Seeing as it is the duty of the Delegate and Cabinet to protect and preserve our region as their primary interest, the following guidelines shall regulate and mitigate any possible conflicts of interest within governmental duty.


1. All electoral candidates and members of the government of the South Pacific, elected, appointed or otherwise, including undersecretaries and ambassadors, shall forthwith inform the citizens of the South Pacific of all governmental positions that they hold in regions outside of the South Pacific. Such disclosure shall be made in the forum entitled "Public Disclosure" and shall consist of stating the regional government(s) of which the member of government or candidate is a member.

2. Where a government member of the South Pacific assumes governmental responsibilities in a region outside of the South Pacific midway through their term of office as a government official of the South Pacific, such government member shall disclose their new outside governmental responsibilities in the forum entitled "Public Disclosure" within 24 hours of assuming their new non-South Pacific government position.

3. Where an electoral candidate assumes governmental responsibilities in a region outside of the South Pacific midway midway through their candidacy, such candidate shall disclose their new outside governmental responsibilities in the forum entitled "Public Disclosure" within 24 hours of assuming their new non-South Pacific government position.

4. Where a member of the South Pacific Government is sent on an approved intelligence mission to another region and assumes a government position in the other region with the approval of Cabinet, then the requirements for public disclosure shall be waived.

5. Where a member or candidate has failed to properly disclose an outside governmental interest as mandated in section 1, 2 or 3, such member or candidate shall be suspended from holding a government position in the South Pacific for a period of not less than 60 days. In addition, if the person in question is a government member, the said person shall be immediately relieved of his or her government duties. If the person in question is a candidate in an election, such person shall be immediately stricken from the ballot.

6. For greater certainty, a Government Position in a region outside of the South Pacific shall be defined as any position of influence within a governing structure of a region outside the South Pacific.

7. Without limitation, it is acknowledged that where a Government Official or Candidate of the South Pacific controls a non-South Pacific nation, commonly known as a "puppet", and by virtue of its control of the puppet gains a government position outside the South Pacific, such a situation would trigger the disclosure provisions of sections 1-3.