# Why do we need a constitution?

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-do-we-need-a-constitution/14714>\
**Category:** Essays\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-do-we-need-a-constitution/14714 "2024-10-31T20:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![AtlasStaking](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/atlasstaking/32/3869_2.png) [@AtlasStaking](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/AtlasStaking)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-do-we-need-a-constitution/14714/6 "2024-11-03T19:24:31Z")

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Melea charges 5% like all other validators. Its hard coded in, but he does not rebate delegators and return the commission as he advertises. He is lying and stealing. That is issue #1. We have no problem with validators offering incentives. We have a major problem with dishonesty and theft that reflects negatively on all other Hub validators.

He should be properly exposed and penalized.

Issue #2 is Melea’s on-chain moniker “NO FEE” and “FREE Validator service at 0% Commission.” Monikers we believe should be Validator name only and not available as an advertising platform. Marketing campaigns should be totally separate.

> **[Mintscan](https://www.mintscan.io/cosmos/validators/cosmosvaloper1zqgheeawp7cmqk27dgyctd80rd8ryhqs6la9wc)**
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Here are our ideas for a penalty.

> [@Urgent Concern: Melea Validator's Misleading 0% Commission Claim](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/urgent-concern-melea-validators-misleading-0-commission-claim/14685/12):
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> We need to figure out what can actually be done first. We would like to see him barred from voting on network proposals for at least a year. We would like to see a 100% tax imposed for every month of dishonesty. So far that is almost nine months that all Melea’s rewards go straight into the Hub community pool. Perhaps that tax could be distributed pro rata to all the validators in the bottom half of the active set to help the network decentralize.

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