Citizenship Discussion

[Kris Kringle]

I think that all residents in The South Pacific have the requirements for citizenship. The application process is just the resident providing evidence of them having in fact a nation in the region and accepting to work within the proper channels (i.e. the Charter). That I think is the importance of having such a process: to ensure that just residents acquire citizenship as opposed to residents or citizens of other regions, that politics will remain civilized and that our democratic principles will be respected. Rather than removing the requirements for citizenship I think we should focus on keeping the process technical instead of political and understanding the reasons for some residents not to get involved, either because of personal lack of interest or other causes that we should address.