The legislative powers of the republic shall be vested in
an elected national council that shall be representative
of the people and which shall conduct its business
through the process of open discussion and consultation
in all matters.19
Elections will be based on districts, whereby each
district is defined as an independent area with a minimum
citizen population of one percent of the total population
of the republic.
Areas that have populations below one percent shall
have their number added to the nearest geographic area
until that number reaches or exceeds one percent. Seats
for the national council will be allotted on the basis of
a minimum of one seat for every district, with districts
having populations in multiples of one percent being allotted one extra seat for each multiple.
Persons eligible for the national council must be
citizens, male or female, forty years of age or older, of
sound mind and character and must be residents of the
district they are elected from.20
Eligible voters are the male and female citizens who have
reached the age of eighteen or older, and who are present
within the borders of the republic at the time of voting.
Seats to the national council will be granted to those
nominees who achieve a majority vote from the district
where they reside.
National council members, unless re-elected, shall serve
one term of five years beginning on the first day of the first
month of the new year.
Elections shall be concluded 90-days prior to the end
of the existing national council members' term of office to
ensure a smooth transition and hand-over of duties and
responsibilities.
In cases of death or resignation, a new national council
member shall be elected from the same district to serve the
remaining term of the departed national council member.
Each national council member carries one vote with
the council decisions becoming law based on a two
thirds (2/3) or more vote on the issue(s).
Powers of the National Council
The national council is granted the following powers:
- The power to make, review, amend, and repeal
laws in accordance with the principles of justice.21
- The power to make policies and strategies
necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of
the republic.22
- The power to appoint and/or renew a president and his/her ministers for a term
totaling five years.23
- The power to prematurely end the term of the
president or any of his/her ministers.24
- The power to regulate new citizenship
requirements.25
- The power to appropriate payment and
compensation schemes for all levels of
government, including the national council.26
- The power to stipulate taxation for individuals
and corporations, on condition that such taxation
does not exceed 20 percent.27
- The power to establish the benchmark for
weights, measures, time keeping, and minimum
wages within the republic.28
- The power to coin money as legal tender, only if
such money is coined in gold or silver or backed
by gold or silver.29
- The power to lend and/or borrow money,
without compound interest, on behalf of the
republic.30
- The power to lease public lands for the purpose
of development and betterment.31
- The power to preserve and protect wildlife and
the natural ecological balance.32
- The power to allocate funds and approve budgets
for all government agencies.33
- The power to call for audits on any branch/
department/agency of government.34
- The power to initiate, locally and/or abroad,
legal proceedings and/or claims on behalf of the
republic.35
- The power to enter into treaties and/or
agreements with foreign nations/peoples.36
- The power to establish a military for land, sea,
and air.37
- The power to establish a security force for the
protection of people and their rights within the
republic.38
- The power to mediate, through peaceful means,
an end to armed conflict in/or between foreign
nations.39
- The power to aid and/or assist oppressed people
in foreign nations, by granting them asylum
and/or negotiating on their behalf, on condition
that they have requested such help.40
- The power to provide humanitarian aid and/or
assistance for crisis relief of any foreign nation
and/or people in need.41
- The power to declare war and appropriate a war
cabinet if the republic is under physical attack,
and/or economic attack, and/or if its security
and/or citizens are under an imminent and
recognizable threat of attack.42
- The power to call for a public draft in defense
of the republic and its lands if the republic is
attacked or under an imminent and recognizable
threat of attack.43
Council Assembly
The national council shall elect a speaker from amongst
the national council members to regulate the proceedings
of its assemblies.
The national council shall assemble, at a minimum, every
ninety days to discuss legislation and/or appropriation
and/or any matters that concern the well being of the
republic and its citizens. The national council may vote to
shorten or extend the length of such assembly based on
requirements.
The national council may also be called for assembly
at any other time during the year at the request,
submitted to the speaker, of at least one third of the
total national council members. Such announcement
for assembly must be broadcast publicly and clearly, as
well as the requirements that the request be made in
writing to all national council members.
During times of war and/or danger, the national council
may be excluded from physical assembly and decisions
may be conducted by way of obtaining signatures from
the respective council members to meet the two-third or
more required votes.