[Regional Law] Extended Time in Office and Joint-Ticket Act 2021

Extended Time in Office and Joint-Ticket Act 2021

An act to prevent possible bureaucratic crises.

Now, therefore, BE IT ENACTED by the order of the glorious Constitution of the Revolutionary Republic, by and with the advice and consent of the Citizens of The Communist Bloc, in this present Legislative Committee assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows-

ARTICLE I - Category

(1) This Act shall be classified as a Type VI GENERAL law.

ARTICLE II - Provisions

(2) In the event in which no candidates sign up for a ministerial position by the beginning of the voting phase of an election, the incumbent Minister remains in office until a by-election results in election.

1. The incumbent Minister may decline to serve extended time in office or resign while extended time in office.

2. Should after the first by-election no one is elected then a Minister in the Council of Ministers may volunteer to temporarily serve in the vacant position with majority approval from the Council of Ministers.

   1. Should this occur, the said Minister must forfeit one of their votes in the CoM and be limited to only 1 vote within the Council of Ministers
      

(3) If a co-minister elected to office on a joint-ticket resigns, the other co-minister may retain office with a majority vote by the people’s assembly.

1. No more than 2 citizens can sign up or be elected to a position on a joint ticket for an election.
   

ARTICLE III - Schedule

(4) This act shall be considered legally binding following majority assent from the Legislative Committee, as well as majority assent from the People’s Assembly.

Written and proposed by CAD.