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body:
  summary: We have determined that this treasury withdrawal governance action is constitutional.
  rationale statement: The governance action with ID "gov_action1uzgqlh049u0j7epel29r425vyf9ttxmqwngw9kemyly0q6cwt5esqpwp09a" and title "Scalus: Cardano’s Application Platform for Building, Launching, and Scaling" is a Treasury Withdrawal, and is therefore subject to the following sections and guardrails in the Cardano Constitution. ARTICLE II, Section 6 of the Cardano Constitution states that governance actions must follow a standardized and legible format, including a URL hosting an immutable document and a corresponding hash, and must provide sufficient rationale including a title, abstract, justification, and supporting materials. This governance action includes a valid URL and hash, which matches the hash of the off-chain documentation referenced. The rationale also meets the minimum content specified in this section. ARTICLE II, Section 7 specifies that Treasury Withdrawal governance actions must include the following: 1\. Purpose, Delivery Period, Costs, and Refund Conditions This governance action specifies: - The purpose of the withdrawal as "funding the development of Scalus application platform for the 12 months period" - The period for delivery of proposed activities as "July 2026 - June 2027" - The relevant costs and expenses under the heading "Budget" - The circumstances under which funds may be refunded to the Cardano Treasury as "Funds remaining in the contract after expiration sweep back to the Cardano Treasury automatically. Enforced at the contract level; cannot be overridden." These elements fulfil the requirements of Article II, Section 7(1). 2\. Prior Treasury Funding Disclosure ARTICLE II, Section 7(2) requires disclosure of whether the prospective recipient has received ada from the Cardano Treasury within the last 24 months. This governance action states that "this is our second withdrawal in the last 24 months. The previous was submitted in July 2025, and enacted in August 2025.". This fulfils the requirement of ARTICLE II, Section 7(2). 3\. Net Change Limit (NCL…
  precedent discussion: None
  counterargument discussion: None
  conclusion: This governance action sufficiently fulfils the criteria specified for treasury withdrawals in the Cardano Constitution, so is deemed constitutional.
  internal vote:
    constitutional: 4
    unconstitutional: 0
    abstain: 2
    did not vote: 1
authors:
  name: Eastern Cardano Council
  witness:
    witness algorithm: ed25519