The Wise King Giving Helpful Advice (Democracy Agenda) Amendment

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

WHEREAS King Txec I was democratically chosen as Talossa's Head of State under our Organic Law, and he enjoys the confidence and affection of a great majority of our nation;

AND WHEREAS, not withstanding this, the principle of the Union of Free Reformists remains in favour of the regularly elected representatives of the people in Ziu assembled;

AND WHEREAS the King's response to bills passed by the Ziu should properly take the form of friendly advice, rather than a veto;

AND WHEREAS the King may be more likely to give the nation the benefit of such advice if it would not mean thwarting the will of the majority of the people's representatives;

AND WHEREAS it would be good at this point to introduce the ability of the King to ask for legal advice about the consequences of such a bill;

BE IT ENACTED THAT Organic Law VII.11, which currently reads:

Every bill which passes the Ziu shall be presented to the King before it comes into effect. The King may sign such a Bill, in which case it shall immediately enter into effect and become law; or he may veto the Bill, in which case it shall be returned, with his objections, to the Ziu, which shall reconsider it in the next Clark. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the Cosa agree to pass the bill, or the part of the bill objected to, with the approval of the Senäts, it shall become a law over the objection of the King. If a bill vetoed by the King in a certain term of the Cosa is passed by a simple majority of the Cosa and the Senäts in the subsequent term of the Cosa, the bill shall become law over the King's objections, and cannot be vetoed. If the King neither signs nor vetoes a Bill before the last day of the month in which it was passed by the Ziu, he shall be deemed to have signed it.

shall be amended to read:

Every bill which passes the Ziu shall be presented to the King before it comes into effect. The King may sign such a Bill, in which case it shall immediately enter into effect and become law; or he may veto the Bill, in which case it shall be returned, with his objections, to the Ziu, which shall reconsider it in the next Clark. If, after such reconsideration, a majority of the Cosa agree to pass the bill, or the part of the bill objected to, with the approval of the Senäts, it shall become a law over the objection of the King. If the King neither signs nor vetoes a Bill before the last day of the month in which it was passed by the Ziu, he shall be deemed to have signed it.

The King may, before either signing or vetoing any bill to which this Article referss, refer that bill to the Supreme Court for a decision on the question as to whether such bill or any specified provision thereof is or are repugnant to this Organic Law or to any provision thereof.

And Organic Law XII.2, which currently reads:

The King shall assent to amendments proposed by the Cosa and Senäts unless he returns them with his objections within thirty days of their proposal, or within fifteen days in the case of amendments passed on the last Clark of a Cosa term. The King shall not refuse assent if the identical amendment is approved by three-quarters of the same Cosa with an absolute majority of the Senäts, or by two-thirds of the following Cosa with a simple majority of the Senäts.

shall be amended to read:

The King shall assent to amendments proposed by the Cosa and Senäts unless he returns them with his objections within thirty days of their proposal, or within fifteen days in the case of amendments passed on the last Clark of a Cosa term. The King shall not refuse assent if the identical amendment is approved by two-thirds of the Cosa with an absolute majority of the Senäts.

The King may, before either assenting to or returning any amendment, refer that Amendment to the Supreme Court for a decision on the question as to whether such Amendment or any specified provision thereof would introduce a contradiction to the Organic Law which could not be resolved without a further Amendment.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Minor note: There appears to be an extra s in the word refers, "referss," within the second paragraph of the first amended section.

[Lee Kinrin]

How are national laws drafted and submitted to Parliament?