It seems apposite to repost here the newly amended plank from the Free Democrats platform:
The bill before you here was hammered together over literally years of debate to offer the maximum amounts of concession to Monarchist opinion while still dealing with the essential issue - a life-term monarchy in Talossa encourages the King to do nothing, because no-one can make him active. If someone has a better idea than this to impose consequences for a head of state who does nothing, we crave to hear it. If not, the Monarchy is increasingly looking unsalvageable, and Republican sentiment will rise once more.
QuoteFree Democrats include both monarchists and republicans, but we all put liberty and democracy first in Talossa. We will offer our support to a Talossan Head of State who is continually active, puts the interests of the Nation above defending their own interests and prestige, and acts as the servant rather than the owner of the State. We support Organic structures which ensure that our Head of State operates in this way. We oppose any attempts to change the current provisions to replace or establish a successor to the Monarchy - that is, the standard provisions of Organic Law amendment - without a full reform and/or replacement of provisions for Talossa's Head of State.
The bill before you here was hammered together over literally years of debate to offer the maximum amounts of concession to Monarchist opinion while still dealing with the essential issue - a life-term monarchy in Talossa encourages the King to do nothing, because no-one can make him active. If someone has a better idea than this to impose consequences for a head of state who does nothing, we crave to hear it. If not, the Monarchy is increasingly looking unsalvageable, and Republican sentiment will rise once more.