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Citizen #22:
Miestrâ Schivâ | Since we were 9-0 on both amendments, I thought I would change my vote to "PËR" on both amendments so that we could make it unanimous. :)
Here is the Final Draft Constitution, as voted for by you, the Talossan people. This draft will now go back to the Constitutional Committee (myself, Grubi, JKK, M-P and Michael) for tidying up, checking for loopholes, typos, etc., before it's given to the Talossan people for ratification in a secret-ballot referendum.
However, I need some feedback from the Convention before you all go home and celebrate a job well done. The Constitution as written mandates that we have a presidential election at the same time as the referendum. However, it also states that a new President must be elected every June. If we pass this constitution as written, then we have a Presidential election now, and then another one just two months later.
The Committee is authorised to change the draft as written to make it workable, so we would be able to change this so that the current Dean would act as caretaker Prez until June when we'd have a proper election. However, I didn't think we should do that without getting some indication from you, the voters, whether that would be acceptable first.
Given notice of the above, I would like to ask our provisional Secretary to start making preparations for a Constitutional ratification referendum, but hold fire on the preparations for a Presidential election until the people have made their views heard on this issue.
Thank you so much for your patience. It's been a long, slow, painful, head-bangingly frustrating journey, but I think we've all done the good work. In Venezuela, the people are so proud of their constitution that it's a best-seller in the shops. I hope that you will all feel the same about our own constitution, which is now all but completed.
M. Schivâ
Chairwoman, Constitutional Convention
Miestrâ Schivâ
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