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Bill: RP LAW: Constitution (4314) of the Constitutional Republic of Cobura (Please read)
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Submitted by[?]: Bihērawī Dēmokiratisi
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 4384
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| Previous version: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=510708 Passed: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=549124 Amended: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=555311 This constitution is made to elucidate the tasks and powers of the HoS and HoG, and to give the HoS a more ceremonial role. This role is more fit for an elected official that represents all people of Cobura. To prevent misunderstanding, here follows a list of used terms and their meaning: The Republic = The entire territory of The Constitutional Republic of Cobura and everything that is in it. The Govenor-General = The Head of State of Cobura. The Statsministro = The Head of Government of Cobura CONSTITUTION OF THE KONSTITUCIA RESPUBLIKO DE KOBURA / YEKUBORA ḤIGE MENIGIŠITI RĪLI ISITĒTI Title A: Fundamental Rights _________________________________ Article I All persons in the Republic shall be treated equally in equal circumstances. Discrimination on the grounds of religion, belief, political opinion, race or sex or on any other grounds whatsoever shall not be permitted. Article II Everyone shall have the right to profess freely his political beliefs and opinions, either individually or in community with others, without prejudice to his responsibility under the law. Article III No one may be prevented against his will from being heard by the courts to which he is entitled to apply under the law. Article IV Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article V All workers of Cobura have the right to unify themselves in the form of a union and are not punishable for joining, founding or supporting one. Titile B: Office of the Govenor-General and the Ŝtatministro _________________________________ Article VI The Republic of Cobura is a democratic Constitutional Republic which is divided between the 4 Governorates: - The Governorate of Irkawa; - The Governorate of Egato; - The Governorate of Dilganato; - The Governorate of Tokundi; - The Governorate of Domale. Article VII The constitutional powers of the Govenor-General is founded on the separation, the balance and the collaboration of the powers, as well as on participative democracy of the citizen, and the principles of good governance and of the correlation between the responsibility for and the rendering of accounts. The Republic relies for its collective life on the confederative constants, on the national unity of its multiple components, on the Constitutional Republic, and on democratic choice. Article VIII Sovereignty belongs to the Republic of Cobura which exercises it directly, by way of referendum, and indirectly, by the intermediary of its representatives. The Republic chooses its representatives from among the institutions elected by way of free, honest, and regular suffrage. Article IX All Coburan nationals shall be equally eligible for appointment to public service. Article X Augustan,Irkawan and Mallan are the official languages of the Republic . The Republic sees to the coherence of linguistic policy and national culture and to the learning and mastery of the foreign languages of greatest use in the world, as tools of communication, of integration and to be open to different cultures and to contemporary civilizations. A National Council of Languages and of Coburan Culture is created, charged with, notably, the protection and the development of the national languages and of the diverse Coburan cultural expressions, which constitute one authentic heritage and one source of contemporary inspiration. It brings together the institutions concerned in these domains. Article XI The law is the supreme expression of the will of the Republic . All, physical or moral persons, and including the public powers, are equal before it and held to submit themselves to it. The public powers work for the creation of the conditions permitting the effectiveness of liberty and of the equality of citizens to be made general as well as their participation in political,economic, cultural and social life. The principles of constitutionality, of the hierarchy and of the obligation of publication of juridical norms, are affirmed. The law may not have retroactive effect. Article XII The political parties work for the structuring and for the political instruction of the citizens, for the promotion of their participation in the national life and the management of public affairs. They concur in the expression of the will of the electors and participate in the exercise of power, on the basis of pluralism and of alternation by democratic methods, within the framework of the constitutional institutions.Their constitution and the exercise of their activities are free, within respect for the Constitution and for the law. The political parties may not have as an objective, hostility toward toward the constitutional principles, to the democratic foundations or to the national unity and territorial integrity of the Government. Title C: Of the Republic and the Government _________________________________ Article XIII The Govenor-General shall be granted the office of Head of State, as is his/her right provided that he/she has won in an open and honest election. Article XIV The Govenor-General sees to the respect for the continued harmony of the Republic's society. He/she is the guarantor of the free exercise of beliefs and the freedom of speech. Article XV The Govenor-General as Head of State, symbol of the unity of the Republic, guarantor of the permanence and of the continuity of the State and arbiter between the institutions, sees to respect for the Constitution, to the good functioning of the constitutional institutions, to the protection of democratic choice and of the rights and freedoms of the citizens of the Governorates, and to respect for the international commitments of the Republic. He is the guarantor of the independence of the country and of the territorial integrity of the Republic within its authentic frontiers. The Govenor-General exercises these missions by decree by virtue of the powers that are expressly devolved to him by this Constitution. Article XVI The Govenor-General formally appoints the Ŝtatministro (as his Head of Government) and the Cabinet based on the nominations to these offices by the Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj . The Governor-General is obliged to propose a cabinet in case a majority cabinet is formed by a party coalition. The Govenor-General can, on his initiative, and with the approval of the Ŝtatministro terminate the functions of one or more members of the government. The Ŝtatministro can demand of the Govenor-General to terminate the functions of one or more members of the government. The Ŝtatministro can demand of the Govenor-General to terminate the functions of one or more members of the government who make their individual or collective resignation. Article XVII The Govenor-General presides over the Cabinet composed of the Ŝtatministro and the ministers. The Cabinet meets on the initiative of the Govenor-General or on the demand of the Ŝtatministro. Article XVIII The Governor-General is the Supreme Head of the Republic’s Armed Forces. He appoints to the military offices and can delegate this right. Article XIX The Cabinet deliberates on the following questions and texts: • the strategic orientations of the policy of the Government; • the bills of revision of the Constitution; • the bills of organic laws; • the general orientations of the bill of the law of finance; • the bill of law of amnesty; • the bills of texts relative to the military domain; • the declaration of the State of siege; • the declaration of war; • the appointment, on the proposal of the Ŝtatministro and at the initiative of the minister concerned, to the following civil offices: ambassadors, administrators and governors, and responsible persons of the administrations charged with internal security. Article XX The Govenor-General promulgates the law within the thirty days which follow the transmission to the government of the law definitively adopted. The law so promulgated must be made the object of publication in the Bulletin Office of the Republic within a time not exceeding one month counting from the date of the decree of its promulgation. Article XXI The Govenor-General can address messages to the Republic and to the Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj . If he/she wishes to do so, his/her speech shall be broadcasted on national television. Article XXII A National Council of Security is created, as the instance of coordination concerning the strategies of internal and external security of the country, and of management of crisis situations. The Council sees equally to the institutionalization of the norms of a good security governance. The Govenor-General presides over this Council and can delegate to the Ŝtatministro the presidency of a meeting of the Council, on the basis of a specific agenda. The National Council of Security is composed of, other than the Ŝtatministro, the ministers responsible for the Interior, of Foreign Affairs, of Justice and of the administration of National Defense, as well as those responsible persons of the administrations competent in security matters, of the superior officers of the Republic's Armed Forces and any other prominent person whose presence is useful to the work of the said Council. The internal regulations of the Council establish the rules of its organization and of its functioning. Article XXIII The Ŝtatministro, on behalf of the Govenor-General , accredits the ambassadors to foreign Governorates and to the international organs. The ambassadors and the representatives of the international organs are accredited to him. The Govenor-General shall sign and ratifies the treaties approved by the legislature. However, the treaties of peace or of union, or those relative to the delimitation of the frontiers, the commercial treaties or those which engage the finances of the government or the application of which necessitate legislative measures, as well as those treaties relative to the individual or collective rights and freedoms of the citizens, may only be ratified after having been previously approved by the law. The Ŝtatministro, on behalf of Govenor-General , can submit to the Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj any other treaty or convention before its ratification. Article XXIV The Govenor-General exercises the right of pardon. However, this can be undone by a majority vote of the Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj . Article XXV When the integrity of the National territory is threatened or in case that events are produced which obstruct the regular functioning of the constitutional institutions, the Govenor-General can, after having consulted the Ŝtatministro, and addressing a message to the nation, proclaim by decree the State of emergency. (NOTE: requires an OOC 2/3 majority vote of the Chambro de Reprezentantoj ) By this act, the Govenor-General is enabled to take the measures that the defense of the territorial integrity imposes and to return, in the least time, to the normal functioning of the constitutional institutions.The Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj may not be dissolved during the exercise of exceptional powers.The fundamental rights and freedoms provided by this Constitution remain guaranteed, and during a State of emergency elections still occur. (NOTE: The Govenor-General ’s emergency powers may be cancelled at any time by a simple majority vote of the Ĉambro de Reprezentantoj .) Article XXVI To protect the national sovereignty from being affected by foreign powers, any bill proposing an act of union with another country will have to pass with a 4/5th majority before being considered legal. Article XXVII Any amendment to this constitution will need a 2/3rd majority in the legislative assembly to become official, and also needs to be signed by the Governor-General. |
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