The Official Constitution of the Internationale

[Nero Superbus]

The Official Constitution for the Internationale

I. The Internationale

1. The Internationale is an association of far-left oriented parties and organizations around the eWorld, created to help the development of socialism in all the countries.

II. Governing the Internationale

2. The highest authority in the Internationale is the Congress, which includes representatives from far-left parties around the world.
3. The representation of parties in the congress is how it follows:
- 1 voting member from each party appointed for 1 month;
6. The Chairman is elected for one month. He or she leads discussions and votes. The Congress has the right to impeach him or her. The Chairman is not the leader of the Internationale.
7. The Congress has control over the Departments of the Internationale.

III. Functioning

8. The Internationale currently has 3 large Departments: Fund-raising Department, Human Resources Department and Media&Publicity Department.
9. The Fund-raising Department is responsible for the accounts of the Internationale, allocation of all the money, and raising more money.
10. The Human Resources Department is responsible with welcoming new members and allowing them to post in the forum, teaching new members about how the Internationale works and also keeping a live list of current members and functions.
11. The Media&Publicity Department is responsible for making the news and actions of the Internationale wide spread.

IV. Internal Organization

12. The Internationale is an association split into each one organization per each continent.
13. Each party of the Internationale must pay a tax monthly to the Internationale. The value of the tax will be negotiated by each member party with the Congress.
14. Each Internationale Organization will be subordinated to the Congress, who will vote on actions and donations.

V. Voting Privileges in the Internationale Congress
1) Voting privileges will be extended to 1 representative from each member party in good standing who shall be called a Member of Congress.
a) A party in good standing is defined as a party that has been duly admitted to the Internationale and is in compliance with membership requirements, including but not limited to being current in dues payments.
b) Member parties may appoint their Member of Congress in any manner of their choosing.

VI. Quorum
1) No vote shall be upheld unless a quorum of the Voting Members of Congress has been achieved on each individual vote.
2) A quorum of the Congress of the Internationale shall consist of a simple majority of its membership voting "Yes", "No", or "Present".

VII. Introducing Business to Congress
1) Topics may only be introduced to Congress by the Chairman of the Internationale or a Member of Congress.
a) Non-Members of Congress must find a Member of Congress to sponsor their business and introduce it to the Congress for consideration.
2) Business is brought before the Internationale by posting a new topic on the forums under the "Congress" topic.
a) The subject of the post should start with "Proposal" and the proposal's number (example: "Proposal 1: Voting Rules and Procedures").
b) The proposals will be in numerical order.
3) Time and date of the proposal's introduction will be included at the top of the proposal (example: "Day 681, 19:00").
4) Proposals will be open for discussion and debate for at least 48 hours from the date and time stamp provided.

VIII. Voting on Proposals
1) Once a proposal has been open for discussion for a minimum of 48 hours, a member of Congress of the Chairman can move to put the proposal up for a vote.
2) If the move to put the proposal up for a vote is seconded by a Member of Congress or the Chairman, a new topic will be started with amended proposal as the text.
a) The subject of the post should start with "Vote" and the proposal's number (example: "Vote 1: Voting Rules and Procedures").
3) Time and date of the vote's commencement will be included at the top of the vote (example: "Day 681, 19:30").
4) Votes will be open for a period of 48 hours from the time stamp provided.
5) Members of Congress may vote "Yes", "No", or "Present"
a) A "Present" vote counts towards the quorum but does not count as a "Yes" or a "No"
6) If at the end of the 48 voting period, a quorum has been reached, the votes will be tallied and a simple majority will determine if the proposal is adopted.
a) If quorum is not reached, the proposal will be defeated automatically.

IX. Congressional Record
1) All Proposals and Votes, once they have been completed, will be locked and moved to a section of the forums dedicated to preserving such records.
2) The Proposals and Votes will be viewable by the public and may not be deleted.


X. Other important articles

15. The Internationale can be dissolved with a 100% approval of the Congress.
16. The Constitution can be dissolved entirely with a 100% approval of the Congress. However, its articles can be changed by a majority of the Congress.

XI. Security Council

1. Security Council is an institution composed by the moderators of the forum. SC is subordinated to the Congress.
2. Security Council is obliged to take any actions the Congress decides to enact against counter-revolutionaries who spam the forums.
3. Security Council can give temporary bans on people who cannot stop spamming for the duration the Congress decides punishing.
4. Any comrade can apply for moderators; the list has to be approved by the Congress, before the modders are made available. A list for voting moderators will be proposed in the Congress every two weeks.
5. There will be a separate SC forum, which will contain special rules for the moderators and for the users and also the internal organization of the SC. Any problem related to moderation will be discussed there, and trials (if you think a moderator has done something bad, will also be discussed there.)
6. The Security Council can be dissolved with 2/3 of the Congress.

XII. Chairman candidacy
1) Any individual who belongs to a party in good standing that has been admitted to the Internationale is eligible to run for Chairman of the Internationale.

Election Process
1) Eligible candidates must declare their intent to run for Chairman 6 days before the end of each month.
a) A designated forum thread will be posted for this purpose by the sitting Chairman.
2) At the end of the declaration deadline of each month, the candidates will have 3 days to publish a platform or otherwise campaign.
a) A designated forum thread will be posted for this purpose by the sitting Chairman.
3) 2 days before the end of the month a vote will be held that includes all candidates who met the declaration deadline unless they have withdrawn their candidacy.
a)A designated forum thread will be posted for this purpose by the sitting Chairman.
b)Only Members of Congress may vote for Chairman of the Internationale.
c)A Candidate who earns more than 50% of the vote will win the Chairmanship.
4)If no single candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, there will be an instant runoff election on the last day of the month.
a) The top 2 candidates will be listed on the ballot.
b) Whichever candidate wins more than 50% of the vote will win the Chairmanship.
5) The Chairman-elect's term will begin on the 1st of the following month.

Impeachment Proceedings
1) Any Member of Congress may initiate impeachment proceedings against the Chairman of the Internationale by posting an impeachment proposal.
a) The member of Congress that initiates the impeachment must include the charges and evidence for impeachment in the impeachment proposal.
2) An Impeachment proposal requires the support of 1/2 of Congress' support to temporarily suspend the Chairman's powers while discussion takes place and arguments are heard.
a) Impeachment discussion may not last more than 48 hours.
3) At the end of the impeachment discussion period, a vote of the Members of Congress will be held to remove the Chairman from Office.
a) Impeachment votes may not last longer than 48 hours.
b) If 3/4's of Congress vote in favor of removing the Chairman, the current chair loses all powers and privileges associated with the office immediately.
c) If the impeachment vote fails, the Chairman immediately has all suspended powers returned immediately.
4) Members of Congress may be banned from proposing impeachment by a majority of Congress if the proposals are deemed spurious and disruptive.