I too am excited to see the new design. And hope now that we have a new king we will see these cards in the mail.

Why don't we remove the "parties that voted Non" part and replace with the leader of the largest party outside of government? I think this is the common tradition across other parliamentary democracies. (That may be what King Txec is proposing). I do not see it as a positive that a third or fourth party could lead the opposition with minimal public support in the last election.

Felicitations to La Casa del Nordselvă!  I appreciate the honor of service to the realm.

xpb

Quote from: King Txec on December 01, 2024, 08:41:20 PMWhy not simplify it further by stating that the largest party NOT represented in the Cabinet shall be the loyal opposition.

I'm not opposed (no pun intended) to that -- a sort of Canadian-style "Official Opposition" -- but I wanted to have some sort of consensus-process in place if we're going to be making that person the Seneschal when a VoC fails. If people think that the Official Opposition approach is easier, we can go that way too, I'm open to ideas.

Why not simplify it further by stating that the largest party NOT represented in the Cabinet shall be the loyal opposition.

Quote from: C. M. Siervicül on November 20, 2024, 07:31:10 AMUnless I'm mistaken, the position of Leader of the Opposition doesn't exist at all in the OrgLaw at present. I think it's risky to give important OrgLaw responsibilities to positions that depend completely on lower-level law for their existence.

That's a valid concern. I had actually drafted this as part of a change to El Lexhatx to formalize the LotO selection process, but I see no reason we couldn't insert it into OrgLaw instead.

QuoteTitle H, Section 4.3, which currently reads:

QuoteMembers of the Cosâ who (in a given session of the Cosa) have voted NON on the most recent Vote of Confidence, or intend to do so on the next Vote of Confidence, shall be known as El Contrapharti Fieir da Sieu Maxhestà, or "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" in English, or in short "El Contrapharti / The Opposition". Unless and until the members of the Opposition decide otherwise by majority vote , the "Leader of the Opposition" shall be the leader of the party with the most Cosa seats assigned to MCs who voted NON on the last Vote of Confidence.

shall be amended to read

QuoteMembers of the Cosâ who (in a given session of the Cosa) are not present on a Petition to Appoint a Seneschal shall be known as El Contrapharti Fieir da Sieu Maxhestà, or "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" in English, or in short "El Contrapharti / The Opposition". Should a Vote of Confidence fail to pass, all MCs who voted PER shall become the new Opposition. The "Leader of the Opposition" shall be elected by majority ballot of all Cosa seats held by MCs in Opposition, including but not limited to at the beginning of a new Cosa term and upon the failure of a Vote of Confidence.

Under the provisions of El Lexhatx D.2.1, I am happy to name @Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP as Acting Foreign Minister, to cover for @Bentxamì Puntmasleu who has taken a leave of absence.

(For those keeping track, I don't need the King to do a formality on this one!)

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on November 30, 2024, 09:40:11 PMNot just Luc...the late Sir Ian, Carlus and Marcel have great voices.

Please leave me out of this.

Open Society is excited to announce we will be publishing an Opposition Report Card of sorts on each government ministry. As was mentioned at the outset of this term, we would endeavor for at least one terpelaziun per ministry per month with variances as needed. Now that we are nearing the end of the term we will use the data from the terpelaziuns and responses to create a qualitative report on government performance. We welcome government responses to the report should they deem it necessary. The report will be published on Wittenberg and on other fora for accessibility by all Talossans. This is another part of our goal of serving Talossa by holding the Government to account.

I express my sincere congratulations and thanks to our new King.