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~Constitution of the Zormite Republic~
The "Zormite Republic" shall be the official name of the newly formed government. Its authority shall reign over all of the Zormite Continent, its possessions, surrounding seas, and all citizens abroad. All treaties signed between the former Zormite government and foreign countries shall be considered void by the new administration. All laws enacted prior to the drafting of this constitution shall no longer be recognized, nor any regulation which contridicts or otherwise conflicts with this document.
Article I. Rights of the Governing Party
The government shall be ran by a single political party. Only members of the party in power may hold public office. The senior official of the party in power is given the responsibilities of governing the republic, creating offices as nessisary, granting limited rights to those offices, appointing officials, and representing the party in power accurately by acting in accordance with party goals and ideals.
The senior official is the only individual authorized to make amendments to this constitution.
Article II. Branches of Government : Powers and Limitations
There shall be 2 branches of government: The Executive and Legislative branches.
1. Executive
The Executive branch, being comprised of the party's senior official and his cabinet, has full authority in goverance of the state. The Executive Cabinet shall be comprised of individuals who possess only the powers given to them by the party's senior official. The Executive branch also has the power to enforce the law.
2. Legislative
The Legislative branch shall be comprised of the rest of the political party which is in power at the time. These people have the power to propose treaties and draft laws which are acceptable under Constitutional standards. To do either of these things, a 2/3 majority vote must be reached in order for the law or treaty proposition can be officially enacted. The Legislative branch may be given additional rights if permitted by the senior official, and also retains the right to veto any action made by the Executive branch if a 3/4 majority vote is reached. However, because the Head of State is also the senior official of the party in power, this person is intrusted to know best the goals and ideology of the party, and is therefore entitled to overturn vetos and any official action made by the rest of the party.
Article III. Terms of Office
Members of the ruling party maintain their positions in public office until the party loses power to another party recognized by the government. This rule is constant, except for in special circumstances.
1. Terminating Senior Officials
This member of the ruling political party is entrusted as knowing what actions are most in accordance with the ideology of the party. As such, he may not be voted out of power by other party members, and his actions are presumed to always be within party guidelines. If he begins to waiver, than he has deemed it nessisary for an alteration in the party's agenda. If the senior offical elects to resign, the office becomes hereditary, meaning only an offspring or other family member of the senior official (who is justly familiar with the goals of the party) may take office. The selection of a new senior official will additionaly take place whenever there is a change in power from one party to another, at which point the office is no longer hereditary.
2. Terminating Other Party Members.
All other party members are ranked below the senior party official by default, and as such are subject to losing their public office at the senior officials own desgression. This includes cabinet members of the Executive branch.
Article IV. Obligations and Special Circumstances
Preservance of the Republic is to be held in the highest regard. No treaties may be recognized which are signed with foreign countries or other entities that would limit the power of the Zormite government to govern and maintain the country, in the manner which the ruling party chooses. If the security of the nation comes into question, or it is nessisary to counter internal instability, the senior official of the ruling party has the authority to create and nullify rules and regulations in order to better service the Republic as a whole.
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Amendment I. Party Legality (Added: 06-09-2003)
Only the National Archist Party of Zormite (NAPZ) shall be recognized by the government of the Zormite Republic, in that only members of that party will be considered valid candidates for public office. All other political parties are henceforth banned from participating in government of the Zormite state. This means that only one party will be considered legal, internally. The government may still actively work with and cooperate with political groups governing other nations, and political groups that are not specific to any one state (international organizations). |
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