The Chamber of Representatives

Based on the ratings, the ranking of the Councillors is modified. Every 2 years, the 2 lowest ranked Councillors are ejected if their rating is less than 6. That is to say, if there are no Councillors with a rating of less than 6 at the end of an election cycle, then no Councillor is ejected

Rankings are determined according to the average of a Councillor’s ratings for the entire tenure in the Executive Council

New Councillors start with a rating and ranking equal to that of the 5th most popular Councillor. This is to afford them a reasonable chance of remaining in government for more than two years
- At their first bi-annual rating, new Councillors are automatically given the same rating as that held by the 5th-ranked Councillor. Thereafter, they are rated by the Chamber of Representatives and an average of their bi-annual ratings determines their ranking. For example: ‘Councillor A’ has been in government for 4 years and his/her ratings for each 6 months were 7,6,8,6,4,3,2,1, giving him/her a rating average for his/her entire tenure of 4.6. At the end of a 2-year cycle, when the 2 bottom-ranked Councillors are ejected, ‘Councillor A’ becomes the 5th-ranked Councillor in the Executive Council and his/her rating average is given to the 2 incoming Councillors. At the first bi-annual rating, the new Councillors are automatically afforded a rating of 4.6. After another 3 rating cycles and, consequently, when the 2 lowest-ranked Councillors are to be ejected, one of the 2 new Councillors received the same ratings as did ‘Councillor A’ in his/her first 2 years. This new Councillor will have a rating of 6.75 and will be ranked above ‘Councillor A’. The other new Councillor received ratings of (4.6),4,4,3. He/she will have an average of 3.9, which may place him/her in the bottom 2 rankings.

Local Representatives are evaluated by their electorate every 2 years and National Representatives are evaluated by all the nation’s eligible voters every 4 years. Citizens are simply required to tick a box whether they approve or disapprove of their Local Representative and the National Representatives who have reached the end of a 4-year term

At the end of their first term in government, Local and National Representatives must achieve an approval rating of 40%. Those who fail to achieve this are ejected and new local elections are promptly held to elect new Representatives. For every additional term, Local Representatives must achieve an extra 5% approval rating in order to stay in government. For example, a Representative hoping to gain a fourth term in government will need an approval rating of 50%
- New elections are promptly held to elect new Representatives, whether Local or National. This process will take no longer than 3 months

Applicants who have the signed support of at least 1% of all the nation’s eligible voters and have been vetted by the Elections and Government Bureaucracy (EGB) will be allowed to run for the 25 positions for National Representatives

Once the EGB has accepted an applicant, candidates and their backers will not be allowed to spend money on their candidacy. The EGB will fund and organise publicity events and materials for candidates to address the voters. Depending on the severity of a candidate or his/her backers’ attempt to influence the electorate that breaches the EGB’s rules, the EGB may decide to penalise the candidate or revoke his/her candidacy

In elections for new National Representatives, voters will rank in preferential order all (or as many they choose to rank) the candidates. The nation-wide candidates with the highest amount of votes will be elected. If a voter’s first choice does not receive enough votes to be elected, the voter’s second choice gets his/her vote and so on until the voter’s choice achieves sufficient votes to be elected

The Arbiter can veto such a subpoena or intelligence services investigations at his/her discretion. Without having good cause to do so, the Chamber of Representatives will in all likelihood have cause to oust the Arbiter.

Requires the support of 80% of Representatives
The Arbiter sets a reasonable timeframe for the Executive Council to comply and if they fail to legislate, the Chamber of Representatives can appeal (with 2/3 support) after which the Arbiter can decide whether to provide the Executive Council with a time extention or to disband the Executive Council

Requires the support of 2/3 of Representatives to sanction the Arbiter’s war powers. An 80% majority is required to force the Arbiter to promptly cease the use of the armed forces and/or to negotiate a peace treaty

The Chamber of Representatives cannot specify the parameters of such use; it can either provide war powers or retract them.