Proclamation of Punta Santiago

Proclamation of Punta Santiago

Original Title:	The Proclamation of Punta Santiago: A Union of Alduria and Wechua
Jurisdiction:	Alduria-Wechua
Ratified:	12.XV.1685 AN
Date effective:	12.XV.1685 AN
Signatories:	28 Signatories, the Sapa Wechua, and the interim President of Alduria
Purpose:	To establish the Alduro-Wechua Federation.

The Proclamation of Punta Santiago is the document by which the Alduro-Wechua Federation was officially proclaimed and established by the Committee for Aldu-Wechu Integration (CAWI) after it was ratified by the governments and legislatures of both nations. This founding document was drafted by a group of politicians from Alduria and the Wechua Nation. Government House in the city of Punta Santiago by members of the CAWI and representatives from the national legislatures. The document was drafted and revised over the course of 16 days before it was presented to the Committee. It was drafted by Vicaquirao Alvarez, Alejandro Campos, Vivienne Géroux, Mahdi Vossoughi, Illa Motocanchi, and Phillip Costa.

Some Raspur Pact nations sent diplomatic delegates and advisors to the meetings at Government House, sometimes providing input and advice when asked by the Committee. The most prominent of these envoys were the Titular Emperor of Alexandria Francis Joseph IV, the Natopian Chancellor Ernesto de la Cruz, and the Autokrator Primo de Aguilar. Riksamiraler Wilhelm Wartensleben represented the Keltia Command of the Raspur Pact and was consulted with regards to practical matters concerning the defence and security arrangements of the new union. Sanama was represented by a delegation of diplomats led by experienced public servant and Ambassador to Alduria Padric Shallowwood.

The arrivals of high profile foreign leaders and diplomats lent further legitimacy and popularity to the nascent Federation. Arrivals were often accompanied by much public fanfare, driving crowds out along the route to Government House with flags, confetti, and welcome signs.

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Preamble

IN THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL CITY OF PUNTA SANTIAGO -

The Republic of Alduria and the Tawantinsuyu,
represented by their Heads of State, their Heads of Government, and respected Plenipotentiary Ambassadors,
do hereby proclaim the establishment of a Federation consisting of themselves and their lands, dominions, and territories:-

BASED on the shared history and solidarity of our multiethnic, multilingual, multireligious, and multicultural nations, which have fought for our collective survival amidst the battering seas of Micran history, honoring the vision of those who forged our independence and freedoms in favor of that union and the building of a common future;

AFFIRMING their determination to build a common Alduro-Wechua identity and citizenship and to develop further integration and unity in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, energy and infrastructure dimensions;

ALARMED by the calamities of the last 50 years, where pestilence, war, and civil strife extinguished many great nations and Empires, which left hundreds of millions of persons stateless and abandoned to the wastes of the Micran Green;

CONVINCED that the integration and unity of Alduria and the Wechua Nation are necessary to promote the sustainable development and wellbeing of our peoples, to secure for ourselves stability, prosperity and security, and to contribute to the solution of the problems which still affect our countries;

RATIFYING that fully functioning democratic institutions and the unrestricted respect for human rights and individual freedom are essential conditions for building a common future of peace, economic and social prosperity and for the development of the Federation;

DUTIFULLY RESOLVED that the Great Purpose of this Federation is to ensure the survival of our people, to be mindful of our responsibility towards creation, to secure and renew an ever-present alliance between our people to strengthen liberty and democracy, independence and peace in solidarity and openness towards the world, determined, with mutual respect and recognition, to live our diversity in unity, conscious of our common achievements and our responsibility towards posterity, certain that free is only who uses his freedom, and that the strength of a people is measured by the welfare of the weak, hereby adopt the following as our Proclamation and Transitional Constitutional Arrangement:

Chapter I: The Alduro-Wechua Federation

Article 1. Establishment of the Federation

1. The Republic of Alduria and the Tawantinsuyu, hereafter referred to as the Wechua Nation, shall be one sovereign and united Federation of equal, autonomous, and protected Regions;
2. The Regions shall be Alduria and the Wechua Nation. The Federation shall guarantee the Regions their territory, their sovereignty within the limits set forth in this Proclamation, their constitutions, the freedom and the rights of the people, the constitutional rights of the citizens as well as the rights and prerogatives conferred upon the authorities by the people.
3. New Regions may be created or admitted to the Federation by the consent of the Federation and of the government of the Regions to be admitted. No new Regions shall be erected or created from the existing territory that the Regions of Alduria and the Wechua Nation retain.
4. The Regions are bound to request the Federation to guarantee their constitutions. This guarantee shall be afforded provided that these constitutions contain nothing inconsistent with the Proclamation of Punta Santiago and the laws of the Federation and that they ensure the exercise of political rights according to representative or democratic forms.
5. All separate alliances and all treaties of a political nature between Regions are prohibited. Regions may, however, conclude agreements among themselves concerning matters of legislation, justice and administration, provided they bring such agreements to the notice of the federation, which is entitled to prevent the execution of the agreements if they contain anything contrary to the Federation or the rights of Regions. If this is not the case, the contracting Regions may request the cooperation of the federal authorities for the execution of such agreements.
6. The Federation alone has the right to declare war and to make peace, as well as to conclude alliances and treaties, especially customs and commercial treaties, with foreign states.
7. The national territory of the Alduro-Wechua Federation shall comprise the areas defined in Schedule I of this Proclamation.
8. The national flag, anthem, coat of arms, seal, and colors of the Federation shall be determined by the President of the Government by proclamation in the Federal Gazette.
9. This Proclamation shall be the supreme law of the Federation and any law or act inconsistent with its provisions shall, unless otherwise provided expressly or by necessary implication in this Proclamation, be of no force and effect to the extent of the inconsistency.
10. This Proclamation shall bind all legislative, executive, and judicial organs of state at all levels of government.
11. The law is the basis for and limitation of state activity. State activity must be in the public interest and proportional.
12. State institutions and private entities in the Federation must act in good faith.
13. For the assignment and fulfillment of state functions, the principle of subsidiarity must be observed.
14. Every person is responsible for him, her, or themselves and advances, according to their abilities, the goals of the Federation and society.

Article 2. Languages of the Federation

1. Wechu, Alexandrian, Martino, Babkhi, Baatharzi, Hammish, Haifan, Ladino, Natspeak, and Istvanistani shall be the official languages of the Alduro-Wechua Federation at national level, and conditions shall be created for their development and for the promotion of their equal use and enjoyment.
2. An independent Board of Federal Languages is established under the Department of Culture and Sports to promote respect, preservation, study, and development of the official Alduro-Wechua languages and any other languages used by communities and religions in Alduria-Wechua.

Article 3. Alduro-Wechua Citizenship

1. There shall be an Alduro-Wechua citizenship, held by all the current citizens of Alduria and the Wechua Nation and their descendants, with its acquisition, loss, and restoration being established by the laws of the Federation.
2. Every person who is an Alduro-Wechua citizen shall be entitled to enjoy all rights, privileges, and benefits of citizenship, and shall be subject to all duties, obligations, and responsibilities of citizenship as are accorded or imposed upon him or her in terms of this Proclamation or the laws of the Federation.
3. The following persons shall be entitled to vote in all the elections held in the Federation, a regional legislature, or a local government and in referenda or plebiscites, in accordance with and subject to the laws regulating such elections, referenda, and plebiscites as follows:
   1. an Alduro-Wechua citizen;
   2. not such a citizen but who in terms of the laws of the Federation has been accorded the right to exercise the franchise;
   3. of or over the age of 18 years; and
   4. not subject to any disqualifications as may be prescribed by law.
4. Persons residing in the Federation who hold citizenship in any of the nations belonging to the Raspur Pact are granted the opportunity to claim Alduro-Wechua citizenship if they so request it, as established by the laws of the Federation.