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Miestrâ Schivâ | If anyone still has any problems with this, I will eat my own trousers in frustration. :)
ARTICLE FIVE. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE
The Government:
1. The executive power of the Republic shall be exercised by the Government (in the national language, el Governmaíntsch).
2. The Government consists of the President, a Prime Minister (in the national language, el Seneschál) and a number of Ministers. The Seneschál and Ministers together shall be known as the Cabinet.
3. The Seneschál shall have been a Talossan citizen for at least a year, or a member of Parlamînt for at least six months.
4. The Seneschál shall be elected by a majority of the Chamber of Deputies, after every election of a new Chamber and whenever else the position becomes vacant.
5. a) The Seneschál appoints and dismisses the Ministers at his or her pleasure. He or she also determines the general course of Government policy as a whole, approves the text of all Government-sponsored bills, and assumes responsibility to the Chamber of Deputies.
b) In accordance with this general policy each minister conducts independently the particular affairs entrusted to him or her, and is held individually responsible to the Chamber of Deputies and to the Seneschál.
6. The Seneschál and Ministers may be removed at any time, singly or jointly, by a majority vote of the Chamber of Deputies. The motion to remove the Seneschál shall name a replacement Seneschál.
7. a) The roles, powers and functions of Ministers not specified in this article shall be defined by law, subject to this Constitution.
b) One Minister shall be an Attorney-General, who shall keep an updated archive of the Constitution and Laws of the Republic; represent the Government in any suits before the High Cort; and exercise any other functions that the Secretary may delegate to him/her.
8. a) The Seneschál and the other ministers may recommend and appoint deputies to their positions. Outgoing ministers may recommend their successors.
b) If any Minister leaves office and no Deputy has been appointed to that office, the Seneschál shall carry out the functions of that Minister until a new Minister is appointed.
c) Every newly elected Seneschál must either reconfirm or replace the existing Cabinet.
9. Executive Orders must be co-signed by both President and Seneschál. They may be overturned by a majority vote of the Government. They shall have no force of law unless adopted by Parlamînt as legislation.
10. The Government shall regularly confer in person, by mail, by telephone, by electronic messaging, or by any combination of the above. Meetings of the Government are chaired by the President.
11. A) The Government makes its decisions by majority vote. In case of a tie, the vote of the President of the Republic shall be decisive.
B) The Ministers of the Republic shall submit to the Government for prior deliberation and resolution all drafts of any bills determining or affecting Government policy which they wish to propose to Parlamînt.
12. Every new Sensechál shall, within a week of assuming office, give an "Address from the Incoming Government" to both houses of Parlamint.
13. Parlamînt may give the Government or any members thereof additional powers by law.
The Secretary of State:
14. The Secretary of State shall be nominated by the President and confirmed in office by a 2/3 majority of a joint session of Parlamint. He shall not be a member of Parlamînt, the Government or the High Cort.
15. The President shall nominate a new Secretary of State on the first business day of January every year, and also whenever the office becomes vacant. A sitting Secretary of State may be re-nominated.
16. The Secretary of State conducts Presidential and Parliamentary elections; keeps a register of all citizens of the Republic; and archives and publishes the decisions of the Government, and the proceedings and decisions of Parlamînt.
17. The Secretary of State may be impeached and thereby removed from office in the same manner as the President of the Republic.
Miestrâ Schivâ
"Russia, China, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want, they can have a great big democracy cakewalk right down the middle of Tiananmen Square, and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the Bomb. All right?"
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