Kusarian Republic Parliament Concept

[WesternPeregrine]

Today I bring you a concept proposal for the Kusari legislative body. Currently the “republic” part of the Kusari is severely underrepresented, and the change of the political regime has not created any change that can be attributed to the new government.

The concept I have elaborated has received some feedback and expanded considerably form what I could have done on my own. It probably has more room for further suggestions.

Objectives

-To expand the role of the new Kusarian Republic, expand the rp background of kusarian politics, and provide a new medium to generate rp content affecting Kusari and it's inhabitants.

-To allow greater participation of community members on the progress of the storyline of our universe, while keeping some control in the hands of the development group of the mod.

Structure

The Kusarian Parliament would be a bicameral chamber:

The lower house is composed of parliament members elected from several political parties existent in Kusari. These members can from time to time speak to the assembly regarding several issues, from comment of recent events, to proposal of new laws or actions to be done by the kusarian government. These parliament members can be played by ANY member of our community, the only requirement would be that the player/community member would be playing a member of this assembly, and not one of his regular characters. Read about decision process below for more details.

The upper house would be composed of the leaders of official lawful kusarian factions (+Hogohsa?), an supplementary member for each faction appointed by it's leader, and a member of the storyline development team.
Unlawfull factions may have an advisory member included in the upper house, without the voting power of the other members present in that group



The Process

In the forum there will be a topic where the Parliament session occurs. Any community member, from the people who regularly play kusarian factions, to those who who are more interested in being a bretonian or an outcast, can participate. All messages must be performed as being from a elected kusarian member of the lower chamber. No members of the government are to be played, but members of the majority party/coalition may be played.

1.The member of parliament would make a speech to the assembly regarding the event/issue he would like to discuss, in roleplay to the best of his or her ability. Should the character wish to propose an action to be enacted/enforced by Kusari, it should be included at the end of the message, in a format presented on the parliament topic.
1.1 Should a proposal be made, a separate topic for discussion and voting will be made. This topic will be open to all input for 1 week, where it must achieve a favorable majority.
1.2 Should the proposal fail to receive the required support from the lower house in the form of the community feedback in the specific tread, it shall be rp as a motion that failed to pass trough the lower house, in the main parliament topic.

2. Should the proposal receive the support of the lower house, the uppers house is summoned to consider the proposal and give the final word in the matter. This deliberation should be done in 3 days, starting from the moment the lower house voting is over.
2.1 After 3 days, a verdict form the upper house is issued on the discussion topic, and the result declared also in the main parliament topic
2.2 Depending on the necessity, a formal declaration from the Republic of Kusari is issued (via communication channel).



A few things to be determined:

-the designation of the Parliament (a Senate, a Diet?), the designation of of it's chambers and their members. (done)

- The way proposal should be presented. Should they be presented outside of the rp discourse? In what format must they be presented?

-The time limit for each phase, if any is applicable. (done)

-The system of faction support to proposals. Should it be 2 factions?, 2 members?, other? Should it be the official factions leadership only? (conversion of the upper house for official faction deliberation phase)

-Background: creation of a list of political parties, making elections to establish the assembly composition and provide the main ideologies. (still in progress)


I think that covers most of it. There might be some thing I have not expressed in detail, so I await your feedback and suggestions to develop this further. Feel free to propose ideas and concepts for the political parties. I would especially like to hear from the Kusarian factions what do they think regarding this matter.

Edit 1: Edited several parts according to feedback presented. Changes are in light orange

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