WHEREAS The King derives his power from the people, and
WHEREAS There is currently no mechanism to hold the King accountable to the people except when he outright breaks the law, and
WHEREAS The procedure for removing the King even in that instance is more difficult that simply passing an amendment to change the monarch or get rid of the monarchy altogether, and
WHEREAS That's weird, and
WHEREAS If the King proves inept, even if he hasn't done anything illegal, the citizens must have some method to replace him, and
WHEREAS It should still be more difficult to remove the King when he hasn't done anything illegal than when he has
THEREFORE Section 7 of of Article III, which currently reads;
In dire circumstances, when the King is judged by competent medical authority to be incapable of executing his duties, or if he is convicted by the Talossan Uppermost Cort of violation of the Organic Law, treason, bribery or other high crimes, the nation may remove the King from the Throne. The Cosâ shall pronounce by a two-thirds vote, with the approval of the Senäts, that the King is to be deposed, and this pronouncement shall immediately be transmitted to the people for their verdict in a referendum. If a two-thirds majority of the people concur, the King is considered deposed and the succession occurs according to Section 4, above.
is amended to read;
In dire circumstances, when the King is judged by competent medical authority to be incapable of executing his duties, or if he is convicted by the Talossan Uppermost Cort of violation of the Organic Law, treason, bribery or other high crimes, the nation may remove the King from the Throne. The Cosâ shall pronounce by a three-fifths vote, with the approval of the Senäts, that the King is to be deposed, and this pronouncement shall immediately be transmitted to the people for their verdict in a referendum. If three-fifths of the people concur, the King is considered deposed and the succession occurs according to Section 4, above. At any other time, a three-fifths majority of the Cosâ, with the approval of the Senäts, may resolve to depose the King, and a referendum to this effect shall be put to the people in a referendum occurring during the next General Election. If three-fifths of the people vote to depose the King, in the session of the Ziu immediately following, the Ziu may, as above, again resolve to depose the King, and a referendum to this effect shall again be put to the people in a referendum occurring no later than the next General Election. If three-fifths of the people again vote to depose the King, the King is considered deposed and the succession occurs according to Section 4, above.
Ureu q'estadra så,
Sir Ian Plätschisch (MC-MRPT)