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Bill: People's Constitution of the Dranian Federation (RP) 📖 - PENDING
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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: May 4930
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| PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTION OF THE DRANIAN FEDERATION PREAMBLE: The Dranian Federation has survived as a multi-ethnic democratic union for centuries. It is a beacon of the oppressed and a lighthouse for the downtrodden of the earth. So that this government may live on, and that the voice of the people may not be lost, we have written, enshrined, and installed this Constitution. We, the people of Dankuk, hereby affirm; - Commitment to a government that defends its’ citizens and their rights - Acknowledgment that something must be done to save humanity, and that a better world is possible - Defense of the exploited and downtrodden of the nation - Solidarity between all races and ethnicities - The will to build a strong, peaceful, and prosperous nation - The continued pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness Long live the Dranian Federation! ARTICLE I: Rights of the Citizenry Section I – Right to freedom of expression and political activity The rights to expression and political power – these being free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of media, freedom to petition the government, freedom to create political and economic organizations, universal guarantee of broadband access, and universal suffrage, among others - of the citizens of Dankuk is sacred. No government authority; Local or Federal; may make any law limiting the capability of the populace to exercise these liberties in Peacetime. The national flag may be used in and for any instance, and may be freely desecrated. Section II – Rights in a Court of Law Every citizen of the Federation convicted on criminal grounds shall have the right to a free and fair trial, indiscriminately conducted on the grounds of the law without excessive delay. They shall have the choice between a jury and a judge always. Every defendant shall have the right to a free public defender in a court of law. Every defendant shall be considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a doubt; and shall have the right to know the nature of the charges against them, as well as their civil and defensive rights in a court of law. The police may only arrest suspects after reasonably charging them with crimes; and may only enter private residences with a warrant issued by the county or district court in which the residence is located in. A defendant may not be tried more than once for crimes and charges committed against the state. These rights shall be applied in every criminal case. The people shall also have the right to appeal to a higher court, and to resolve cases outside of the courtroom with settlements. The right to pay bail and parole shall be provided to all citizens; but the law shall be given considerable liberties in levels of regulation and enforcement. The law shall make a provision for a fine cap, bail cap, and a fee cap. These rights shall be unconditionally applied in every case; be it civil or criminal. Section III – Right to Citizenship Every person born in the Dranian Federation shall be a citizen of Dankuk, imbued with the privileges that come with citizenship as prescribed by the Constitution and the laws of the Dranian Federation. Citizenship cannot be taken away unless those stripped of citizenship were previously found to be guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, or other extreme circumstances. All those who lose citizenship may petition the justice system to regain it. Any immigrant may take a citizenship test regardless of time spent in Dankuk. Should they succeed; all immigrants that take the test shall become naturalized citizens entitled to all liberties prescribed in this Constitution and the greater law. Section IV – Right to Self-Determination and Cultural Preservation The Dranian Federation is primarily a mix of the Kyo and Draniano cultures with significant contributions from the Draddwyr people. All institutions of the Federal Government shall be mandated to publish all material, law, and legislation in Kyomal, Draniano, and Draddwyr. Section V – Right to Work and Economic Liberty Every worker in Dankuk shall have the right to independently join a trade union, to form a worker-owned Co-operative, to join and participate in organized democratic labor councils (Rowis in Kyo), and to strike. Conversely; every capitalist in Dankuk shall have the right to form their own business, purchase private property, employ workers, distribute wages how they see fit, and to fire employees. These rights may be regulated by law; but shall not be excessively curbed. The Dranian Federation shall reserve the powers of eminent domain and may seize private property if it is deemed to be necessary to seize for the public interest. The state shall be required to give justification for seizure and to pay the owner of seized property; but a property owner shall be obliged to surrender control of their property regardless of position. Payment shall be conducted and decided by an independent arbiter; and either party may appeal to a higher court if the settlement is determined superfluous or frugal. The Dranian Federation shall be a mixed economy that possesses both private and public sectors. The Federal government may not mandate total seizure of all property nor mandate the removal of all government involvement in the economy. Section VI – Right to Bear Arms Every citizen shall have the right to bear arms for manners of self-defense and economic sustenance, and shall be given the rights to form a well-regulated and scrutinized militia. The total right to bear arms shall not be infringed upon. The law may regulate the distribution, production, and commonality of arms as it sees fit. Section VII – Right to Practice Religion Every citizen shall have the right to worship whatever religion. The Dranian Federation is a secular state, and should remain mostly ambiguous on the subject of religion. A loose policy for or against religion may be allowed; but the right of individuals to practice religion and for religious organizations to build themselves is inalienable and cannot be repressed. Section VIII – Right to Love Every Dranian shall be given the right to love and build relations, marriage, and civil unions with anyone else of legal age. This includes heterosexual, homosexual, interracial, polyarmorial, and many other relationship types. The law shall recognize transgender citizens and treat them as their assumed gender. The age of consent shall be 18. Violation of the age of consent is punishable up to life in prison. Section IX – Right to Equality Under the Law The law may not, under any circumstances whatsoever, treat a social group favorably by metrics of race, ethnicity, gender, gender and sexual orientation, or place of birth. This includes cases of positive discrimination. Section X – Right to Live The law shall make provisions for the general welfare in case of poverty, hunger, sickness, senility, homelessness, unemployment and other such situations. The level of support for these groups may fluctuate; but shall not be dismantled. Slavery, human trafficking, unregulated sex work, and all forms of torture are abolished, never to be practiced in any circumstances whatsoever. The law shall have the powers to completely abolish the death penalty; and in the cases of the enforcement of execution the law may only execute those found of high crimes following conviction in a free and fair trial. ARTICLE II: Governmental Structure Section I – The Constitution This constitution shall be the supreme law of Dankuk, enforced throughout the land at all times. Only the Chairman; with a 7/8 approval from the Federal Council for Unity, may suspend this Constitution in times deemed a national emergency by 2/3 vote in the Federal Senate and all with signatures of the 5 Provincial Governors and 4 Metropolitan and Central Mayors. Section II – The Nature of the State The Dranian Federation is a Democratic Republic in which the people are the masters of society. It is a Federal Unicameral Republic with a Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch; and may be referred to with the names “Dankuk”, “Drania”, or “Dranland”. The sole capital shall be in Seongtaek, and all powers not immediately granted to the federal powers in this constitution shall be prescribed to the Provincial and City governments. . Section III – Elections Every citizen of the Dranian Federation is automatically given a sole vote in all elections. Both registered political parties; and individually elected political independents shall be eligible to run in all elections. Whenever a national election is held; both the entire composition of the Federal Senate and the position of Chairman of the Federal Council for Unity must be contested. The frequency of elections shall be decided further by the law; but shall not exceed 72 months nor be below 24 months. The system shall be first-past-the-post for national legislative, executive, and gubernational elections. Should a majority of the Federal Senate vote to approve it; a snap election may be held. This election must encompass the Executive and Legislative fields and provide all normal accommodations; they shall be held no later than 5 months after Senatorial approval. Any Senator may propose and vote on a snap election proposal. All devolved governments shall determine their own voting conventions under 2/3 approval of the provincial and city legislatures; but these shall not infringe on the rights of every citizen to universal suffrage and may be reversed by ruling of the Supreme Court. Section IV – The Federal Council for Unity, National Cabinet, and the Executive Branch In all times; there shall be maintained a Federal Council for Unity. This Council shall be at all times composed of a membership of 9 primary subdivisional executives, and the Chairman. Further additions to the council shall be allowed with a majority approval in the existing council. It shall be mandated to convene for a total of more than 8 times a year and for no less than a period of 3 weeks. There shall be a quorum for the at 2/3 membership; of which there must be at least 6 primary subdivisional executives and the Chairman present. The Council shall act as an advisory body to the Chairman and greater nation; maintaining commitment to the Constitution, human rights, liberty, and happiness. The Chairman of the Federal Council for Unity shall be elected by national universal vote. He shall act fairly and tirelessly for the interests of the whole nation alone; without hinderance of personal or political bias. The Chairman of the Federal Council shall be the Head of State of the Dranian Federation, commander in chief of the Dranian Armed Forces, and may grant pardons for crimes against the Dranian Federation, except in face of impeachment or removal. The Chairman shall have power, with the input and consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided a simple majority of Senate members present concur; and the Chairman shall nominate and appoint Ambassadors and Justices of the Supreme Court. The Chairman shall be invested with the power to approve and veto laws approved by the Senate. Should a bill be vetoed, it shall be considered void and null after a 91 day period. The Senate shall in turn be vested with the power to overturn a veto and sign a bill into law themselves if it reaches a 75% threshold. Should a bill be signed into law, the Senatorial Cabinet, Prime Minister, federal agencies, and provincial governments shall be given power and responsibility to enforce it. If the Chairman has not reviewed and either vetoed a bill or signed it into law after a 91 day period of deliberation following approval by the Senate, the bill shall be permanently considered void and null. In all times; there shall be maintained a Cabinet of the Federal Senate. This shall be composed of a Prime Minister, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs, Finance, Defense, Justice, Infrastructure and Transport, Health and Social Services, Education and Culture, Science and Technology, Food and Agriculture, Environment and Tourism, and Trade and Industry. Membership of the Cabinet shall be open to all. This cabinet shall be imbued with powers to create, maintain, or dissolve federal ministries to the effect of managing and enforcing the administration of government programs and directives as enacted by the Federal Senate and approved by the Federal Chairman. The Prime Minister of the Senatorial Cabinet shall be the head of government and, with approval and advice of the Federal Senate, appoint a Senatorial Cabinet. The Prime Minister shall be prescribed with powers to direct and preside over the happenings of the Senate, to consult members of the Senatorial Cabinet, to reverse and replace all orders carried out by cabinet ministers, and to issue executive orders to better facilitate and embellish policies and laws of the Dranian Federation. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall direct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy and be invested with the power to direct, negotiate, and enforce laws and policies in regards to the relations and happenings between the Republic and foreign nations as dictated by the Senate and affirmed and signed into law by the Chairman. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall have the power to advise the Federal government on issues pertaining to foreign policy, to nominate representatives to the World Congress, coordinate and establish embassies, consulates, and interest sections in other places of Terra, nominate foreign governments and powers for diplomatic recognition, nominate foreign governments and powers as sponsors of state terrorism, and coordinate summits, negotiations, and meetings between the representatives of the Dranian Federation and other nations. The Minister of Internal Affairs shall direct the Ministry of Internal Affairs and be invested with the power to direct and enforce laws of internal security as dictated by the Senate and affirmed and signed into law by the Chairman. The Minister of Internal Affairs shall have the power to investigate, appoint, discharge, and arrest all members of civil law enforcement. These decisions may be reversed by the Supreme Court. The Minister of Finance shall direct the Ministry of Finance as well as the Peoples’ Bank of Dankuk, and shall be invested with the power to direct and enforce financial laws as dictated by the Senate and affirmed and signed into law by the Chairman. The Minister of Defense shall direct and supervise the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces; and be completely subservient to the orders of the Federal Chairman. The Minister of Defense shall be invested with the power to make military appointments, which may be reversed by the Chairman. The Minister of Defense may direct the Armed Forces on behest of the Chairman in peacetime, and suggest military policy and strategy in times of war and peace. The Minister of Justice shall be responsible for the appointment of federal judges below the level of the Supreme Court, and shall be imbued with the power to supervise the execution and judgement of the laws within Dranian Federation. The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport shall direct the Ministries of transport and infrastructure. He shall be imbued with the powers to direct coordination and furthering of infrastructural efforts, to release and undergo studies on transport, to draw up and enforce new regulations pertaining to the duties undertaken by the ministries, and to assist and advise the greater Federal Government on such matters. The Minister of Health and Social Services shall direct the national health service and ministries of health and social services. He shall release medical information and regular PSAs, coordinate and facilitate greater scientific study at home and abroad, enforce and promote social welfare services as are seen fit under the framework of legislation approved by the Chairman and create by the Senate, promote and ban medicinal drugs and practices viewed as harmful or beneficial, oversee public housing and other closely related projects, and appoint and regulate medical regulatory bodies. The Minister of Education and Culture shall direct the Ministries of Propaganda and Agitation, Education, and Culture. They shall be invested with the power to direct and enforce educational and cultural laws as dictated by the Senate and affirmed and signed into law by the Chairman. They shall be imbued with the power to set educational standards and curriculums, approve the creation of new classes and courses, organize events, preserve and create national landmarks and treasures, submit cultural artefacts to the World Congress for recognition, call concerts, dedicate national institutes, and organize musical, artistic, and cultural groups, bands, ensembles, and institutions. With advice and consent of the Senate they may create and designate national holidays, dictate viewing criteria, and censor artistic works deemed to be against the public interest or safety. The Minister of Science and Technology shall direct the Dranian Space Agency and ministries of science and technology. He shall supervise research and study of pertaining information, coordinate and facilitate greater scientific study at home and abroad, enforce and control the flow and release of scientific information, actively promote and regulate the integrity and basis of scientific study, and appoint and regulate scientific institutions. The Minister of Food and Agriculture shall direct the Ministries of Agriculture and Aquaculture, and enforce environmental, ecological, nutritional, and agricultural laws as dictated by the Senate and Chairman. They shall have power to set food distribution levels, legalize and ban chemicals in food production, dictate general national quotas for food production from farming and fishing, establish new farms and environmental or agricultural facilities, prohibit the hunting or fishing of specified species or specified areas, quarantine certain fields, release annual almanacs and guidelines, initiate policy in reaction to soil acidity shifts, conduct national environmental studies, and in general dictate the agricultural policy and product of the national economy. In mutual concert with the Minister of Health, the Minister of Food and Agriculture may dictate safety and nutritional guidelines. With Senatorial and Executive approval; the Minister may collectivize farms and operate and designate a Public Distribution Service. The Minister of Environment and Tourism shall direct the ministries of environment and tourism. They shall be granted reversable authority to designate public parks and wildlife reserves where seen fit; and shall work in coordination with the Ministry of Culture to better promote Dranian culture at home and abroad. The Minister of Trade and Industry shall direct the Stock Exchange of Dankuk, all state-owned enterprises, and the ministries of trade and industry. They shall be granted powers to regulate loans and circulation of currency, manage and oversee the printing of money at state mints, to regulate and direct the Stock Market, to set financial policy of state owned businesses, to set and enforce trade regulations, to fund and support economic aspects and projects, and to advise the whole Federal Government on fiscal and economic policy. Every political party represented in the Federal Senate shall have the right to nominate and vote on a cabinet proposal. Every citizen of the Dranian Federation shall have the right to run for the Chairmanship. Section V – The Federal Senate and the Legislative Branch The Unicameral Legislature of the Dranian Federation shall be the Federal Senate. This Senate shall exercise the powers to make laws directing governance and protection of the civil, social, and foreign liberties, as well as economic, ecological, military, theological, and cultural policies and regulations of the Republic; provided that they do not run contrary to the fundamental civil rights bestowed upon the people; or go against this constitution. The Senate shall have the powers to propose, levy, and enforce the collection of national taxes, levy sanctions and trade restrictions, declare war on a foreign power, propose, nominate, and advise a Senatorial Cabinet; suggest and advise a Federal Chairman; and confirm members of the Supreme Court. The senate reserves at all times the power to hold of vote of confidence; a majority vote against shall remove the sitting Prime Minister from office. The Senate shall deliberate on, consider, propose, and vote on potential laws of the Republic. To pass bills, a simple majority shall be required. The Chairman of Federal Council for Unity must confirm and approve a bill passed in the Senate before it is made law, at which point responsibility to enforce it falls to the Senatorial Cabinet federally and the Primary Subdivisional powers provincially. The Senate shall convene in full session for a minimum of 20 weeks a year, and consist of 260 members. The quorum for voting in full Session shall be, at minimum, the presence of 200 members. The Senate have the exclusive rights to legislative power in the Republic, no other body may exercise these rights in its’ absence. The Supreme Senate shall; following the formation of every new Senate following national legislative elections; confirm a Senatorial Cabinet. The threshold for such a vote will be 50%; if no such threshold is reached by the first round of voting, a second round shall be introduced in which the two potential cabinet proposals with the most previous votes exclusively run. The proposed cabinet with the most votes in the second round shall be declared victorious and be instated or reaffirmed. Individual Senators shall be expelled from the Federal Senate should they be found guilty of crimes against the Constitution. The Federal Council must vote by majority to remove; and the disgraced Senator shall be stripped of further possibilities of running for any public office once more. This may be reversed by order of the Supreme Court; and after a 3 year period a disgraced Senator may appeal to the Federal Council for reconsideration. This Senate may not be dispersed lest the Supreme Court and Federal Council for Unity declare it unconstitutional. Immediate national legislative elections shall be mandated. Section VI – The Supreme Court and the Judicial Branch The Supreme Court shall be the supreme legal authority of the Dranian Federation. It shall be blessed with the powers of judicial review, to create and review devolved courts and circuits in conjunction with local governments, to take up all registered legal cases, and to provide greater legal advice and reckoning to the greater Federal Government. Every court, save the Supreme Court, in the Republic shall answer to its’ subsequent superior court, which may reverse its’ decision upon successfully appeal. Section VII - The Nobility The Dranian Federation is a Popular Republic without a monarch. Those affluent or historical families, houses, and clans shall not be recognized by the government and shall be treated as ordinary citizens with regular rights, liberties, and responsibilities. Individual members have full right to run for democratically elected office, be appointed to government positions, and otherwise pursue political power; but on the basis of office, not blood. Use of hereditary titles shall not be persecuted; but shall not be made official nor recognized by law. All men are created equal. Section VIII - Insignia and National Symbols The National Flag, Emblem, Anthem, Motto, and all other conventions and symbols of domestic and national representation of the government of the Dranian Federation shall be prescribed by law; and ratified and confirmed by a 6/10 vote in the Federal Senate. The flags, emblems, and symbols of local governments shall be decided by their respective legislatures through majority vote. ARTICLE III: Federal and Local Governments Section I – Provinces and Cities The Dranian Federation shall consist of 9 primary subdivisions. These shall be the Province of Eurbrak/Ulbraca, the Province of Myeoggi/Magadonia, the Province of Reuni/Lorena, the Province of Hyonggi/Valdoria, the Province of Eljang/Elbiana, Gongmangdo Metropolitan City, Iglesia Mayor Metropolitan City, Port Rynach Metropolitan City, and Seongtaek Central City. Each first level subdivision shall be complied to maintain an elected legislature and a sole executive official at all times. They shall also hold and enforce a Constitution subservient to the constitution of the Dranian Federation. Executives shall be elected by popular, universal vote with further electoral guidelines being decided upon and enforced by the local governments themselves; these being outlined in Article II Section III of the Constitution. They shall run in gubernatorial elections; which may be held separately or converge with the dates of federal level and local legislative elections. The executives of the Metropolitan Cities of Port Rynach, Gongmangdo, and Iglesia Mayor, as well as the head of Seongtaek Central City, shall be known as the Mayors of their respective constituencies. The executives of the Provinces of Myeoggi, Reuni, Hyonggi, Eljang, and Eurbrak shall be known as Provincial Governors. First level subdivisional legislatures shall be elected by popular vote; with electoral methods and practices being further regulated and prescribed by local governments. The legislatures may choose their own speakers. In this case; the speaker of the legislatures shall be responsible for declaring all votes, appointing members to committees, and sending bills to their respective committees. The legislatures of the Metropolitan Cities of Port Rynach, Gongmangdo, and Iglesia Mayor, as well as the legislature of Seongtaek Central City, shall be known as City Councils. The legislatures of the Provinces of Myeoggi, Reuni, Hyonggi, Eljang, and Eurbrak shall be known as Provincial Congresses. Section II – Counties and Districts Each Province, Metropolitan City, and Central City shall have underneath it a Secondary subdivision. The subdivisions of Metropolitan and Central Cities shall be known as districts; the subdivisions of Provinces shall be known as counties. Each district and county shall have no less than 75,000 legal residents; the apportionment of which shall be designated to Provincial and City governments; and shall be subject to local regulation, merging, and dissolving. Each County shall consist of a County Council and a County Executive. There shall be 15,000 residents apportioned to each seat in the Council; all residents shall vote for the County Councils and Executive. Counciliary and Executive elections shall fall on the same day as local Provincial Gubernatorial elections; and be held in a free and fair manner. The Executive shall be imbued with the powers to direct county policy, enforce and approve legislation as dictated by the council and pertaining higher bodies, and to levy taxes separate from the national level. The Council shall have the powers to propose legislation and veto actions of the executive with a majority vote. Each County shall be obliged to maintain a singular geographical seat for the administration of powers. Each district shall have an elected Chief. This chief shall hold the powers to generally designate and direct district policy in compliance with the national and city constitution. The number of seats on the City Council held by a district shall be apportioned by the city district itself; and provided for in a non-discriminatory manner. Section III – Secession Every administrative subdivision shall be imbued with the powers of secession in peacetime; given a 80% vote in the local legislature and popular referendum coupled with local executive and judicial approval. The Federal Government shall recognize all legitimate cases of secession except in cases of war or national emergency. ARTICLE IV: Impeachment and Removal from Power Section I - Impeachment In the event of a breach of conduct by the Federal Chairman of the Council For Unity; for abuse and misuse of the powers conferred upon to them by this Constitution, or for crimes committed against the law of the Dranian Federation; the Federal Senate shall be imbued with the powers to bring forth Articles of Impeachment against the Federal Chairman. To bring forth impeachment proceedings; at least 4/9 of the Senate must vote to hear them. A trial overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will then be undertaken; under which the normal customs of civil criminal law shall be imposed. Following conclusion of this trial; the verdict of guilty or not guilty shall be decided by a majority vote in the Senate. For there to be a vote a quorum of at least 220 Senators must be present. Senators must vote; they cannot abstain from doing so. During an impeachment trial; the Chairman may not exercise their duties as prescribed in this Constitution. In the event of a breach of conduct by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet of the Dranian Federation; for abuse and misuse of the powers conferred upon to them by this Constitution, or for violating the law; the Federal Senate shall have powers to bring forth Articles of Impeachment against the Prime Minister. Impeachment proceedings require 1/2 of the legislature to vote in favor, and shall be overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under the provisions of civil criminal law. The Senate shall vote by simple majority to convict or absolve the Prime Minister. To deem the Prime Minister guilty; all articles of impeachment must be proven to be true beyond a reasonable doubt. Senators may abstain from voting. During an impeachment trial; the Prime Minister may not exercise their duties as prescribed in this Constitution. The Federal Senate shall have the complete and exclusive powers of Impeachment, for both the Chairman and Prime Minister. Section II - Removal from Office Should the Federal Chairman be found to have committed crimes against the Dranian Federation, the Federal Senate shall be given the powers to remove them from office. The Chairman cannot be removed from office until he is impeached. Ultimately; 5/10 of the Senate must vote to confirm Federal Removal. The legislature of each province must then vote by simple majority on the motion. No lawmaker; local or federal; may abstain from voting; and only two options - removal or retainment - may be voted for. If the Provincial Governments vote against removal; the motion fails and the Chairman shall remain in office. Immediately following successful removal; the Vice Chairman shall be declared acting chairman. Following removal from office; the senate must agree to hold new national elections immediately; with all the ceremonies and conditions of a normal one. The deposed Chairman shall be stripped of their powers and privileges; becoming a citizen of the Dranian Federation eligible to prosecution in court under civil law. The Federal Senate reserves the right to remove the Prime Minister at any time with a motion of No Confidence; but if the Prime Minister is convicted and impeached; the Federal Senate shall be legally obliged to immediately entertain removal proceedings. A simple Majority of the Senate must vote to remove. Immediately following the removal; the Vice Prime Minister shall become acting PM. Following removal from office; the senate must agree to hold new national elections immediately; with all the ceremonies and conditions of a normal one. The deposed Prime Minister shall be stripped of their powers and privileges; becoming a citizen of the Dranian Federation eligible to prosecution in court under civil law. The deposed Prime Minister may not run for political office in Dankuk for a ten year period starting immediately after the day of removal. The Federal Senate shall be exclusively imbued with the power to remove the Prime Minister from office. Section III - Line of Succession In the event of a removal from office, vote of no confidence, resignation, or death of the Chairman; a Vice Chairman shall be declared acting Chairman and imbued with the powers of office until new elections are held. This Vice Chairman shall be confirmed within 2 months after every election and nominated by a majority vote within the Federal Council for Unity; and a candidate may be any citizen of the Dranian Federation. Each candidate must pledge their commitment through public oath and written affidavit to the pos The frequency of elections shall be decided further by the law; but shall not exceed 72 months nor be below 24 months. The system shall be first-past-the-post for national legislative, executive, and gubernational elections. ition before being legally eligible to be confirmed. A candidate must be nominated by a member of the Council; and each member has the authority - but not obligation - to nominate a candidate. If no Majority is reached in the first round of voting; the two candidates with the most votes shall go into a second round of voting; in which there are only 2 candidates for Vice Chairman. Should more than 2 candidates receive the same amount of votes; those who obtained their votes the first shall be chosen for the second round. During both rounds members of the Council are obliged to vote; they may not abstain. Should a VC die in office; the Council must reconvene within 2 months to reelect a new VC. The Vice Chairman may be replaced at any time by the Council for any reason; but a VC cannot be removed until the Council confirms a new candidate. Second to the VC in the line of succession is the longest-serving council member. If more than one council-member is found to have the same length of service on the Federal Council; the "stand-in" for the VC shall be decided by seniority in age. After every new government is formed; the Prime Minister must confirm a Vice PM. This Vice PM must be a Senator; and must pledge their commitment through public oath and written affidavit to the position before being legally eligible to be confirmed. The VPM shall serve as a "stand-in" for the Prime Minister; having no powers under normal circumstances - they shall vote and have the powers of a normal Senator. In the event of a removal from office, vote of no confidence, resignation, or death of the Prime Minister; the VPM shall assume acting powers of the Prime Ministership until new elections are held. Should a VPM die in office; the Prime Minister must nominate a new VPM within 1 month. The VPM may be replaced at any time by the PM for any reason; but a VPM cannot be removed until the Prime Minister confirms a new candidate. Second in the line of succession to the VPM is the Minister of Internal Affairs. The Federal Council for Unity reserves exclusive power to nominate Acting Chairman. The Prime Minister of the Cabinet reserves the exclusive power to nominate a Vice Prime Minister. If; for any reason; the ability of the entire line of succession as prescribed here (Prime Minister to VPM to Minister of Internal Affairs, or Chairman to Vice Chairman to Senior Council-Member) to govern is compromised; the Federal Senate is granted the powers to nominate an acting Prime Minister or Chairman until the next elections can be held or a new government can be formed. If this is the case; the Supreme Court may reverse and remove any nominations and force the Senate to choose once more. ARTICLE V: Constitutional Amendment and Replacement Section I - Amendment The Federal Senate shall be given the power to amend this constitution as to give means of better; contemporary popular rule. To amend the Constitution of the Dranian Federation; the Federal Senate must vote at least 3/4 in favor; the Provincial Legislatures must confirm with a simple majority; the Chairman of the Federal Council for National Unity must approve; and a National referendum must pass with a majority. This referendum must be conducted no shorter than 1 week and no longer than 2 months; with protection of universal suffrage and in a fair and free manner with observers from the World Congress present. Every citizen shall be eligible to vote; with a sole, singular vote being allocated to every citizen. If an election is scheduled to occur within this window; the polls should not close and the newly elected government cannot prevent the continuation of the referendum. The referendum shall consist of a description of the amendment no longer than 2,000 words; and but one question: "Should the proposed amendment be enacted into law and enshrined in the Constitution of the Dranian Federation?" Section II - Replacement The Federal Senate shall be given the power to enact and enforce an entirely new Constitution in order to provide greater; contemporary popular rule. Identical protocol to constitutional amendment shall be applied to the ratification of a New Constitution; but with the following compulsory alterations. The only the question in the referendum shall be "Should the proposed Constitution be enacted and enforced as the new supreme law of the land?". A new voting threshold of 13/20% of referendum shall be installed. Section III - Power of the People The people of the Dranian Federation shall have the right of revolution; this being the to alter or overthrow a tyrannical government that acts against the public interest or that threatens the safety of the people without just cause. They shall be imbued with the power to create a new government; laying its foundation on a structure and system most likely to protect their safety and happiness should the current government fail to uphold its' constitutional duties. Signed July 4th, 4928 (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=643822) |
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