Manifesto for Independence

Manifesto for Independence

• Repudiate the Section 30 process as an illegitimate constraint on Scotland’s right of self-determination.
• Declare one or all future Scottish Parliament elections to be a plebiscite on the question of the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament to facilitate the exercise of Scotland’s right of self- determination.
• Assert the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament in matters relating to the constitution, on the basis of its democratic legitimacy and the sovereignty of Scotland’s people, citing the fact that this is the only way the people of Scotland can be enabled to exercise our human right of self-determination.
• Recall Scotland’s Members of Parliament from Westminster to sit on a National Convention convened by the Scottish Parliament, with Members of the Scottish Parliament and such representatives of civic society as are deemed appropriate by the Scottish Parliament, for the purpose of overseeing the drafting of a provisional Constitution for Scotland.
• Propose dissolution of the Union with England subject to approval by the Scottish Parliament and ratification by the people of Scotland in a confirmatory referendum that stands as the formal exercise by the people of Scotland of our inalienable right of self-determination.
• Hold a referendum on the question of the Union under the auspices of the Scottish Parliament and subject to oversight and management by the National Convention and such bodies as may be appointed by the Scottish Parliament.