Kaenei
11-02-2008, 15:48
(OOC : This is more an exercise in writing a national constitution, thereby explaining the unlikely existence of a Tigon nation ... I needed a generic cause. ;) )
PREAMBLE
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WE THE TIGONS assembled and united of Earth, having grown weary of imprisonment in zoos and having become incensed at the birth of our kind for the purpose of testing the bounds of nature do hereby declare on the twenty-fifth day of May in the year of the Omnicat two-thousand-and-seven the establishment of the haven of the First Republic of Tigon.
THAT GUIDED BY the Omnicat glorious and eternal, the Provisional Tigon Government hereby establishes this Interim Constitution of the First Republic, effective immediately and backed by the full force of law.
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ARTICLE ONE (I)
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THE POWER TO MAKE, alter and repeal law (Henceforth referred to as Legislature) shall be vested in a People's Assembly to be known as The Federal Assembly of the Republic.
ARTICLE ONE (II)
THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY of the Republic shall be composed of members of the Tigon people duly elected by the people of the Republic to serve terms of no more than eight years. These members shall be known as Members of the Assembly (MAs) -- though no MA may serve whom is under the age of twenty years; in possession of a criminal record or is a resident of Liger descent.
There shall be one additional MA for every ten thousand souls of Tigon citizenship with at least each region receiving a minimum of one MA. When vacancies arise through death, disgrace or an inability to discharge duties a replacement shall be duly elected by the Tigon people.
ARTICLE ONE (III)
The Federal Assembly of the Republic shall run in-session for a period not exceeding eight years at which time the Assembly shall be dissolved automatically by law on the precise day that said time has elapsed. No act of Assembly may prolong a session beyond the mandatory term.
ARTICLE ONE (IV)
The Members of the Assembly shall receive financial compensation for the discharge of their duties to be paid directly from the Central Federal Treasury a sum to be fixed in law.
ARTICLE ONE (V)
All methods of the raising of revenue for the Republic must originate from and acquire a majority in the Federal Assembly.
ARTICLE ONE (VI)
On a proposed law achieving majority in the Federal Assembly it shall be forwarded to the Provisional President of the Republic whom shall counter-sign and accede the proposition to legal law.
ARTICLE ONE (VII)
The Federal Assembly is supreme in all matters of legislation; it shall be responsible for the setting of taxes, the regulation of foreign relations, the regulation of internal and external commerce, the establishment and regulation of the Combined Federal Services (Army, Navy & Air Force), the pressing and minting of currency, the regulation of finance, the suppression of insurrection and the repealing of invasions.
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ARTICLE TWO (I)
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The Provisional President shall be both the head of government and the head of state; s/he shall be the leader of the largest group of MAs in the Federal Assembly having secured a two-thirds majority for his ascension and will serve for a term of eight years without limit on re-election.
ARTICLE TWO (II)
The Provisional President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Federal Services; he shall have sole power to authorise their mobilisation or activation EXCEPT in the event of imminent invasion whereupon a delay would bring irrevocable harm on the Republic.
ARTICLE TWO (III)
The Provisional President shall have sole privilege to pardon or excuse crimes committed against the First Republic of Tigon except in the case of High Treason against the State.
ARTICLE TWO (IV)
Should the Provisional President be unable to discharge duty through illness; death; disgrace or hostile action the Federal Assembly shall have the power to declare the post vacant with a three-quarter majority. A replacement shall nominally be provided from the largest Assembly group however any MA may stand for election subject to acquiring the two-thirds majority of support.
ARTICLE TWO (V)
The Provisional President MUST be a serving MA. Should the Provisional President no longer represent a region in the Federal Assembly his authority to act in said office is revoked.
ARTICLE TWO (VI)
The Provisional President may not be of Liger descent.
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ARTICLE THREE (I)
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The supreme judicial authority of the Republic shall be vested in the First Federal Court and any lesser courts established as the Federal Assembly may see fit; the Justices of these courts shall serve in perpetuity subject to good behaviour and soundness of mind on the nomination of the Provisional President and the subsequent ratification by a simple majority of the Federal Assembly.
ARTICLE THREE (II)
All crimes shall be tried by Jury except where Military Tribunal on behalf of the Combined Federal Services is in effect.
ARTICLE THREE (III)
The First Federal Court shall have original jurisdiction in constitutional law, crimes against the First Republic as a whole, crimes of Treason and disputes against foreign states.
It shall have appellate jurisdiction over all other cases that may be referred to it, subject to the Justices of the First Federal Court's acceptance of a petition to review.
ARTICLE THREE (IV)
All decisions arrived at by the due process of the First Federal Court shall be considered to have created legal precedent UNLESS contravening the laws of this constitution or otherwise creating undue hardship in the discharge of the duties of the Federal Assembly.
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ARTICLE FOUR (I)
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Amendments in the form of additions that do not alter the remainder of the constitution shall be proposed by the Federal Assembly and shall become constitutional law upon the achievement of either:
i) A four-fifths majority of the Federal Assembly OR
ii) A national referendum of which 70% acquiesce.
Amendments repealing any element of the constitution may only be enacted via a national referendum of which 70% acquiesce.
Either form of Amendment must pass from proposition to completion or rejection in one Federal Session (The time between elections to office) lest they be stricken from consideration until proposed in a new session.
ARTICLE FOUR (II)
In a case where there is disagreement on what constitutes alteration in regards to Amendments said proposition shall be referred to the First Federal Court whom shall arrive at a decision.
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ARTICLE FIVE (I)
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Citizenship shall be open for all Tigons irrespective of original home, age, gender or any such factors. None-Tigons may acquire citizenship through either a ten-year residency in the First Republic or through the passage of a specific law by the Federal Assembly granting unique individuals citizenship.
(AMMENDMENT ONE)
Ligers or those of Liger descent are not permitted to acquire Tigon citizenship under any circumstances and any Liger-descendants currently citizens of the First Republic are hereby stripped of said citizenship and revert to Legal Residents.
(OOC: Muhahaha.)
PREAMBLE
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WE THE TIGONS assembled and united of Earth, having grown weary of imprisonment in zoos and having become incensed at the birth of our kind for the purpose of testing the bounds of nature do hereby declare on the twenty-fifth day of May in the year of the Omnicat two-thousand-and-seven the establishment of the haven of the First Republic of Tigon.
THAT GUIDED BY the Omnicat glorious and eternal, the Provisional Tigon Government hereby establishes this Interim Constitution of the First Republic, effective immediately and backed by the full force of law.
~~~~~
ARTICLE ONE (I)
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THE POWER TO MAKE, alter and repeal law (Henceforth referred to as Legislature) shall be vested in a People's Assembly to be known as The Federal Assembly of the Republic.
ARTICLE ONE (II)
THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY of the Republic shall be composed of members of the Tigon people duly elected by the people of the Republic to serve terms of no more than eight years. These members shall be known as Members of the Assembly (MAs) -- though no MA may serve whom is under the age of twenty years; in possession of a criminal record or is a resident of Liger descent.
There shall be one additional MA for every ten thousand souls of Tigon citizenship with at least each region receiving a minimum of one MA. When vacancies arise through death, disgrace or an inability to discharge duties a replacement shall be duly elected by the Tigon people.
ARTICLE ONE (III)
The Federal Assembly of the Republic shall run in-session for a period not exceeding eight years at which time the Assembly shall be dissolved automatically by law on the precise day that said time has elapsed. No act of Assembly may prolong a session beyond the mandatory term.
ARTICLE ONE (IV)
The Members of the Assembly shall receive financial compensation for the discharge of their duties to be paid directly from the Central Federal Treasury a sum to be fixed in law.
ARTICLE ONE (V)
All methods of the raising of revenue for the Republic must originate from and acquire a majority in the Federal Assembly.
ARTICLE ONE (VI)
On a proposed law achieving majority in the Federal Assembly it shall be forwarded to the Provisional President of the Republic whom shall counter-sign and accede the proposition to legal law.
ARTICLE ONE (VII)
The Federal Assembly is supreme in all matters of legislation; it shall be responsible for the setting of taxes, the regulation of foreign relations, the regulation of internal and external commerce, the establishment and regulation of the Combined Federal Services (Army, Navy & Air Force), the pressing and minting of currency, the regulation of finance, the suppression of insurrection and the repealing of invasions.
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ARTICLE TWO (I)
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The Provisional President shall be both the head of government and the head of state; s/he shall be the leader of the largest group of MAs in the Federal Assembly having secured a two-thirds majority for his ascension and will serve for a term of eight years without limit on re-election.
ARTICLE TWO (II)
The Provisional President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Federal Services; he shall have sole power to authorise their mobilisation or activation EXCEPT in the event of imminent invasion whereupon a delay would bring irrevocable harm on the Republic.
ARTICLE TWO (III)
The Provisional President shall have sole privilege to pardon or excuse crimes committed against the First Republic of Tigon except in the case of High Treason against the State.
ARTICLE TWO (IV)
Should the Provisional President be unable to discharge duty through illness; death; disgrace or hostile action the Federal Assembly shall have the power to declare the post vacant with a three-quarter majority. A replacement shall nominally be provided from the largest Assembly group however any MA may stand for election subject to acquiring the two-thirds majority of support.
ARTICLE TWO (V)
The Provisional President MUST be a serving MA. Should the Provisional President no longer represent a region in the Federal Assembly his authority to act in said office is revoked.
ARTICLE TWO (VI)
The Provisional President may not be of Liger descent.
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ARTICLE THREE (I)
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The supreme judicial authority of the Republic shall be vested in the First Federal Court and any lesser courts established as the Federal Assembly may see fit; the Justices of these courts shall serve in perpetuity subject to good behaviour and soundness of mind on the nomination of the Provisional President and the subsequent ratification by a simple majority of the Federal Assembly.
ARTICLE THREE (II)
All crimes shall be tried by Jury except where Military Tribunal on behalf of the Combined Federal Services is in effect.
ARTICLE THREE (III)
The First Federal Court shall have original jurisdiction in constitutional law, crimes against the First Republic as a whole, crimes of Treason and disputes against foreign states.
It shall have appellate jurisdiction over all other cases that may be referred to it, subject to the Justices of the First Federal Court's acceptance of a petition to review.
ARTICLE THREE (IV)
All decisions arrived at by the due process of the First Federal Court shall be considered to have created legal precedent UNLESS contravening the laws of this constitution or otherwise creating undue hardship in the discharge of the duties of the Federal Assembly.
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ARTICLE FOUR (I)
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Amendments in the form of additions that do not alter the remainder of the constitution shall be proposed by the Federal Assembly and shall become constitutional law upon the achievement of either:
i) A four-fifths majority of the Federal Assembly OR
ii) A national referendum of which 70% acquiesce.
Amendments repealing any element of the constitution may only be enacted via a national referendum of which 70% acquiesce.
Either form of Amendment must pass from proposition to completion or rejection in one Federal Session (The time between elections to office) lest they be stricken from consideration until proposed in a new session.
ARTICLE FOUR (II)
In a case where there is disagreement on what constitutes alteration in regards to Amendments said proposition shall be referred to the First Federal Court whom shall arrive at a decision.
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ARTICLE FIVE (I)
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Citizenship shall be open for all Tigons irrespective of original home, age, gender or any such factors. None-Tigons may acquire citizenship through either a ten-year residency in the First Republic or through the passage of a specific law by the Federal Assembly granting unique individuals citizenship.
(AMMENDMENT ONE)
Ligers or those of Liger descent are not permitted to acquire Tigon citizenship under any circumstances and any Liger-descendants currently citizens of the First Republic are hereby stripped of said citizenship and revert to Legal Residents.
(OOC: Muhahaha.)