The Ziu & The October Clark

Before reviewing current legislation up for consideration in the Ziu a quick summary of the changing political landscape is in order. Two representatives have been dismissed due to inactivity recently. Joseph Walkland was removed from the Cosâ after missing two consecutive votes and Ián Lord von Metáiriâ is no longer a member of the Senäts after the same circumstance.

The leader of the Defenders of the Throne (DOTT) party, Count Danihél Lord Lauriéir has appointed Sir Fritz von Buchholtz, UrN to the vacant slot as of October 10, 2007.
Now, on to current legislation. The October Clark of the Ziu was promulgated on the 1st of the month by Secretary of State Mick Preston and included three amendments to the Organic Law (Org Law). If passed by the Ziu , these amendments would need further approval by a majority of the electorate.

The first amendment, 37RZ15, The Provincial Government Unshackling Act, would restore provincial freedoms with respect to the establishment of internal governance structures and maintaining adequate activity. Under the mandates of the amendment, the King would appoint a Cunstaval or military governor to administer a province in the absence of local governmental authorities. The Cunstaval would act as a caretaker until the development of such governmental authorities. The second amendment, 37RZ16, The Tim Act, would repeal the House Law of 1989 and the previous royal Succession Act (25RZ37). It establishes the line of succession for the Lupul dynasty and states that should there be no legitimate successors within the current dynasty then succession would revert to the previous dynastic order and would follow that line moving in retroactive manner chronologically.The third and final amendment, 37RZ15, The Al Act, would amend section 6 of the Organic Law to allow for a resolution in each house of the Ziu, approved by two-thirds majority, to suspend or reverse a suspension of someone in the line of succession. This is purported to place some balance of popular will in the choosing of a royal sovereign.

All three amendments passed were passed by the Ziu with the only significant opposition coming from the DOTT. On the procedural vote of confidence the government was upheld by a vote of 157-21. The next Clark will be promulgated on the 1st of November.