to draft and vote on legislation without the participation of the Assembly. Curiarchs retain the same powers as citizens within the Assembly.

Following the agreement of the Assembly on a proposal, the Curia has the responsibility to review the legality of said proposal. During a review session, the proposal is to be closed for deliberation on the Assembly floor. Review sessions are to take no longer than 72 hours. At the conclusion of a review session, the Curia must declare the proposal legal or illegal. If declared illegal, the Curia must cite the specific law that the proposal's implementation would break. Illegal proposals return to the Assembly floor following a review session for further deliberation or a called vote, as determined by the circumstances of the proposal in question. During a review session, the Curiarchs are not permitted to make alterations to the proposal, but they may suggest changes in their capacities as Assembly members once the proposal leaves review. If the proposal required additional Assembly-wide deliberation, the Curiarchs may determine the length of this secondary deliberation period.

The citizenry may elect new Curiarchs on the twentieth of every other month. These elections are only triggered if a non-Curiarch member of the Exodus Assembly officially challenges a specific Curiarch for their seat. These challenges must be posted in a public and easily-accessible place. They must specify both the challenging nation and the challenged nation. These challenges must be posted at least 3 days before the set election day.

Section IV: Assembly Rules and Proceedings

The Curia, following the ratification of this document must establish the Assembly Rules and Proceedings (AR&P) as their first act in order for the Assembly to operate. The AR&P is to be a guide citizens must follow when presenting legislation. The Curia shall maintain the AR&P whenever maintenance is deemed necessary and ensure all Assembly procedures comply with the AR&P. Each new class of Curiarchs is to review the AR&P and can repeal the AR&P in part or in whole providing that the new Curiarchy has a replacement.

Section I: Executive Office

The Executive Office of Exodus as a whole is charged with guiding Exodus, ensuring the law is upheld, maintaining the military, managing domestic affairs, and representing Exodus on the world stage. The Executive Office is comprised of the following positions in order of their rank:

A. Prime Executive
B. Vice Executive
C. Grand Curiarch
D. Executive Advisory Council (EAC)

Section II: Prime Executive

The Prime Executive (or simply, the Executive) shall be elected by the entirety of Exodus citizens every four months. Following their election, the Executive is endowed with the following powers:

a. Establish treaties and embassies between foreign powers
b. Sign or veto a bill from the Assembly
c. Appoint/Remove officers from the EAC
d. Create/dissolve subsidiary offices and departments within the government
e. Appoint the leaders of offices within government
f. Serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Exodite Armed Forces
g. Serve as the Chief Diplomat of the region
h. Petition/Appeal the Assembly to create/repeal legislation or declare/end war
i. Establish the formal Executive title for the duration of the term

The Assembly reserves the right to inquire and review any decision made by the Executive involving governmental affairs. Should the need arise, the Assembly, following Curia approval, holds the power to reject any appointment, treaty, and creation of offices and departments done by the Executive.

In order for one to run for the office of Prime Executive, they must have been a citizen of Exodus for a period of six weeks OR are an approved Praeter Civitan. Elections for the Prime Executive are to be held every four months. Each four period is a term. A citizen is allowed to serve as Prime Executive for a total of four consecutive terms.

Section III: Vice Executive

The Vice Executive shall serve alongside the Prime Executive as the leader of Executive. The primary function of the Vice Executive is to advise and support the Prime Executive on all matters. In the event of a tie in the Assembly, the Vice Executive is permitted to break the tie.

The Vice Executive is to be selected by the Prime Executive during their campaign.

Should the Prime Executive fall inactive for an unannounced period of 7 days, cease to exist during their term via inactivity or via moderator deletion, be impeached and removed from office, or resign from their post, the Vice Executive is to assume the role of the Prime Executive for the remainder of their term.

Section IV: Grand Curiarch

The Grand Curiarch (GC) shall serve as the supervisor of the Curia and the Assembly at large. It is the duty of the GC as a senior member of the EAC to be a voice for the people in the presence of the Prime Executive.

In the event the Prime and/or Vice Executive are both unable to fill the role of Prime Executive, the Grand Curiarch shall assume the role of Prime Executive until the end of the sitting Prime Executive's term.

The Grand Curiarch is elected within the Curia by the Curiarchs whenever the sitting Grand Curiarch loses reelection, resigns from their post, or is otherwise unable or has been restricted from carrying out their duties as GC.

Section V: Executive Advisory Council

The Executive Advisory Council (EAC) shall serve as a panel of advisors directly appointed by the Prime Executive. The amount of EAC members is decided at the discretion of the Prime Executive. The Prime Executive is not permitted to dissolve the EAC and must retain at least two members of the EAC during their term.

Members of the EAC are not permitted to serve concurrently as the Grand Curiarch.

Section I: Investigation Procedures

The Curia shall act as the Judiciary institution of Exodus and is vested with all necessary powers and privileges in order to ensure justice is done. If a time ever comes when the legality of an act, law, proposal, executive decision or citizen action is in question, and if the questionable act was committed within the jurisdiction of the Exodite state - including any acts which reflect on Exodus from afar that were performed by Exodite citizens - then the members of the Curiarchy shall be responsible for the adjudication of the question and for the determination of consequences.

If a Curiarch suspects a law has been broken or is otherwise lead to believe that foul intent is afoot, they may submit a “Question of Concern” publicly before the Assembly. The Question of Concern (QoC) is a formal document that invokes the Curia’s powers of investigation and adjudication and must include: the name of at least one suspected accused, a list of suspected infractions, and an “Account of Injustice” which clearly states the potential harm caused by the suspected infractions to the region or to an individual within the region. If any Curiarch finds the QoC to be without merit they may “dismiss” it, cancelling the investigation. If the public believes there has been an error in judgement on the part of the Curiarch, the dismissed QoC may be resubmitted as a proposal before the Assembly, following standard voting procedure. If the resubmitted QoC passes, then the Curia will commence investigation and prosecution as normal. If it fails, then the dismissal will take permanent effect. If no Curiarchs dismiss a QoC in the 72 hours after it was submitted, the Curia will commence investigation.

Investigations of illegal activity shall be managed by the Curia - which is free to employ whatever actors or resources it deems necessary to effect a comprehensive investigation - in accordance with all citizen rights as listed in Article VI. Investigations may not extend beyond the list of suspected infractions or beyond the list of suspected individuals as stated in the QoC, nor may they extend beyond the jurisdiction of the Exodite State. Investigations may last for as long as the principal investigators believe necessary, however the Prime Executive may issue a notice demanding the Curia set a hard deadline - not to exceed one month from the issuance of the notice - if the PE believes an investigation has gone on for too long. Details of an investigation at any stage are considered confidential and may not be shared with anyone who isn’t immediately involved in the investigation.

The “Exodite State” shall comprise all official public forums, chatrooms, message boards and websites claimed by the Exodite people. In addition, any mediums managed by Exodite citizens, including private chatrooms, message boards, mailing services, or websites associated with NationStates.net, shall also comprise the Exodite State and be subject to the laws of this land. The Curia has the responsibility to investigate and prosecute any legal offenses committed within the purview of this region.

At the conclusion of an investigation, a full report detailing all relevant evidence shall be written and submitted privately to the author of the QoC for review (the author of the report may also be the author of the QoC). If the author believes sufficient evidence exists as to prove a crime has been committed, they are required to publish the report publicly within a relevant area of the forum. Following this, the Curia will enter the Trial chamber for an official hearing.

Section II: Trial Procedures

Trial proceedings will be managed by the Curiarchs and must take place in a publicly visible, government sanctioned medium. If it is not held on the forum, a transcript must be published in the judicial section of the forum immediately following the trial. The trial will begin with a direct inquiry where the Curiarchs will depose the accused and seek answers to any questions they may have. All presiding Curiarchs must conclude their lines of inquiry by announcing “satisfaction” before the trial can progress.

Following the direct inquiry, the accused will have an opportunity to present counter-arguments/evidence in their defense. Alternatively, they may waive this stage by admitting guilty to all listed infractions. The Counter-arguments will end when the Defendant declares he has nothing more to counter or is otherwise unable to counter-argue. If the Defendant fails to participate in court proceedings - assuming that the opportunity and ability for them to exists - then it shall be assumed they have nothing to say in their defense and the trial will proceed to the final stage.

If the Defendant feels they are incapable of effectively counter-arguing, they may seek counsel from another Exodite citizen who, after a brief competency hearing with the Curiarchs, may represent the accused in all legal dealings.

Following the Counter-arguments, the Curiarchs may hold a second Direct Inquiry or may, by unwritten consensus, proceed to Adjudication. Judgements may be handed down in one of two ways to be determined before the trial begins. The Curia is, by default, the judicial branch of Exodus and may confer privately as the trial is coming to an end as to whether the accused is guilty or innocent. A decision must be reached; if the Curiarchs cannot agree on a judgement, the Vice Executive will serve as tie breaker. Alternatively, the Defendant may request to be judged by a jury of his peers, in which case the final judgement will be decided by open vote in the Assembly.

Whatever format, once the judgement has been decided, the trial will end with a final declaration of “Innocent” or “guilty” of one or more charges. If the Defendant is found guilty on any criminal counts, the Curia will then return to private chambers to determine an adequate punishment.

Section III: Civil Court

Exodite citizens may approach the Curia directly with an Appeal for Adjudication if there exists a need for arbitration in significant matters between citizens. In such cases, the Curia will determine the merit of the appeal and - if found worthy of consideration - assume trial proceedings. In these civil cases, the Applicant will present their arguments first, followed by the Defendant who will present counter-arguments. Both Applicant and Defendant will receive an optional second chance for argumentation. At the close of arguments, the Curia will recess to private chambers to deliberate. Final judgements are up to the discretion of the Curiarchs but may not proscribe criminal punishment for non-criminal acts, nor deprive an Exodite citizen of their Endowment given rights.

Section IV: Special Circumstances

The “Civis Cincinnatus” shall be an active, Exodite citizen - chosen at random by public lottery - tasked with the solemn responsibility of fulfilling the duties of judicial office in dire circumstances, when the legal officials of the region cannot function due to credible suspicion of criminal wrongdoing. The lottery will commence immediately upon the publication of a QoC which indicts a judicial official and will last until either the investigation returns without proof of wrongdoing or until the official in question has been tried and judged innocent or guilty. It is the duty of all Exodites to sacrifice for the good of the region and so there are no exclusions from the Civis Cincinnatus, all citizens must register for it at the time of their naturalization. Failure to perform while assigned the duties of Civis Cincinnatus is a criminal offense, punishable by law.

In the event that a Curiarch, or the Prime Executive or the Vice Executive is accused of criminal activity in a QoC, their role in all judicially relevant activities relating to the case shall be suspended for the duration of the investigation. Their investigation-related duties will be fulfilled instead by the Civis Cincinnatus.

In the event that an investigation results in the indictment of either a Curiarch, the Prime Executive or the Vice Executive, they will be immediately suspended from all official duties pending a formal trial. Their duties will be fulfilled, instead, by the Civis Cincinnatus for the duration of the trial, or by the Vice Executive if the Prime Executive is indicted.

Section I: Exodite Public Forums and Official Exodus Discord

To ensure some level of security and autonomy from those who wish to do harm to Exodus and to provide a more exclusive and private setting for citizens of Exodus to do as they wish, a forum shall be provided and maintained by the government of Exodus. Legislation, government departments, announcements, elections, and all other government matters are to be housed and documented on the forum and easily accessible by the populace. Documents not archived on the forum are not considered legal. Dispatches, pinned messages on Discord, and other extraforum posts are considered legal if they have an identical counterpart on the forum. In the event extraforum posts contradict or are without their forum counterparts, the forum shall take legal supremacy.

The Exodite government is also charged with the creation and moderation of an official Discord server.

Section II: Forum Management

The government of Exodus is charged with maintaining the forum of Exodus and protecting content from deletion/vandalism.

Section III: Residency & Citizenship

A nation is considered a resident of Exodus the moment they relocate to the region. Residents are permitted to access the forums and join the Discord with limited access. Residents are not permitted to take part in Assembly procedures or vote in elections.

After having resided in the region for a period of no less than 3 days, a nation may apply for citizenship via the forum. Links to the citizenship application are to be easily accessible via the World Factbook Entry and a pinned message on Discord. Upon the completion of their citizenship application and the approval of the Prime Executive or another designated official, then they shall be considered a citizen.

Rights and protections of citizens can be found in Article VI.

Section I: Election Procedure and Methodology

At such times as the Endowment calls for elections, the following methodology shall be followed:

All elections shall take place on the Exodite Public Forums, in a specially designated subforum created to contain all Exodus election threads. This subform shall be called "the Election Floor."

Each individual election shall have its own election thread created by the sitting Grand Curiarch. These threads shall each contain a poll in which every candidate for the electoral position in question is listed in alphabetical order. If applicable, the candidates' parties will be listed next to their names. The Grand Curiarch shall post the election thread between 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM EST on the twentieth day of election months. These threads shall be titled with the name of the electoral position being voted upon, as well as the name and year of the term that the winner of the election will fill. The thread's name must also contain the word "election."

The Grand Curiarch must delineate the following rules of voting to voters in the election thread:
In all elections, citizens shall be permitted to vote once for one single candidate.
Citizens may not vote for the same candidate more than once.
For a citizen's vote to be officially logged, he or she must confirm in the election thread that he or she voted before the vote formally closes. This confirmation must be presented in a format that is clear to the Grand Curiarch.

An election will only be considered legitimate if 3 or more votes are logged. All elections will run for 24 hours, starting when the thread is posted and ending exactly 24 hours later. In all elections, the candidate with the most votes at the time the election closes shall be determined the victor the and accede to the electoral position in question.

Before an election, the Grand Curiarch may choose to announce the election's date and time in advance.

Following the end of an election, the Grand Curiarch may choose to lock the election thread. The Grand Curiarch may also choose to post an official vote count.

If the Grand Curiarch has not posted an election thread within 12 hours of the election's preordained starting time, any Exodite Assembly member may post an election thread. For the election to be viewed as legitimate in these cases, the thread must be posted at least 12 hours after the originally planned starting time, and the new thread must follow the standard election code and procedure. These elections will run for 24 hours, starting when the thread is posted and ending exactly 24 hours later. In a circumstance where multiple replacement election threads are posted, the thread posted earliest while maintaining legality will be considered to contain the legitimate election. Following the end of a legitimate election, the original poster may choose to lock the election thread. The original poster may also choose to post an official vote count.

If, after 28 days following the regularly scheduled election date, neither the Grand Curiarch nor an Exodus Assembly member has staged a legitimate election, the Writ of Somnum Imperium(Article V, Section IV) shall take effect automatically.

Section II: Preservation of the Endowment and the Actuary

The Endowment is to be placed prominently on the forum and in the World Factbook Entry of Exodus as the first pinned dispatch. To ensure the Endowment remains unaltered until official direction, a single forum account shall maintain the official post containing the Endowment. This account is to be shared by no less than two and no more than four nations. Those with access to this account are called Actuaries, and shall be appointed by the first Prime Executive to serve until their resignation. The Endowment as a dispatch is to be in the possession of the Actuaries as well, and shall adhere to the forum supremacy clause stated in Article IV, Section I.

In the event the Endowment is amended, it is the duty of the Actuaries to update the Endowment with the proper amendment. Should it be found that an Actuary has altered the Endowment in any way other than what has been legally directed, they shall be stripped of their role and depending on the severity of the unlawful alteration may face banjection from the region.

The Endowment is also to be easily accessible on the Official Exodus Discord.

Section III: Amending the Endowment

Should a grammatical or spelling error be discovered by a citizen or member of the government, a member of the Executive Office may direct both Actuaries to fix the issue providing the Actuaries are given specific errors to correct. Should it be discovered that one or both Actuaries have altered other parts of the Endowment not specifically mentioned by a member of the Executive Office, they shall face suspension of their duties and possible disciplinary action.

Should the need arise to alter part of the existing Endowment, the following process must take place in order for an amendment to be passed.
A specific, targeted proposal must be presented to the Assembly. An amendment proposal is not permitted to change an entire article of the Endowment, but is permitted to alter up to two sections of a specific article. Amendment proposals must be made one at a time and may not be proposed en masse.
The amendment proposal is to be deliberated on for a period that does not exceed ten days. Curiarchs are to provide their insight and review on the proposal during deliberation.
Once the citizenry and the Curia have met a consensus on the contents of the proposal, the Grand Curiarch must call the proposal to vote. This vote shall not last longer than 48 hours.
Should the amendment proposal receive a super plurality (⅔ more votes for than against) in favor, the amendment has passed and must be signed into law by the Prime Executive sine potestate intercessisse.
Should the amendment proposal not receive a supermajority in favor, the proposal shall be deferred and must wait two weeks before being proposed again.

Section IV: Preservation of Government Property

All laws and posts on the Exodus forums are property of the Exodus government, who is responsible for ensuring that the original copy of all legislation is kept and is open to the citizens of Exodus. If legislation is amended or repealed, the original copy as well as the new one must be preserved. Citizens hold the right to any content they post on the forums unless it is made into a law, at which point it becomes the collective property of the region and as such must be open to all citizens.

Section V: Impeachment and Removal from Office

Any government official may be removed from office following the impeachment process:

An Impeachment Resolution (IR) is drafted and presented to the Assembly. An IR must provide specific reasons why the targeted official is to be impeached. Impeachment Resolutions may be drafted by citizens or Curiarchs. An Impeachment Resolution can only be brought against a single official.
The Impeachment Resolution is to be immediately sent to the Curia for review. Review is not to exceed more than 48 hours. The Curia can move to strike down the resolution or move it to the floor.
Should the Curia strike the IR, another IR against the same official cannot be drafted for a period of no less than 30 days. Should the Curia reach a consensus in favor, the Impeachment Resolution is to be moved to the floor for voting. The Assembly floor vote will proceed following standard Assembly vote code.
Voting time on the Impeachment Resolution shall not exceed 48 hours.
Should the Impeachment receive a plurality aye, the targeted official will be officially impeached and removed from office. Should the Impeachment Resolution receive a plurality nay or no votes at all, the IR shall be struck down and cannot be revived for 30 days.

Removal from office entails the stripping of the impeached official of all administrative privileges on all Official Exodite State Media, including but not limited to the EPF, Regional Officer position, and Official Exodite Discord.

Officials removed from office are not permitted to run for any office for an entire year.

Section VI: Writ of Somnum Imperium

The Writ of Somnum Imperium (WSI) shall take effect in the event the government of Exodus is unable to operate efficiently due to the lack of filled positions or gross inactivity in the region. The WSI cannot be invoked by any member of the executive or legislative branches but is activated automatically after 28 days of government inactivity. WSI shall temporarily suspend all governmental activities and freeze terms of elected officials until WSI is revoked. The forum and Discord shall still operate and the Assembly shall still be open, but no new proposals may be presented and no proposals may be voted on during the time WSI is in effect.

The WSI is automatically revoked by a simple Assembly vote that establishes the elected figures of a new government including three Curiarchs and the Prime Executive. At least seven independent votes must be cast in order for the revocation to take effect.

The Writ of Somnum Imperium shall take effect the moment this Endowment is ratified until the Curia establishes the AR&P.

Section VII: Writ of Tabula Rasa

Following the ratification of the Endowment, the former iteration of this document, henceforth known as Endowment I, as well as the government, positions, laws, decisions, and any other governmental affair under Endowment I shall be henceforth abolished.

In the event the WSI has been in effect for a span totalling more than six months and there exists little evidence that the WSI shall be lifted, the active populace still in residence shall be permitted to enact the Writ of Tabula Rasa in either partiality, which shall nullify all laws and terms set under this Endowment but keep the Endowment in tact, or in totality, which shall nullify all laws and terms under the Endowment as well as the document itself. Tabula Rasa, once enacted may not be reversed.

Section VIII: Writ of Praeter Civis

Following the ratification of the Endowment, all current residents of Exodus that held citizenship in the previous iteration of Exodus shall be granted full citizenship. These citizens shall be known as Praeter Civitans. In the event a nation moves to Exodus at a later date than the ratification of the Endowment, is able to prove they held citizenship and were in good moral standing with the previous iteration of Exodus, and this proof can be corroborated, they too shall be granted full citizenship as a Praeter Civitan.

Section IX: Fulfillment of Office

All government officials are expected to honestly and faithfully execute their responsibilities in an expedient manner with due deference to law, necessity, and the sensibilities of the Exodite people. Although the exact measure of these standards may vary, as time and fortune permit, it is invariably the duty of an Exodite Official to ensure the smooth operation of the state apparatus, to undertake all action necessary to best effect this goal, and to indict any persuasion which might diminish the glory or functionality of the region. To this end, any official which can be found guilty of conduct unbecoming of an Exodite leader shall be subject to scrutiny and even criminal prosecution if the offense proves serious.

Section X: Moderator Authority

To uphold the Exodite reputation for excellence, and to protect the Exodite state against punitive action from non-state operators, all Exodite government officials are granted the authority to suppress - on sight - any content - on any Exodite platform - which violates the NationStates terms and conditions.

1. Everyone has the right to citizenship after having met the preconditions as established by law. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of their citizenship, including ejection and banishment, without due process of law and just cause. All citizens shall be equal before the law.

2. Citizens are guaranteed the freedom of ideas and speech. No citizen may be forced to express their views and convictions or to reject them.

3. Citizens have the inherent right to freely look for, receive, transmit, produce and distribute information by any legal means. This does not include Spam, Trolling, Vulgarity, or content posted by spys to instigate internal strife. The list of data comprising state secrets shall be determined by law. The freedom of mass communication shall be guaranteed. Censorship is prohibited.

4. Citizens have the inherent right to association, including the right to create political parties for the protection of their interests. The freedom of activity of association is guaranteed. No citizen may be compelled to join any association and remain in it.

5.Citizens have the inherent right to elect and be elected to public office, and also to participate in referenda through secret ballot.

6. Citizens have the inherent right to address personally, as well as to submit individual and collective appeals to government bodies and public officials through the Assembly.

7. Citizens enjoy equal access to public records. Laws shall be officially published. Unpublished laws shall not be used. Normative legal acts concerning rights, freedoms and duties of citizen may not be used if they are not officially published for general knowledge.

8. Citizens have the inherent right to privacy of correspondence, of conversations, telegrams and other messages. Limitations of this right shall be allowed only by process of law. The collection, keeping, use and dissemination of information about the private life of a citizen and such information as IP addresses, postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers shall not be allowed without their consent.

9. Citizens have the inherent right to the inviolability of private life, personal secrets, the protection of their honor and good name.

10. Respect for the individual and protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens are the duty of all government bodies, public organizations, and officials.

11. Citizens have the inherent right to lodge a complaint against the actions of officials and government bodies. Complaints shall be examined according to the procedure and within the time-limit established by law.

12. Actions by officials that contravene the law or exceed their powers, and infringe the rights of citizens, may be appealed against in the manner prescribed by law.

13.No citizen found innocent of a crime may be tried again for the same crime without new evidence presented against them. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

14.The enumeration of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.



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