Constitution of the People's Republic of the Amurrhine

The Constitution of the People's Republic of the Amurrhine was created by Veranzilarno Kalonip and some of his high level advisors in December of 1904. The constitution is intended to provide freedom and democracy to the Amurrhinian people, as opposed to the authoritarian and oppressive dictatorship run by Yurichivo Kalonip.

Preamble
We the people of the Amurrhinian republic, in order to form a more perfect state, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the People's Republic of the Amurrhine.

Article 1 - Freedoms and Rights
The people of the Amurrhinian republic, in this republic for whatever reason and whatever status in our nation they may have, have the right to, Speak whatever they believe without consequence;

Organize peaceful events among their peers without government intervention;

Share information freely without any limitations;

And cannot be, in any way, removed of their right to live by the Amurrhinian republic.

These right can only be partially taken away during a state of emergency, as described in Article 10.

Article 2 - Supreme People's Council
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a legislature of the Amurrhinian republic, which shall be known as the Supreme People's Council. This council shall be composed of 150 council seats, and shall be elected by the people of the Amurrhinian republic in elections on a 5-year basis onwards from 1915.

The Council shall have power to,

Elect a speaker of their Council, to maintain order in said Council.

Lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the Amurrhinian nation; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the Amurrhinian republic;

To borrow money on the credit of the Amurrhinian republic;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations;

To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the Amurrhinian republic;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the Amurrhinian republic;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive tight to their respective writings and discoveries;

To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme People's Court;

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high Seas, and offences against the law of nations;

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the republic, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Amurrhinian republic, reserving to the districts respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by the Council;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District as may, by cession of particular District, and the acceptance of the Council, become the seat of the government of the Amurrhinian republic, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the district in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings;

And to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the Amurrhinian republic, or in any department or officer thereof.

(dont forget to add the position of Speaker of the Supreme People's Council in this article)

Article 4 - Head of Government
(Minister-President, elected by the Supreme People's Council)

Article 5 - Head of State
The head of state, executing the main functions of foreign diplomacy as well as being the sole official able to call elections, as well as their many other duties described in other articles, shall be the eldest heir of the current monarch of the house of Amoara-Kiraqal. However if the ruling monarch is under 18 years of age, a regent elected by the Supreme People's Council shall take the position of head of state until the monarch is of age.

Article 6 - Capital
The capital of the Amurrhinian nation, the city where all national government buildings shall be located, will be in the city of Spirova. A special capital district shall be established surrounding the city. The Chief Minister of the Spirova Special Capital District shall automatically be the mayor of the city of Spirova.

Article 8 - Removal of Government Officials
The government officials of the Amurrhinian nation shall be able to be removed from office in multiple ways:

Article 9 - Term Limits
As it is widely seen across history, any leader serving too long in office will eventually be an autocrat, thusly this nation shall outline term limits for specific government offices.

The head of state shall have no limit on their time in office and will be able to serve until their death or retirement.

The Minister-President shall have no limit on their time in office and will be able to serve until their death or retirement.

A judge serving in the Supreme People's Court shall have no limit on their time in office and will be able to serve until their death or retirement.

The councilmen and councilwomen of the Supreme People's Council shall be able to serve for a maximum of

The Speaker of the Supreme People's Council shall be able to serve as the speaker for as long as they are elected by the council and as long as they are a member of the council.

Article 10 - State of Emergency
The head of state, having the approval of the Minister-President or the Supreme People's Court, may, from time to time, declare a state of emergency. This state of emergency shall automatically expire within a year, unless renewed by the head of state, and can be revoked early by the Supreme People's Court or the head of state. This declaration of a state of emergency shall allow the following to occur,

A partial suspension of the rights outlined in Article 1;

The ability of the Supreme People's Court to unanimously impeach and remove members of government;

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