Constitution of the Republic

ARTICLE V: Amendment

C)Process for Amending Limited Provisions

  1. Any provision limited in chapter B above (V.B1-4) (with the sole exception of Article V, which may only be changed by constitutional convention) may be amended beyond the limitation, or any amendment which requests itself in the petition to be done by this process, may be amended by the following process.
  2. Upon receipt of a 10% petition requesting a particular amendment noting itself to be a petition for constitutional amendment under Article V chapter C (V.C), any member of the Republic Council may propose amendment under this process.
  3. The Council, by statement of policy, may then call a consensus committee to draft, review, and amend the proposed amendment, however such committee shall not have the power to override the presiding member. If the proposed amendment passes review, Parlaiment may send it to the people by a 3/4 majority vote of the whole number including at least two members from each district. If, after being sent to the people, a 2/3 majority approve, with a majority approving in 3/4 of the districts, the amendment shall become a non-permanent provision of this constitution under Chapter A sections 3-6 (V.A3-6).
  4. Chapter A section 5 (V.A5) shall not apply to amendments made under this process, if either body disapproves, unless the other body votes by a 3/4 majority of the whole number to block the action, the amendment shall fail.
  5. No more than one section at a time may be amended by this process.


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