P. Porcius Licinus trib. omibus in foro s.p.d.

A little more than 72 hours ago, this Tribune pronounced INTERCESSIO against two Senatus Consultums, SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND A COMPETING ORGANIZATION and SENATUS CONSULTUM ON WARNINGS TO NEW OR RETURNING APPLICANTS FOR CITIZENSHIP.

According to the Lex Didia Gemina de potestate tribunicia, II.A.1, a pronouncement of intercession must contain the following items (emphasis mine):

1. When a Tribunus Plebis issues an intercessio, it must include the following elements in a reasoned exposition in which the Tribunus shall note whether the auxilium was requested or ex-officio:

•a. The official name(s) of the citizen(s) who has requested the Tribunus Plebis to issue the intercessio, or the official name(s) of the citizen(s) on whose behalf the Tribunus has provided auxilium ex officio.

•b. The official name and office of the magistrate(s) against whose act or acts the intercessio or auxilium has been interposed.

•c. The article(s) of the Constitution or the leges violated by the magistrate's act(s).

The pronouncement contained all three of these elements, including 5 items in 3 different Articles of the Constitution that the SCs violated, and a reasoned exposition as to why the SCs violated those provisions. 

The Lex Didia Gemina de potestate tribunicia, II.A.2 states that:

2. If the intercessio of a Tribunus Plebis does not include these three elements, the intercessio shall be invalid. The time constraints of the Lex Labiena de Intercessione shall continue to hold such that, if a new intercessio is not issued before the seventy-two hour limit, counted from the act(s) which occasioned the original intercessio, the Tribunus Plebis shall issue no new intercessio pertaining to that act or those acts.

Hence, the definition of whether or not an INTERCESSIO is valid is contained in the lex.  Does it contain the required elements in a reasoned exposition?  If yes, it is valid.  If not, it is invalid.

Did I provide a reasoned exposition?  The definition of exposition is:  a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.  Certainly my writings were comprehensive, and did explain my idea or theory as to why the SCs violated the Constitution.  Hence, a reasoned exposition was provided.  There is no requirement in either the Constitution or the lexes that any person other than a tribune agree with my theory.

The Lex Labiena de intercession, IV, provides that:

Two is greater than zero, so the INTERCESSIO stands.  Therefore, according to our Constitution, IV.A.7a, the two SCs are interposed, vetoed, and void.

Whether they chose to speak out or not, I thank my fellow tribunes for the time and effort they spent considering this matter.  I would similarly thank every citizen of Nova Roma who gave consideration to this item, whether they agreed with my conclusions or not.

Di vos incolumes custodiant!

PUBLIUS PORCIUS LICINUS, TRIBUNUS PLEBIS

Ave,

Memories of the tribune messalina!

Brother,

Sulla

Ave colleaga,

Given the explanation do you now withdraw your support of the intercessio?

Respectfully,

Sulla

P. Porcius Licinus trib. omibus in foro s.p.d.

Yesterday, I incorrectly announced that 72 hours had elapsed from my pronouncement of INTERCESSIO.  I am grateful to Ceasar who spotted my mistake, only 48 hours had elapsed.  Therefor, the INTERCESSIO will not stand or fall until later today.  I will post a summary and revision, if needed, at that time.

We have 4 elected Tribunes.  3 of them have indicated support for the INTERCESSIO.  There is no requirement for any of them to support or oppose it, abstaining is perfectly permitted under our laws.

There are a few hours left, during which time any Tribune may change his vote.  Again, I will provide a summary at that time.

Thank you all for your patience, and please accept my humble apology for this error.

SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM ON THE TRIBUNICIAN INTERSESSIO OF NOVEMBER 13^th 2015

This Senatus Consultum Ultimum is enacted by the Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma, pursuant to the full authority delegated to that committee by the Senate of Nova Roma within the Senatus Consultum on Corporate Compliance.

1.    The Executive Committee determines that the current situation concerning the Tribunician Intercessio of November 13^th 2015 is causing serious negative impact to the corporate well-being of Nova Roma Inc. as a result of the failure of the tribunes involved in sponsoring and/or supporting this intercession to abide by the terms of the Lex Didia Gemina de potestate tribunicia. This situation is caused mainly by that failure of the tribunes, but also by the inherent structural flaws in the Constitution and Leges of Nova Roma.

2.    The Lex Didia Gemina de potestate tribunicia. requires three conditions to be met, and of those the tribune issuing the intercession has failed to identify the name of the citizen concerned, failed to establish firmly which magistrate this is issued against and most importantly failed to establish which sections of the Constitution, or which lex, have been infringed by the passage of the Senatus consulta subject of the intercession. Consequently the intercession has failed the test set out in the Lex Didia Gemina de potestate tribunicia and is invalid, as per section II.A.2. The refusal of the tribunes concerned to acknowledge their errors and to withdraw the intercession has resulted in a situation where the lawful actions of the Senate of Nova Roma are compromised, and establishes a dangerous and illegal precedent that the will allow future, as well as existing tribunes, to usurp the authority of the Senate on spurious and/or factually and legally incorrect grounds.

3.    Therefore as a consequence of the emergency outlined at (1) above, the Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma is authorised to take such steps as it considers necessary to fulfil its mandate and/or resolve the situation at (1) above in any manner it sees fit, until such time as the Executive Committee considers that situation to have been successfully resolved.

4.    The Executive Committee is authorised for the period that this Senatus Consultum Ultimum remains in force, to have the level of authority granted under section V.E of the Constitution of Nova Roma, namely to supersede all other governmental bodies and authorities, and to exercise that authority as it considers necessary in order to resolve the situation at (1) above.

5.    The Consuls are directed to provide such assistance to the Executive Committee as the Executive Committee deems necessary, by way of issuance of consular edictum issued under the authority of this Senatus Consultum Ultimum, or in any other way the Executive Committee so determines is necessary, and further that the Consuls do not act in any manner contradictory to the authority, purpose and decision(s) of the Executive Committee.

6.    All other magistrates, officials and citizens of Nova Roma must not to act in any manner contradictory to the authority and/or purpose and/or decision(s) of the Executive Committee, and must provide such assistance to the Executive Committee as the Executive Committee deems necessary and requires.

7.    This Senatus Consultum Ultimum shall expire when the Executive Committee considers that situation to have been successfully resolved.

 SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DICTATURA

This SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM is enacted by the Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma, through the exercise of all of the authority of the Senate/Board of Directors of Nova Roma granted to the Executive Committee under the authority of the SENATUS CONSULTUM ON CORPORATE COMPLIANCE.

1.    The Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma, comprising of appointed officials of Nova Roma, determines that pursuant to the methodology outlined in sections III.1 and IV of the “Senatus consultum on derived meaning from legal authorities”, the derived meaning of the word “emergency” as used in section IV.B.1 Constitution, is defined as:

“an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action”

2.    The Executive Committee has determined that based on the derived meaning at (1) above, the circumstances described in the SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM ON THE TRIBUNICIAN INTERSESSIO OF NOVEMBER 13th 2015 constitute an emergency, as so described by the Senate, for the purposes of section IV.B.1 Constitution.

3.    Therefore pursuant to (2) above and pursuant to section IV.B.1 of the Constitution of Nova Roma, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (citizen # 7228), censorial, consular, praetorial pontifex, proconsul and senator of Nova Roma, is appointed Dictator.

4.    Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (citizen # 8), princeps senatus, pater patriae, censorial, consular, praetorial and senator of Nova Roma, is appointed as Magister Equitum.

5.    Pursuant to (3) above and (4) above, the Dictator and Magister Equitum shall form the constituent parts of the combined office of the Dictatura.

6.    For the purposes of Title 13-B: MAINE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT, §709.1. the Dictatura shall be defined as exercising the authority and powers of an Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma.

7.    The Magister Equitum shall be subordinate in authority only to the Dictator. Any actions and/or pronouncement of Magister Equitum shall be considered as an action and/or pronouncement of the Dictatura, unless such action and/or pronouncement is amended, and/or overridden and/or cancelled by the Dictator.

8.    The Magister Equitum may, if he disagrees with any action and/or pronouncement of the Dictator, resign his office forthwith by posting such a resignation on a Nova Roman public forum and/or on the Nova Roman Senate list.

9.    Upon such as resignation as at (8) above, the action and/or pronouncement of the Dictator that the Magister Equitum disagreed with shall be void, and the office of the Dictator shall be suspended pending a decision of the Executive Committee of the Senate of Nova Roma over the continuation or termination of the Dictatura under such amended or re-affirmed conditions as it sees fit to impose.

10. For the purposes of section I.A.1 of the Constitution of Nova Roma and under the authority of section V.E of the Constitution of Nova Roma, the Dictator shall be deemed to have been appointed as though by Senatus Consultum and any action and/or pronouncement of the Dictatura shall be deemed to be an edict of the Dictator as defined under section I.A.1 of the Constitution of Nova Roma.

11. The Dictatura shall remain in existence for six months from the date of the enactment of this Senatus Consultum Ultimum, or until the resignation of either the Dictator and/or the Magister Equitum, should such resignation(s) occur prior to the expiry of the six months.

DICTATORIAL EDICT 001

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Dictator of Nova Roma, issue the following edict..

1.    The following persons are forthwith and immediately stripped of their Nova Roman citizenship and expelled from Nova Roma and subject to a permanent membership/citizenship ban:

Publius Porcius Licinus (citizen # 13779)

Aulus Vergilius Figulus (citizen # 14560)

Marcus Martianius Lupus (citizen # 11054)

Sextus Lucilius Tutor (citizen # 8934)

2.     This edict takes effect immediately

DICTATORIAL EDICT 002

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Dictator of Nova Roma, issue the following edict..

1.    The following persons are forthwith and immediately stripped of their Nova Roman citizenship and expelled from Nova Roma and subject to a permanent membership/citizenship ban:

Decimus Curtius Papus (Citizen # 15001)

Titus Flavius Severus (Citizen # 12928)

Marcus Flavius Celsus (Citizen # 15410)

2.     This edict takes effect immediately

DICTATORIAL EDICT 003

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Dictator of Nova Roma, issue the following edict..

1.    The following persons are removed from all Nova Roman offices/positions held, including membership of the Senate, forthwith and immediately. Their citizenship remains valid and unaffected:

 Aulus Liburnius Hadrianus (Citizen # 10604)

 Publius Annaeus Constantinus Placidus (Citizen # 5934)

 Gaius Petronius Dexter (Citizen # 11584)

 Aula Tullia Scholastica (Citizen # 6596)

2.     This edict takes effect immediately

DICTATORIAL EDICT 004

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Dictator of Nova Roma, issue the following edict..

1.    The upcoming 2015 elections scheduled in the Comitia centuriata, the Comitia populi tributa, and the Comitia plebis tribute are forthwith cancelled.

2.     The following magistrates are ordered to remain in office until further Dictatorial edict:

Marcus Pompeius Caninus - consul

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix – censor

Gaia Maria Caeca - praetor

3.    All other persons holding elected positions shall occupy those offices until either:

a.    Further Dictatorial edict or

b.    The natural expiration of their term of office or

c.    Resignation of the incumbent

4.    Vacant positions will be subsequently filled by either Dictatorial edict or election.

5.    This edict takes effect immediately

Salvete Omnes -

Good to see the list open and I hope to see NR and the list return to normal activity.

Valete,

C. Popillius Laenas

Received.

C. Popillius Laenas Omnibus SPD -

For my fellow American who celebrate the subject holiday, have a great one.  It is always nice to have a few days off.

For any cives who's countries have armed forces engaged around the world, a swift prayer to Mars to protect them.

DICTATORIAL EDICT 007

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Dictator of Nova Roma, issue the following edict..

1.    In order to ensure that in the future that magistrates and appointed officials can verify the membership of official Nova Roman lists more effectively, only one email address for subscription to such official lists will be permitted.

2.    The email address chosen by each citizen for the purpose of subscription to official lists, and to receive email from them, must be the same as recorded in their censorial account.

3.    Email addresses in the censorial account can be updated by logging into the “My Account” section of a citizen’s Album Civium page, by entering the following details in the “name or email” box on the top right of the page: full Nova Roman name (correctly spelled with no abbreviations), or email address recorded in the censorial records for the citizen, or his/her citizen ID number. Then enter the password for the censorial account page (there is a prompt if that has been forgotten). Then click on the hyperlink to “MY ACCOUNT”. In the third box on the left hand side of that page is a space to enter an email address. Make sure this is the one selected for subscription to all official Nova Roman lists, and if not update it and remember to click the “SAVE CHANGES” button at the bottom of the page.

4.    Multiple addresses used by a citizen to subscribe to an official Nova Roman list is forthwith not permitted. Each citizen may only have one email address for subscription to official lists.

5.    A transition time is now in effect for the full implementation of this edict. A series of warnings will be issued reminding citizens to comply with this edict, after the expiry of which the official Nova Roman lists will be checked for compliance and email addresses that do not match censorial records will be removed from the list(s) concerned.

6.    Citizens are advised to update their email address in their censorial record as soon as possible.

7.    Not included under the scope of this edict are magistrate’s cohors lists (as they are limited in membership and identities should be known), family and/or gens lists, the Back Alley, and private lists.

8.    This edict takes effect immediately.

I, John Keith Sterne / Gaius Popillius Laenas do hereby solemnly swear to uphold the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the people and the Senate of Nova Roma.

As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, John Keith Sterne / Gaius Popillius Laenas swear to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.

I, John Keith Sterne / Gaius Popillius Laenas swear to uphold and defend the Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.

I, John Keith Sterne / Gaius Popillius Laenas swear to protect and defend the Constitution of Nova Roma.

I, John Keith Sterne / Gaius Popillius Laenas further swear to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the office of Consul to the best of my abilities.

On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the position of Consul and all the rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto."

SALVETE!

I, Adrian Zavoianu / Titus Iulius Sabinus do hereby solemnly swear to uphold the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the people and the Senate of Nova Roma.

As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I,  Adrian Zavoianu / Titus Iulius Sabinus swear to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.

I,  Adrian Zavoianu / Titus Iulius Sabinus swear to uphold and defend the Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.

I,  Adrian Zavoianu / Titus Iulius Sabinus swear to protect and defend the Constitution of Nova Roma.

I,  Adrian Zavoianu / Titus Iulius Sabinus further swear to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the office of Censor to the best of my abilities.

On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the position of Censor and all the rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto.

VALETE,

T. Iulius Sabinus