The Grim Reaper
TNPer
Caesar looked at no-one in particular. "The Nebulan leave of 30 minutes will be granted before we hear them again. They have the time beginning now to excuse themselves."
Caesar regarded his notes, momentarily. "In the meantime, we are more than happy to address the Tajis delegation in our own standing. Those delegations still assembled here are welcome to raise commentary, but I do not intend to stall discussion for the Nebulans.
The Senate is intended to take the role of an upper house, as in the average bicameral parliament. In other words, if legislation is put to the government, it is to be passed by a majority of the house that has proposed it, before debate can commence in the other house and allow it to be passed. If it is passed in an amended form, it is returned to the proposing house to be confirmed, or sent back. In the matter of passing and proposing legislation, the two Houses are equivalent.
The Senate is also the House that will provide cabinet Ministers. The intention is that the College, the Rhuvish lower house, will run through a List vote - voters select Lists that are composed of Senators, and Collegiates, and the proportional number of votes each List gets allocates them a number of seats in the College. Lists would be managed by Senators, who would have the right to exclude Collegiates from their List - effectively, Lists take the role of a party. This will form the extent of Senatorial oversight in national politics, allowing Senators to have reasonable protections from bowing to extremists views in the Rhuvish electorate, but still permitting political debate, so that Senators may strive for cabinet inclusion based on the success of their Lists, and their prominence in protecting the rights and responsibilities of the collegial electorate.
Of course, individuals may not serve in both Houses, and Lists may not be reorganized once declared for the election - we foresee Lists being, colloquially, changing and dynamic institutions, but in the eyes of the law, Lists will be singular, formalized matters of public record, snapshots of the colloquial form that are declared for each election.
Senators will also, as a requirement of their seat, hold positions of responsibility in local governments, based on the size of their estate. Their role, in that respect, would simply be as local ombudsmen - their offices are to serve as optional legal assistance, should citizens wish to raise matters against local and regional governments in the judicial system. For instance, should an elected official in a city government be accused of impropriety, regarding corporate bribery or insider trading or other such maliciousness, the Comite of said city - the local Senator - would be responsible for assisting the citizens of the city in convening public prosecution independent of local investigations, with the fair and proper assistance of law enforcement, in a court of law.
Such a matter would allow for civil transparency in regards to the role of representing the public - a long-term, familial interest in good governance will far exceed the responsibility of transient, temporarily-convened investigative tribunals in considering large volumes of sometimes legitimate, sometimes frivolous accusations of impropriety against elected government.
Senators will also act as a permanent guarantors of contractual law in their region, between electoral terms. As a result of their longevity as political figures, they will be able to assist businesses in prosecuting local officials for undermining fair and proper contractual obligations set by the prior term, so that city governments retain their fiscal reputation over time.
Within Imperium, we ourselves utilize a tricameral system. Our houses are elected, and inherited, as many bicameral systems are, but we utilize a third house by appointment - representing positions in the civil service. We do not propose its use in Rhuvanland, as such a third house is unusual outside Imperium and can significantly trouble legislative urgency, but we would urge those in attendance to consider rolling the concept into the Senate, or into the College, through unelected seats reserved for particular paygrades of civil service and the military.
In terms of the Senate as a body for international participation, this is, of course, a temporary measure. As we have stated before, it will take but a single generation for the transition to a Rhuvish body to begin organically. We intend for all nations with representation to provide their Senator with the tools required to start businesses, promote economic cooperation, and create good political practice, as well as to assist in convening Lists that truly represent the Rhuvish people, while excluding the extremist sentiments endemic to the prior government.
We intend for Tajis, Guslantis, and Trinster to take a leading role in this sense - for Guslantis, we intend to place Beth Moore in a position of leadership, the Grand Dux of Rhuvanland, a position that allows her to act as the Head of Government, in convening the Cabinet. Our intention is for the Princeps to serve as a symbolic leader for the people - as a model of proper, internationalist virtue, and tolerance of multiculturalism, as well as the commander-in-chief. This can best be achieved by permitting them the freedom to communicate with the people - removed from electoral politics, and to act as a mouthpiece for the Rhuvish people in government, unlike the Grand Dux, who is to sit in government.
We must admit, we are not too clear on the position of Trinster and Tajis in this proposal, simply because we are not clear on the role your nations wish to play in the world stage, and in Rhuvanland. Our current intention is to permit your nations the important business of reorganizing the Rhuvish military, and reforming a brand new general staff and officer corps at your leisure, to be partitioned how you like. The military chief-of-staff would be a Tajis national, who will declare a successor with Rhuvish citizenship. They would serve as the most senior uniformed member of the military. The Trinnish would have the same responsibility, over the civil emergency services, including police, through a civil chief-of-staff.
We are also willing to accede to the request for maritime access - we are willing to declare the port furthest west as a joint administration under Rhuvish sovereignty, permitting Tajis to maintain a flag registry from that port, free access to Rhuvanland for reasons of work and leisure in that port for persons utilizing Tajis travel documentation, and military access to that port by air, or if escorted. We will also guarantee access by air to that port."
Caesar regarded his notes, momentarily. "In the meantime, we are more than happy to address the Tajis delegation in our own standing. Those delegations still assembled here are welcome to raise commentary, but I do not intend to stall discussion for the Nebulans.
The Senate is intended to take the role of an upper house, as in the average bicameral parliament. In other words, if legislation is put to the government, it is to be passed by a majority of the house that has proposed it, before debate can commence in the other house and allow it to be passed. If it is passed in an amended form, it is returned to the proposing house to be confirmed, or sent back. In the matter of passing and proposing legislation, the two Houses are equivalent.
The Senate is also the House that will provide cabinet Ministers. The intention is that the College, the Rhuvish lower house, will run through a List vote - voters select Lists that are composed of Senators, and Collegiates, and the proportional number of votes each List gets allocates them a number of seats in the College. Lists would be managed by Senators, who would have the right to exclude Collegiates from their List - effectively, Lists take the role of a party. This will form the extent of Senatorial oversight in national politics, allowing Senators to have reasonable protections from bowing to extremists views in the Rhuvish electorate, but still permitting political debate, so that Senators may strive for cabinet inclusion based on the success of their Lists, and their prominence in protecting the rights and responsibilities of the collegial electorate.
Of course, individuals may not serve in both Houses, and Lists may not be reorganized once declared for the election - we foresee Lists being, colloquially, changing and dynamic institutions, but in the eyes of the law, Lists will be singular, formalized matters of public record, snapshots of the colloquial form that are declared for each election.
Senators will also, as a requirement of their seat, hold positions of responsibility in local governments, based on the size of their estate. Their role, in that respect, would simply be as local ombudsmen - their offices are to serve as optional legal assistance, should citizens wish to raise matters against local and regional governments in the judicial system. For instance, should an elected official in a city government be accused of impropriety, regarding corporate bribery or insider trading or other such maliciousness, the Comite of said city - the local Senator - would be responsible for assisting the citizens of the city in convening public prosecution independent of local investigations, with the fair and proper assistance of law enforcement, in a court of law.
Such a matter would allow for civil transparency in regards to the role of representing the public - a long-term, familial interest in good governance will far exceed the responsibility of transient, temporarily-convened investigative tribunals in considering large volumes of sometimes legitimate, sometimes frivolous accusations of impropriety against elected government.
Senators will also act as a permanent guarantors of contractual law in their region, between electoral terms. As a result of their longevity as political figures, they will be able to assist businesses in prosecuting local officials for undermining fair and proper contractual obligations set by the prior term, so that city governments retain their fiscal reputation over time.
Within Imperium, we ourselves utilize a tricameral system. Our houses are elected, and inherited, as many bicameral systems are, but we utilize a third house by appointment - representing positions in the civil service. We do not propose its use in Rhuvanland, as such a third house is unusual outside Imperium and can significantly trouble legislative urgency, but we would urge those in attendance to consider rolling the concept into the Senate, or into the College, through unelected seats reserved for particular paygrades of civil service and the military.
In terms of the Senate as a body for international participation, this is, of course, a temporary measure. As we have stated before, it will take but a single generation for the transition to a Rhuvish body to begin organically. We intend for all nations with representation to provide their Senator with the tools required to start businesses, promote economic cooperation, and create good political practice, as well as to assist in convening Lists that truly represent the Rhuvish people, while excluding the extremist sentiments endemic to the prior government.
We intend for Tajis, Guslantis, and Trinster to take a leading role in this sense - for Guslantis, we intend to place Beth Moore in a position of leadership, the Grand Dux of Rhuvanland, a position that allows her to act as the Head of Government, in convening the Cabinet. Our intention is for the Princeps to serve as a symbolic leader for the people - as a model of proper, internationalist virtue, and tolerance of multiculturalism, as well as the commander-in-chief. This can best be achieved by permitting them the freedom to communicate with the people - removed from electoral politics, and to act as a mouthpiece for the Rhuvish people in government, unlike the Grand Dux, who is to sit in government.
We must admit, we are not too clear on the position of Trinster and Tajis in this proposal, simply because we are not clear on the role your nations wish to play in the world stage, and in Rhuvanland. Our current intention is to permit your nations the important business of reorganizing the Rhuvish military, and reforming a brand new general staff and officer corps at your leisure, to be partitioned how you like. The military chief-of-staff would be a Tajis national, who will declare a successor with Rhuvish citizenship. They would serve as the most senior uniformed member of the military. The Trinnish would have the same responsibility, over the civil emergency services, including police, through a civil chief-of-staff.
We are also willing to accede to the request for maritime access - we are willing to declare the port furthest west as a joint administration under Rhuvish sovereignty, permitting Tajis to maintain a flag registry from that port, free access to Rhuvanland for reasons of work and leisure in that port for persons utilizing Tajis travel documentation, and military access to that port by air, or if escorted. We will also guarantee access by air to that port."
