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Bill: PANTERRAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS version II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Archonic Solentia Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2334
Description[?]:
| This Administration Act shall be ratified by a absolute majority, repealed by an absolute majority, implemented immediately, and shall define the mechanisms of the Solentian government. I. Theory of Panterran Administration (i) The State is arranged into a strict hierarchy in which every decision-making entity is subordinated to and higher-than another entity. The only exception is the Head of State and Legislature, who have equal potestas. (ii) Rank A. Rank is determined by “potestas.” An entity of greater potestas has control over all entities with lesser potestas. B. A decision of an entity is known as a “nomos.” The nomos is an inviolable command that may only be overridden by a nomos of higher potestas. C. Every nomos made by a qualified entity can apply to all entities of lower rank. D. The classification and order of Potestas is given in (v). (iii) Command A. Each government entity is controlled by a Board of ministers. B. This Board may contain many members or only one member. C. The Board has the power to create decisions by a majority will D. The Chairman is given the power to override the decisions of the Board if he wishes. He may also speak for the Board even if he does not speak for the majority will. (v) Basic Structure and Potestas Levels A. Potestas is classified into three types (given by number 1, 2, and 3) and various levels (given by letters A-Z). 1. Type 1 potestas is established and permanent. It is the only type of potestas with the power to change governmental procedure (the constitution). 2. Type 2 potestas does not have the power to modify the constitution, but it has a hypothetically unlimited sphere of influence and authority that is only constrained by the power to superiors. 3. Type 3 potestas is specified and only has power over assigned spheres of influence. 4. Letters higher in the alphabet always outrank lower letters (i.e. A outranks B). In addition, type 1 potestas outranks all type 2 and 3 while type 2 outranks all type 3. 5. Ranking: 1A- Legislature 1B- Head of State -- 2A- Ad Hoc Commissions 2B- Head of Government -- 3A- Cabinet Ministers 3x- lower ranking ministry officials II. Head of State (i) The Head of State either hold his position for life or is elected regularly. (ii) Should a Head of State become an elected, term-bound officer, then the legislature shall assume the greatest potestas and the Head of State shall have the second highest. III. The Legislature (i) This entity is composed of delegates in a manner chosen by the Head of State. (ii) The nomoi of the Legislature are not special in any way; they simply hold greater potestas than any other entity besides the Head of State. IV. Ministries (i) The Ministries are collectively controlled by the Cabinet, which is chaired by the Head of Government. The Head of Government, as Chairman, has the final say on Cabinet decisions. (ii) Each of the ministries is separately controlled by a board consisting of the respective minister as chairman. Other members may be on these boards, but it is optional. (iii) The various ministries and sub-ministries have powers limited by the scope of their purpose. That is, the Ministry of Transportation should be punished if it makes decrees concerning international affairs. V. Ad Hoc Commissions (i) The Legislature has the power to create ad hoc commissions in order to regulate inter-ministry affairs. (ii) The Ad Hoc Commissions answer only to the Legislature and the Head of State. (iii) These commissions are endowed with greater potestas than the Cabinet. VI. Special Provisions (i) This act of administration hereby takes precedence over all previous legislative protocols for governmental procedure. (ii) No previous act of this sort shall impede the regular implementation of this Administration Protocol. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:23:16, December 23, 2006 CET | From |  Archonic Solentia Party | To | Debating the PANTERRAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS version II |
| Message | I've made some specifications and adjustments. The potestas ranking is much clearer and well defined. |
| Date | 00:51:18, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the PANTERRAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS version II |
| Message | These take enourmous amounts of time to read... |
| Date | 00:52:47, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the PANTERRAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS version II |
| Message | However, I always make a point of checking for sneaky things you're putting in as is the case here. |
| Date | 07:12:53, December 24, 2006 CET | From | Archonic Solentia Party | To | Debating the PANTERRAN ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS version II |
| Message | like what? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 393 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 206 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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