Cell 1ciii · GWG Proposal
Strengthen Discipline; Keep Force Lawful
GREEN WHITE GO MANIFESTO — 2026.10.01 · CANONICAL THREE-SENTENCE UNIT
Green White Go proposes a lawful professional military in which commanders answer for what they order, permit, conceal or systematically fail to prevent, service offences remain subject to military discipline, serious crimes against civilians remain answerable before civilian justice, and the military does not become the republic’s ordinary street-policing institution.
The constitutional settlement also keeps military command separate from partisan civilian politics: retired service members observe a five-year cooling-off period before contesting elected office, neither the President nor Vice-President may ever have served in the armed forces, and detailed jurisdiction, investigation, liability and due-process rules belong in legislation and the Defence Policy Paper.
The purpose is to honour military service while keeping force professional, lawful and firmly within democratic civilian order.
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The purpose is to honour military service while keeping force professional, lawful and firmly within democratic civilian order.
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No.
Green White Go proposes stronger professional status for military service:
- defined career tracks;
- family welfare;
- housing;
- healthcare;
- education support;
- death-and-injury protection;
- serious investment in capability;
- accountable defence financing.
But honour has a constitutional boundary. The military does not govern ordinary civilian life. It does not police ordinary streets as the normal constitutional arrangement. It does not control elections.
And neither the President nor Vice-President may ever have served in the armed forces. Military personnel remain subject to military discipline for service matters, while serious crimes against civilians remain answerable to civilian justice. Retirement also carries a cooling-off period before contesting elected office. The intention is to honour military service while keeping civilian government unmistakably civilian.
No. Service offences remain subject to lawful military discipline, but serious crimes against civilians remain answerable before civilian justice. Commanders must answer for what they order, permit, conceal or systematically fail to prevent. The proposal honours service while preserving civilian government and accountability.
No. The five-year cooling-off rule concerns contesting elected office after military retirement. President and Vice-President carry a separate absolute eligibility rule: neither may ever have served in the armed forces. Passing the cooling-off period does not remove that prohibition. These are GWG proposals, not a statement of present electoral eligibility.