Presidential Empowerment and Block Voting Constitutional Amendment (P.E.a.B.V.C.A.)

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Definitions:
Party List: A list given by a party of who would get into Council if they won any whole number of seats if they won that number of seats, ranging from 1 to the number of people running in that party list.
D’Hondt method: A method of apportioning seats in which seats are given out one at a time. The formula for the method is V / (S+1), in which V is the number of votes given to a party and S is the number of seats which have already been given to a party. This formula will be run for each party running, the seat will be given to the party with the highest quotient for the formula, and then the formula shall be rerun and seats given out until all seats have been given out.
Article I: The Prime Minister may not appoint Ministers.
Article II: In the case that a Minister is needed, the President shall nominate a Minister. This Minister needs to be approved by a majority vote of Council and may be removed at any time by the Prime Minister.
Article III: The President may veto legislation, but this veto may be overridden by a 2/3 Council vote.
Article IV: The President and Prime Minister may jointly veto legislation, but this veto may be overridden by an 80% Council vote.
Article V: Both the President and Prime Minister may issue Emergency Decrees, and they do not need consent from each other to do this.
Article VI: ECOs shall require the signature of both the President and the Prime Minister.
Article VII: Ministerial duties may be assumed by both the President and the Prime Minister.
Article VIII: The Prime Minister may decide whether legislation passes or fails in the following cases:
i. If the legislation requires a 50% + 1 vote, all Council Members have voted, and 50% of non-abstain votes are ayes.
ii. If the legislation requires a 2/3 + 1 vote, all Council Members have voted, and 2/3 of non-abstain votes are ayes.
iii. If everyone has voted on the legislation and all votes are either abstains or de-facto abstains.
Article IX: In Council elections, half of the seats in Council, rounded down, will be filled by votes for parties, and half, rounded up, will be filled by votes for individuals.
Article X: Each person will be able to vote for as many parties as are running for Council and as many individuals as are running for Council.
Article XI: Parties may decide their party list in whichever way they wish, but they must announce their party list publicly at least a day before elections start, or else they may not be listed in the election forms.
Article XII:
a. Council seats for parties shall be given via the D’Hondt method.
b. Seats for individuals will be assigned to those with the most votes.
Article XIII: If someone won a Council seat both by being in their party list and by winning the individual vote, they must be counted as if they had dropped out of the election for individuals.
Article XIV: The President shall run the Cheese/Shrimp Trade.
Article XV: The President shall serve as ambassador to foreign nations, but may delegate this duty to the Foreign Minister.
Article XVI: The position of Vice President is to be abolished.
Article XVII: Presidents do not need to run with a Vice President.
Article XVIII: All clauses conflicting with or made redundant by this legislation in proposition 20260718-3, also known as the Amendment to Restructure TG Legislature: Unicameral Edition, shall be voided.
Article XVIII: All articles of this amendment shall go into effect as soon as this is passed except for Articles XVI and XVII. Article XVI will go into effect as soon as the elections of August 24th-27th conclude. Article XVII will go into effect on August 20th.
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