Dear Cardano Community,
We recently cast an Abstain vote on the governance action GA03 “Should K increased?"
Below is a link to the Github page where you can read the ECC’s full rationale.
## Summary
We have determined that this Info Action does not meet the criteria deemed necessary for the Constitutional Committee to assess its constitutionality.
## Rationale Statement
Based on the provisions of the Interim Constitution described in the two considerations below, the Interim Constitutional Committee should in principle submit an abstention vote on information actions that do not measure sentiment for other governance actions enacted on-chain.
The governance action with ID “7fd6429add8f2611ad8d48c0cc49101463093aec285faea402e8cfde78ea58d7#0” and title “Should K increased?” states "This governance action is by no means a suggestion of what Cardano protocol parameters should be modified to or if they should be modified at this time.", indicating that it is an information action that does not measure sentiment for other governance actions enacted on-chain. This also does not mandate any changes to the Cardano blockchain in any broader sense.
Therefore we **Abstain**.
### Consideration 1
Article VI Section 1 of the Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Interim Constitution states “The Constitutional Committee shall comprise a set of Ada holders that is collectively responsible for ensuring that on-chain governance actions prior to enactment on-chain, are constitutional.”
Given that “Info” actions cannot be performed on-chain, the Constitutional Committee may not necessarily need to evaluate the constitutionality of “Info” governance actions.
### Consideration 2
Article III Section 5 of the Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Interim Constitution states “A special form of governance action exists to allow community sentiment to be gauged without committing to any on-chain change. "Info" actions have no on-chain effect other than recording the votes on the action.”
It may therefore be reasonable to assume that for any “Info” governance actions that are meant to gauge the sentiment towards another type of governance action which CAN be enacted on-chain, an assessment of the constitutionality of that future governance action would be beneficial to the purpose of the “Info” governance action being used to assess it.
## Precedent Discussion
None
## Counterargument Discussion
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The Interim Constitution Committee assesses the constitutionality of governance actions based on the Interim Constitution. However, if any Cardano community members have feedback or comments on the committee’s interpretation, we’d love to hear from you at any time using the Feedback Loop below;
Best regards,