WHEREAS the Secretary of State is nominated by the Prime-Minister AND
WHEREAS in effect, no one should be nominated to such a position against their will AND
WHEREAS the previous Secretary of State loses his post as soon as he resigns, in theory AND
WHEREAS the next Secretary of State gets his posts as soon as he is nominated again, in theory AND
WHEREAS in practice, until the new Secretary of State actually accepts his post, the old one usually continues to serve AND
WHEREAS this creates the situation where a Secretary of State may be nominated without ever taking his role and the former Secretary of State might in effect continue to serve even if records indicate otherwise AND
WHEREAS this occurred once already, for 2 Clarks of the 30th Cosa. Marti-Pair Furxheir had replaced Secretary of State Daviu Focteir for the 4th Clark of the 29th Cosa for a fixed 6 month period to let Daviu Focteir focus on his studies while allowing Marti-Pair Furxheir to run for Senate at the end of the Cosa. Marti-Pair Furxheir resigned after 6 months in favor of Daviu Focteir as promised, but Daviu Focteir never resumed his position AND
WHEREAS this creates a discontinuity: Marti-Pair Furxheir actually served as Acting Secretary of State for those 2 Clark, but since Daviu Focteir never took office and Marti-Pair Furxheir only resigned to let Daviu Focteir hold office, it makes you wonder if Marti-Pair's resignation really took effect
THEREFORE The Ziu resolves to:
- Allow the Database Administrator to modify the Database System to indicate that for the whole of the 29th Cosa, Marti-Pair Furxheir was the Secretary of State
- Request that the Database Administrator mark chance in the Cosa comments for the the 29th Cosa so that there is an historical record of the change
- Allow the Secretary of State to update the Wiki to indicate the substitution in a way to clarify the confusion.
Ureu q'estadra så,
Sir Martì-Páir Furxhéir (Secretary of State)