Zeed Directive 12
Zeed Directive 12
This Directive clarifies who is legally defined as a citizen of Zeed, and who is entitled to be issued an international passport of Zeed.
Background
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THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
Zeed Directive 12
WHEREAS Article 18 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "Hostilities between the Raspur Pact and the Revolutionary Government of Rusjar shall cease from midnight, local time, on 24.IX.1701 AN" andWHEREAS Article 1 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "There shall be an immediate demobilisation of all formations and personnel associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar"
WHEREAS Article 13 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "An appointed deputy of the High Representative of Trans-Euran Command shall be attached to the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar to safeguard Pact interests and to supervise the establishment of a Transitional Government" and
WHEREAS Article 16 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "The Revolutionary Government in Rusjar shall reconstitute as a Transitional Government that is fundamentally nationalist and humanist in its essential character" and
LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that the entire governance of Zeed is now subject immediately to the absolute authority of the Raspur Pact, as personified by the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, in accordance with the laws of war and the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City
and I therefore promulgate the following:
1. Every individual who was a citizen of Zeed in accordance with the The Constitution of the Union and laws of the Union of the Republics of Zeed, as of 18.IX.1701, is a citizen of Zeed.
2. Any individual who is otherwise stateless but who was in service in the armed forces of Zeed prior to 18.IX.1701, is a citizen of Zeed.
3. Any individual who is otherwise stateless but who was born within the borders of Zeed prior to 18.IX.1701, is a citizen of Zeed.
4. Any individual who is otherwise stateless but who was born within the borders of Zeed after 18.IX.1701, is a citizen of Zeed.
5. Any individual who is fathered by, or born of a citizen of Zeed, is a citizen of Zeed.
6. No citizen of Zeed shall be permitted to depart from the borders of Zeed, without written authority from the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, or of the Minister for External Relations. The Minister for External Relations is authorized to provide such authorized citizens, or authorized officials of Zeed, with a passport of Zeed for international use, whether diplomatic, official, or private passport.
7. Immediately after promulgation of this Directive, every person born within the borders of Zeed shall be provided a birth certificate under such provisions as the Minister for the Interior and the Preservation of Law and Order of the State shall provide.
8. The High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, as well as the Minister for the Interior and the Preservation of Law and Order of the State, shall have authority to administratively declare any individual, via written instrument under their sign and seal, as a citizen of Zeed.
9. The Minister of Finance and Governor of the Bank of Zeed is directed to provide such sums necessary for the implementation of this Directive.
10. In accordance with Article 3 of Zeed Directive 1, which remains in full effect, the senior-ranking Raspur Pact officer present in the Region who is presently serving as military governor of their Region, responsible for maintenance of law and order until otherwise directed, and subject to the command and direction of the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, shall provide all necessary assistance for the proper implementation of this Directive.
11. This Directive takes immediate effect on the date of signature. The military governors are directed to cause the public announcement and posting of this Directive over the next ten days, as well as its immediate enforcement.
Given at the former Presidium building, Rusjar, this 17th day of the Xth month of the year 1701 AN.
THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
