hash algorithm: blake2b-256
body:
  summary: We have determined that this new constitution governance action is unconstitutional.
  rationale statement: Article VIII, Section 2 of the Cardano Constitution states "Except as otherwise so provided in the Cardano Blockchain Guardrails Appendix, amendments to this Constitution, including to the Cardano Blockchain Guardrails Appendix, shall be approved by a collective decision-making process, requiring an on-chain governance action by owners of ada satisfying a threshold of no less than 65% of the then active voting stake." This provision contains two distinct requirements for valid constitutional amendments, being that they "shall be approved by a collective decision-making process" and "requiring an on-chain governance action by owners of ada satisfying a threshold of no less than 65% of the then active voting stake." The inclusion of both clauses within a single sentence implies that the first clause "collective decision-making process" is not redundant, but an intentional and additional constitutional expectation. It suggests that beyond a successful on-chain vote, the amendment should also emerge from an inclusive and structured deliberative process. As a suitable "collective decision-making process" has not been defined or agreed via an on-chain Info governance action, the process that was used to agree on the current constitution could therefore be considered as a benchmark. The governance action with ID "gov_action1jxne7hynfd7frcczwumd2eggps4kvy0msjztz9t0mutpy870ksgqqp6vp3p" and title "CARDANO BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM CONSTITUTION v2.4", as a new constitution governance action, did not emerge from a "collective decision-making process" that the Eastern Cardano Council considers comparable to the process used for agreeing the current constitution. We strongly recommend that a constitution amendment process be developed and approved via an on-chain Info governance action. We therefore find this governance action **Unconstitutional**.
  precedent discussion: None
  counterargument discussion: None
  conclusion: This governance action does NOT sufficiently fulfil the criteria specified in the Cardano Constitution for making constitution amendments, so is deemed unconstitutional.
  internal vote:
    constitutional: 0
    unconstitutional: 5
    abstain: 0
    did not vote: 2
authors:
  name: Eastern Cardano Council
  witness:
    witness algorithm: ed25519