Kingdom of Cattington/Central Leadership
Description
The Central Leadership in the Kingdom of Cattington has the king and the ministries. The king’s power is not limited by government or constitutional constraints. The current king is Purrcat2010. Elections only happen when there are multiple claimants for king. The two most common actions done by the king are decrees and leader statements. Leader statements are self-explanatory. Decrees are like executive orders, they can be repealed by other decrees, removed by the king, or Cattington Congress meetings. As Amending Decrees, they can amend the KoC Constitution
Decrees
Decree 2017-1
By decree, bad memes have been banned in the Kingdom of Cattington. Those who have a bad meme will be prosecuted if arrested.
This decree has been repealed at the 1st Cattington Congress meeting.
There will be more Decrees.
Decree 2020-1
By decree, the Cattington Congress shall become the official legislative assembly in the Epsilonian Republic region of the Autonomous Kingdom of Cattington, effective when the Cattington Meeting Hall is renovated.
a: The monarch of the Kingdom of Cattington shall still hold significant power after this decree goes into effect.
b: Each person who is connected to the KoC, even if they are not in the RoE (Is either the mayor or deputy mayor of a town within the SKoC) will get seats for every town based on their rank as dictated in the Epsilonian Republic/Constitution.
c: Resolutions may be proposed by anyone in the Cattington Congress and voted upon as dictated by the current Speaker of Congress. For a resolution to pass, there is to be a simple majority, determined by the number of votes for the majority, if that can't be done, the number of seats for the majority. If passed, resolutions go into effect everywhere in the KoC/Autonomous Kingdom of Cattington unless specified in the resolution
d: The Speaker of Congress is the overseer of the Cattington Congress. This position will be defined in a later decree.
Decree 2020-2
By decree, details of the different positions within the Cattington Congress are to be presented in descending order of status.
Monarch: There is only one monarch, and that is currently Purrcat2010. The monarch is the highest authority in the KoC and the Autonomous Kingdom of Cattington region in the RoE. Their job is to watch and guide the Cattington Congress from a seat of honor, as well as being a tiebreaker in elections within the congress, leaving most of the work managing the congress to the Speaker of Congress.
Speaker of Congress: The Speaker of Congress is underneath the Monarch in status. They serve as tiebreakers if voting on resolution and the day-to-day managers of the Cattington Congress. As of right now and until the first Cattington Congress election, the current Speaker of Congress is also the Monarch, Purrcat2010,
Assistant Speaker of Congress: The Assistant Speaker of Congress is, to put it frankly, the assistant of the Speaker of Congress. Their main duty is to become the new Speaker of Congress in case the Speaker of Congress leaves or is banned from the MRT. In the event the old Speaker of Congress returns, they must give the role back to them unless the Monarch says otherwise. Same rank as Leader of the Opposition.
Leader of the Opposition: The Leader of the Opposition is the person who comes in last in a Speaker of Congress election. Their role is the same as the Leader of the Opposition in the RoE, to scrutinize the majority and protect the political interests of the minority.
Decree 2020-3
By decree, procedure for KoC elections are as follows.
a: Positions that can be ran for are Speaker of Congress and Assistant Speaker of Congress. The monarch manages the election.
b: Elections occur every month unless under emergency circumstances starting one month after Decree 2020-1 comes into effect (see Decree 2020-1 for details).
c: The campaign period lasts for one week before a scheduled election. However, people can announce their candidacy for either aforementioned positions.
d: By default, there are no government sanctioned debates on the level of the Autonomous Kingdom of Cattington region of the Epsilonian Republic. This, however, should not stop MRT media companies from hosting debates as long as they are optional for candidates to attend.
e: The voting period shall last for 24 hours starting on the day of the election, be done through Google Forms. After this period, the votes are counted and released to the Cattington Congress. The candidates with the most votes to them wins the respective position they are running, in which they take the position immediately after being notified of this by the monarch The candidate for Speaker of Congress with the least votes to them becomes the Leader of the Opposition, in which they take the position immediately after being notified of this by the monarch.
f: No player in the Cattington Congress shall be blocked from running for any position for any reason unless in a manner prescribed by the SKoC Constitution and the Epsilonian Republic Constitution.
Royal Statements
Royal Statement 2020-1
I would like to announce that on September 9th, 2020, the Socialist Kingdom of Cattington was renamed to the Kingdom of Cattington (KoC for short) for reasons that will make this statement much longer than it needs to. Overall, all is well in the Kingdom of Cattington right now. That is all I have to say in this Royal Statement. Thank you, my people, and good day.