Protect Our Rights to Ascension
Nº04
| CITY-24, LEGISLATIVE DIET | DISTRICT-43, SECURITY COUNCIL |
Introduced by Everyman Karl van der Holm, Metadynamist Forum Affiliate
Co-Sponsors: Metadynamist Ascension Forum of City 24; Leonard Reiter; Emmanuel Josef Mundi.
Introduced: January 31st, 2020
Amended {First Round}: February 2nd, 2020
Co-Sponsors: Metadynamist Ascension Forum of City 24; Leonard Reiter; Emmanuel Josef Mundi.
Introduced: January 31st, 2020
Amended {First Round}: February 2nd, 2020
THE PROTECTION TO THE RIGHT TO ASCENSION ACT
["PRA"]
["PRA"]
In recent weeks and months the good Beneficiaries of City-24 have been witnesses to a growing- and indeed concerning- trend to value the rights of the biotic above the need to progress to ascension. The ability of humanity as a collective to ascend to new soaring heights - in the words of our beloved Earth Administrator, to 'take our place among the stars' - has been threatened by such potentially destructive tendencies.
This legislation serves as not just a boundary to the fringe elements in our society who would wish to see malignant biotic - namely, vortigaunt - rights bloated to vile proportions, above those of the hard-working and worthy folk who so perfectly demonstrate the ideals of the Collaborator's Party and the Everyman Provision, whilst allowing biotics to maintain privileged and trusted positions within our local community. It also acts to protect the right of our collective to pursue and achieve the aims so honorably granted to us by our Benefactors, through their good will - to ascend to greater heights. This legislation shall accurately target, and hence will only truly negatively affect, the malignant (or those with such temptations) in our society, promoting progress.
Do not allow the falsehoods of pity or an idea of on-going complete security to fall upon yourselves when considering this legislation; the vortigaunt is an unknown creature, proven time and time again to possess immense power which poses a considerable threat to the security and prosperity of our society. Do not permit malignant elements to embed themselves within to erode the worthiness of our society for ascension, out of a lack of willingness to take decisive action. Do not risk the right to ascension for the benefit of the biotic; it would not do the same for you.
This legislation shall further serve as a hallmark of the continued focus of humanity on achieving the greatness so charitably offered to us by our Benefactors through ascension, by jousting non-conformist and disruptive biotic elements alike from our noble and progressive society so that the continued vision of High Regent Orwell and others may be realized.
Be it enacted by the Security Council as follows:
| § 1. Definitions and Terminology. (1) 'Biotic' in this legislation, refers to the wider pre-designated grouping whilst placing particular focus on the vortigaunt. (2) 'The worthy society', 'society': an incomplete term, encompassing worthy citizens of the Collaborator's Party, potential collaborators (such as Everymen) and the few recognized and privileged biotics [unless otherwise stated]. (3) 'Property' may refer to either an owned land-mass or items, either on the person of or otherwise stowed by, someone or something. (4) 'The global mandate' is a shorthand reference to the global 'Biotic Workforce Mandate' (which can be found here: https://willard.network/forums/threads/biotic-workforce-mandate.946/). |
| § 2. Rights to Employment. Provision 2.1 — Henceforth, the following measures will be taken in the swiftest and most efficient manner to ensure the malignant biotic is unable to permeate society's graces for their own benefit; (1) Biotics shall be recognized by legislation and all authorities as auxiliary personnel within unions, hence voiding any and all guaranteed rights and/or protections granted by union membership. This is in line with the recognition that they are a "supplemental workforce" in the global mandate. This shall apply without exception; (2) The right of a biotic to seek employment in recognized unions will be subject to scrutiny by members of a recognized board for public safety on an individual case-by-case basis, to be established immediately in the event this legislation comes into effect, in order to ensure integration is rewarded to biotics of good will, and not to those harboring malicious intent or to those without intention to positively effect movement towards our ascension. The right to work can only be withdrawn if the biotic is currently employed and should be temporary, unless in severe cases; (a) This board shall be overseen and chosen by the Ministry of Civil Protection, who shall judge if a biotic is too unstable and/or malignant to be employed in the benefit of our Benefactors; (b) The powers of this board shall include (but will not be limited to); dismissal from employment; reduction in or removal of pay, temporary or permanent; enforced quotas or objectives. (3) The aforementioned board for public safety will have the immediate right to render a biotic unemployed - regardless of the wish of the employer - if reason is found to suspect that the biotic in question is under the influence of, or is influencing others in line with, the wishes of any fringe element, regardless of size or structure, to protect the ascension of the worthy society.(a) This is subject to appeal with the Ministry of Civil Protection, who oversee the board and are best placed to judge the socio-status of individual biotics. |
| § 3. Rights to Healthcare. Provision 3.1 — The following limitations are in effect regarding the treatment of injured biotics; (1) Members of the Civil Protection or conscripted Overwatch forces shall have the right to reject medical treatment to biotics, unless immediate life-saving measures are required to prevent either serious injury or death, or unless it is required for the completion of assigned tasks of a certain importance and priority; (a) The decision as to what constitutes a priority shall be left to the individual assessing the situation as a right of discretion (an example may include necessary interaction with Xenian phenomena); (b) As a point of clarification these forces may still offer medical aid for any ailment or injury, but they are given the explicit right not to if they so wish. (2) Treatment of biotics residing in positions as assets, obedient collaborators, or similar may be effected by the Civil Medical Union if the biotic in question is deemed a positive integer on the state of the economy and the wider society, as is the same with human collaborators. In the event a biotic is admitted, and is known for anti-civil activities, the treatment is recommended not to include the use of limited items and/or equipment such as fluids, controlled substances residing under the general term 'antibiotics', et cetera, which could instead be used on those loyal to the ascension of society to the stars.(a) Clinicians must use their better judgement to decide if an item can be classified as limited or valuable; (b) Appropriate authorities (MCP, CCA, Overwatch forces, et cetera) may demand any treatment of any biotic they wish, without limits; this must be done as a priority by medical staff. (3) If admitted to a clinic or medical site on the above conditions, a biotic may only reside inside for the amount of time necessary for a full recovery before being forcibly discharged, as is with loyalists and collaborators, in order to prevent unnecessary staff workload. If during maximum capacity a human requires treatment then the biotic's injuries are to be weighed against the injuries of the human, with the individual of better health either moved to a critical capacity space, regardless of their condition. The same is true if the position of the human and biotic are reversed. If both are of equally bad condition, then clinical staff present must use their judgement to determine which requires treatment more urgently, and must be prepared to present justification for their actions if asked by an appropriate authority (CMU management, MCP, or other).(a) Civil Protection may be requested to ensure forcible discharges are effected without resistance: any resistance by either human or biotic parties is to be classified as malcompliance, with the subsequent sentence being delivered as is appropriate for their non-compliance. |
| § 4. Rights to Property. Provision 4.1 — Ownership of property is a privilege given to conformist biotics and human loyalists by the global authority residing within the Biotic Workforce Mandate, not a right guaranteed to every biotic or human regardless of anti-civil actions. Oversight of ownership is necessary for the security of our society and state. The following legislation is related to such ownership; (1) Biotics may be stripped of their ownership of property, land-mass or otherwise, by Civil Protection with immediate effect if in the name of preventing malicious embedding into society, which may lead to a pollution of the vision of our Benefactors for us, setting back progress towards ascension; (a) Authorities must suspect beyond reasonable doubt that the affected biotic can be deemed malignant through their anti-civil actions in compliance with the global mandate. (2) Only biotics of 'OBEDIENT' status or above are to be granted access to recognized collaborator housing for extended periods of time, unless with special exception and under the supervision of an appropriate authority. The reasons for this are two-fold; (a) To prevent the frequent interaction, and hence association, of non-compliant biotics with collaborators of notable significance. (b) For the security of collaborators and of military and security installations. (3) If a human belonging to the worthy society is in need of housing, a biotic of lower social importance residing inside of low-tier housing may be forcibly relocated to another apartment within short notice (which must exceed 24 hours total) to ensure that those worthy of ascension are granted the facilities required to continue positive contribution towards ascension provided the human is of a higher collaborating status.(a) As is set out by the global mandate, "The Administration must designate a biotic designated housing". In the event that a housing crisis occurs, it is the direct responsibility of representatives of the administration present to ensure that housing is provided, even if that leads to temporary overcrowding. (b) The same outcome is recognized in the event the positions of the biotic and human are reversed: the rule of thumb being that the higher an individual (human or biotic) is in the collaborative chain, the more immediate their housing needs are. (c) It is not expected that this sub-clause of legislation will ever need to be enacted, as housing is readily available within the district at current even during times of high civil flow between populace centers. |
| § 5. Penalties. (1) Civil Protection found to be in defiance of this legislation may or may not face punishment; this is to be the decision of command units, or in the absence of those units, the highest ranking intention one [i1] or two [i2], with the decision being based on a case-by-case basis. (a) The oversight for such punishments lies solely in the hands of the MCP. (b) Punishment is only recommended if the actions of the unit lead to notable instability, a social fracture, or sociocide. Otherwise, it is not recommended. (2) Citizenry found in defiance of this legislation should be viewed as enablers of disruptive elements, and are to receive social credit deductions amounting to the loss of one tier of collaboration status, and if suitable may in combination receive re-education or further punishment from Civil Protection depending on the severity and regularity of transgressions;(3) Biotics are to face the following penalties for violations of the legislation; (a) First time offences - reduction in social credit with the intention of hindering the biotic's ability to advance its position in the social hierarchy to prevent the embedment of a disruptive biotic; (b) Second time offences - reduction in social credit to enact a demotion in the recognized tier of collaboration, with the intention of reducing the suspect's position in the social hierarchy to prevent the embedment of a disruptive biotic in higher tiers of collaboration and to create an incentive for cooperation in return for assignment of privileges; (c) Repeated offenses - to result in a malcompliance verdict and shall be sentenced to long-term confinement in the appropriate facilities if in possession of useful skills and/or information, else to be executed. (i) A biotic is to be recognized as in possession of 'repeated offences' if they have received three or more offences within a period of one standard month, composed of thirty (30) days. (ii) In the event that the biotic is not a 'repeat offender' (by the standards of the above classification), but continues to receive offences, they may be cycled as second-time offences. (iii) In the interests of security, Civil Protection or Overwatch forces may escalate the punishment as required through the above offence tier system until appropriate if in the possession of reasonable articles of evidence which may contribute to a belief of continued and purposeful defiance of passed legislation. (4) Reporting violations of this legislation, or of the global 'Biotic Workforce Mandate', is a civic duty that shall lead to the awarding of social credits, currency, or other award as is fit for the situation. A reward is not a right, but a gift that may be bestowed upon the loyal individual who reports the instance. |
| § 6. Table of Amendments. (1) § 6 (Effective Date) has been changed to allow for the needed oversight of MCP to such legislation prior to its introduction, who are a necessary and lawful body who shall - as required of them by their provided duties in the global biotic mandate - ensure the legislation is in compliance with the global 'Biotic Workforce Mandate'. (2) § 5.1 (Punishments) has been amended to give complete control over any Civil Protection punishments to command units, with oversight given to the Ministry of Civil Protection. (3) § 2 (Rights to Employment) has had numerous changes to better ensure oversight of any board with extensive powers, and to remove doubt regarding mandatory compliance issue with the global mandate. (4) § 3 (Rights to Healthcare) has been reworded to better give light upon the powers it gives Civil Protection, and better clarifies how treatment of biotics should work to ensure equal rights are afforded to only biotics who are loyal to the progress of our collective society to ascension. (5) § 4 (Rights to Property) has been changed to follow the legislation decreed within the global mandate. |
| § 6. Effective Date. This local law shall take effect only after approval from the Ministry of Civil Protection if it passes the Security Council vote; the MCP may veto the progress of this legislation prior to it passing, and may suspend the legislation indefinitely if it passes with the approval of the majority within the CCA ranked minister or above. COWF/Overwatch forces with the mandate of the 'Overwatch AI' may suspend this legislation at any time, with or without the CCA's approval. |
NOTICE 02/02/2020: (THE CONTENTS OF) THIS ACT IS TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN FROM THE PROPOSED LIST FOR DISCUSSION BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL DUE TO A LACK OF CLARITY, AND THE NEED TO FURTHER EMPOWER THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES [SUCH AS MCP]. AMENDMENTS WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE ACT IS READY FOR DEBATE. A FURTHER UPDATE WILL CLARIFY IF/WHEN THIS LEGISLATION IS READY FOR DEBATE.
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