The revival of ICP-2, a document drafted over 20 years ago to define the criteria for establishing Regional Internet Registries, was triggered by the AFRINIC governance crisis—and rightly so.

RIRs today operate with extraordinary autonomy: they answer to no sovereign authority, lack clear failover mechanisms, and in some cases have no meaningful data escrow or contingency plan. Establishing a failure standard is necessary.

What is not acceptable is using that process to further centralize power. Any mechanism to de-accredit or re-accredit an RIR must be driven exclusively by its members, not by the NRO or ICANN.

The RIR system exists only by voluntary consensus; there is no law or enforcement behind it. A top-down solution would fail immediately, because members can simply withdraw recognition.

If ICP-2 is revised, it must reinforce—not weaken—the bottom-up model, with explicit requirements that any decisive action requires overwhelming member agreement.

Accountability must come from decentralization, not hierarchy. Even where process flaws exist, I strongly encourage all members to participate in the current NRO questionnaire: if the community does not speak, others will decide for it.