History of Pax Aurea IV: The Industrial Age

The birth of the Federal Commonwealth had not been a painless process, and the labour the newly elected President Fatima Assanicus had to go through proved to be equally troublesome. Reforming a nation with such ancient political customs did not happen easily. Yet when Assanicus relinquished her office and withdrew from everyday politics three terms and fifteen years later in 1805, she had left a flourishing tradition for the generations to come.

Fresh winds blew through the Senate -- now Federal Senate -- in Pacifica. Seats were now distributed evenly between the former Colonies, now Provinces, and the main islands. All of a sudden, a third of the seats were occupied by representatives from the Outremer regions. This ired the more conservative Senators who felt threatened in power and influence. The term length of a Senator was also reduced to four years to increase rotation in the highest legislative body of the Commonwealth.

The office of Consul went through a complete rework. Formerly the head of state and government as well as the chairman of the Senate, and elected by the Senators, the Consuls of the Commonwealth were "reduced" to chairmen of the Senate only. Assanicus wanted to prevent the gravitating of power to the hands of a single individual, so out of the old Consul's office, three were born: that of the reformed chairman Consul; that of the head of state, i.e. the President; and that of the head of government, i.e. the Prime Minister.

Assanicus ordained that the Senate would elect the President; the candidate with the second highest amount of votes would become the Consul. The heads of state and Senate would then often hail from different if not opposing factions. The President, in turn, would appoint the Prime Minister, who picked the members of his cabinet.

Despite Assanicus's intentions, many conservative Senators now feared that the fracturization of power were intended to ensure that no opposition strong enough would raise to challenge the new President.

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