Constitution of Alduria

The Constitution of the
Republic of Alduria

Original Title:	The Constitution of the Republic of Alduria
Jurisdiction:	Alduria
Ratified:	12 III 1669 AN
Date effective:	2 XI 1670 AN
System:	Semi-presidential indivisible, secular, democratic and social republic
Branches of Government:	Three (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial)
Chambers:	One (The Parliament of Alduria)
Executive:	President-led cabinet responsible to the Parliament; Prime minister as head of government.
Judiciary:	Supreme Court of Justice; Other inferior courts.
Amendments:	Amendment I (DATE)

The current Constitution of Alduria was drafted by a popularly elected Constituent Assembly, that met in the city of Punta Santiago for six months and crafted a new Constitution for the nascent Republic of Alduria.

The Constitution of Aluria was adopted by the Assembly on 12 III 1669 AN. It was put to a national referendum, which won with 89% of the vote on 23 X 1670 AN. It was promulgated 10 days later, on 2 XI 1670 AN. This day is now a national holiday called "Constitution Day".

Alejandro Santos, later appointed as the President of the Transitional Government, was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution and inaugurating the nascent Republic of Alduria, while the text was drafted mainly by Mireille Nieves and Farhad Karimi. Karimi went on to become Secretary of Defense in the Transitional Government.

Text of the Constitution

Preamble

We, the people of Alduria, henceforth recognize and aspire to abide by this Constitution of Our Republic of Alduria, accepted by the representatives of the people assembled in the Constituent Assembly in the city of Punta Santiago in the name of the people of Alduria.

We establish and ordain this Constitution in order to form a more perfect Republic, with a guarantee to its citizens to establish justice, ensure domestic order, provide for the defense of the nation, promote the welfare of the people, and secure rights, liberties, and responsibilities for Us and for posterity. We bindingly and clearly declare our national values, by which Our Beloved Republic must live and strive for, to be all-encompassing civic patriotism, social justice, national unity, inclusivity, rule of law, equality, democracy, non-discrimination, free participation of the people in the affairs of their nation, protection of the marginalized, human dignity, good governance, equity, integrity, transparency, and accountability.

We forever bind ourselves and our successors to always preserve and safeguard the national independence, sovereignty, and self-sufficiency, and to honor our national values, so that Our Great Republic may live on under the precepts of this Constitution and its laws.

To these ends, We proclaim and establish the Republic of Alduria, free and sovereign, as a home for the Aldurian people, and for the stateless of Micras that seek a new home, especially Our Alexandrian, Caputian, and Wechu brothers and sisters -

Title I: Sovereignity

• Article 1. The People and the States of the Aldurian Capital District, Asuara, Biscarrosse, Compostela, Mondego, Murcia, Napoléon, Saint Ignace, Valoria, Valenciana, and Valladares and the marine waters extending from the coastline shall henceforth form the Republic of Alduria, which shall be a free, indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic. All entities of the Republic must yield to these principles. New States may be admitted by the Parliament into the Republic; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the States concerned as well as of the Parliament.

• Article 2. All peoples born within the borders and boundaries aforementioned or born of a citizen of the Republic of Alduria shall henceforth be accepted as Natural Citizens of Our nation and shall have rights as according to the Constitution of this Republic. Termination or resignation of Aldurian citizenship shall be regulated by law.

• Article 3. The Aldurian Nation is formed by all Aldurians, the native indigenous nations and peoples, and the inter-cultural and refugee communities that, together, constitute the Aldurian people. The Nation of Alduria shall henceforth be known formally as the “Republic of Alduria”, with reference to the nation as “Alduria”, the “Republic” to be accepted in reference to our independent nation.

• Article 4. The national flag, the coat of arms and seal of the Republic, and the national anthem are the emblems of the nation and set by law. "Unité, Justice, Progrès" (Unity, Justice, Progress) shall represent the mission and motto of the nation.

• Article 5. National sovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it through their representatives and by way of referendum or elections. No section of the people and no individual may claim to exercise it. The suffrage may be direct or indirect in conditions provided for by the Constitution. It is in all cases universal, equal and secret. The right to vote, in conditions laid down by law, is enjoyed by all Aldurian nationals of either sex who are of age and in full possession of their civil and political rights.

• Article 6. Parties and political groups play a part in the exercise of the right to vote. The right to form parties and their freedom of action are unrestricted. They must respect the principles of national sovereignty and democracy. Statutes shall guarantee the expression of diverse opinions and the equitable participation of political parties and groups in the democratic life of the Republic.

• Article 7. This Constitution is the supreme law of the land; it is directly binding on all authority. The action of the bodies of the Republic must be subject to the Constitution. The bodies of the Republic operate within their field of competence, and in the manner prescribed by law. Both the incumbent officers of said bodies, as well as affiliated persons, institutions or groups, are bound by the precepts of this Constitution in their roles. Breach of this principle shall generate penalties to be determined by the law.

• Article 8. No judicature, person or group of persons may assume, even on the pretext of extraordinary circumstances, any other authority or rights than those expressly granted to them by the Constitution or under law. Any act contravening this article is null and void and shall give rise to penalties indicated by law.

• Article 9. The capital of the Republic of Alduria is the city of Punta Santago, in the Aldurian Capital District.

• Article 10. The Republic of Alduria promotes worldwide peace. Acts undertaken to prepare war or to otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. The Republic shall always takes adequate measures to preserve its integrity even in the state of war or civil war. The State protects the People against crime, terrorism, extremism, and catastrophes.

• Article 11. The Republic of Alduria shall promote justice and universal protection of individual rights. It encourages fraternity among its citizens through the establishment of solidarity, general welfare, and national unity. The Republic acknowledges the rights of the people to national autonomy and self-determination and the right of minorities to group autonomy.

• Article 12. The Republic of Alduria shall promote public health care; public education and schooling; schemes for social welfare; the preservation and development of culture; the preservation and maintenance of historical objects; environmental protection, intergenerational equity, and the protection of nature for its intrinsic value including the protection of nature's right; and the development, research, and expansion of knowledge in all sciences, including the natural and social sciences.

• Article 13. The official calendar of the Republic of Alduria shall be the Anno Nortone, with further specifications on time, calendars, and similar subjects to be prescribed by law.

Title II: The President of the Republic

• Article 14. The President of the Republic endeavors to ensure respect for the Constitution. He provides, by his arbitration, for the regular functioning of the public authorities and the continuity of the State. He is the protector of the independence of the nation, of the integrity of its territory, of respect for treaties and agreements.

• Article 15. The President of the Republic is elected every five (5) AN years by direct universal suffrage.

• Article 16. The President is elected at the first ballot if an absolute majority is obtained. If this is not obtained at the first ballot, the President of the Republic is elected at the second ballot by a relative majority. Voting begins at the time fixed by the Government. The election of the new President takes place before the expiry of the existing President's term of office. If, for whatever reason, the Presidency of the Republic falls vacant, or if the incapacity of the President has been certified, at the request of the Government and by an absolute majority of its members, the functions of the President are performed temporarily by the Speaker of the Parliament. When a vacancy occurs, or when the incapacity is certified to be permanent, the election of a new President takes place not less than ten days after the opening of the vacancy or the declaration of the permanence of the incapacity.

• Article 17. The President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister. He terminates his period of office on the presentation by the Prime Minister of the resignation of the Government. He appoints and dismisses the other members of the Government on the proposal of the Prime Minister.

• Article 18. The President of the Republic presides over the Cabinet.

• Article 19. The President of the Republic promulgates laws within the fortnight following their final adoption and transmission to the Government. Before the end of this period, he may ask Parliament to reconsider the whole law or specified articles. This reconsideration cannot be refused.

• Article 20. On the proposal of the Government during Parliamentary sessions, the President of the Republic may submit to a referendum any Government Bill dealing with the organization of the public authorities, approving an agreement or authorizing the ratification of a treaty which, although not in conflict with the Constitution, would affect the working of institutions. If the result of the referendum is favorable to the adoption of the Bill, the President of the Republic promulgates it within ten days.

• Article 21. The President of the Republic may pronounce the dissolution of the Parliament, after consulting the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament. A general election takes place not less than twenty and not more than forty days after the dissolution. No new dissolution may take place during the year following these elections.

• Article 22. The President of the Republic signs such ordinances and decrees as have been considered by the Cabinet. He appoints to the civil and military posts of the State. Statute determines how appointments are to be made, as also the conditions in which the appointing power of the President of the Republic may be delegated by him and be exercised in his name.

• Article 23. The President of the Republic accredits Ambassadors and Envoys Extraordinary to foreign powers; foreign Ambassadors and Envoys Extraordinary are accredited to him.

• Article 24. The President of the Republic is Head of the armed forces. He presides over the higher councils and committees of national defense.

• Article 25. When there exists a serious and immediate threat to the institutions of the Republic, the independence of the Nation, the integrity of its territory, or the fulfillment of its international obligations, and the regular functioning of the constitutional public authorities has been interrupted, the President of the Republic takes the measures required by the circumstances, after consulting officially the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament. He informs the Nation of these matters by a message. These measures must be inspired by the desire to ensure to the constitutional public authorities, with the minimum of delay, the means of fulfilling their functions. The Parliament cannot be dissolved during the period of exercise of the exceptional powers.

• Article 26. The President of the Republic has the right of pardon and commutation.

• Article 27. The President of the Republic communicates with the Parliament by means of messages which are read for him and on which there is no debate. If Parliament is not in session, it is specially summoned for this purpose.

• Article 28. The acts of the President of the Republic are countersigned by the Prime Minister and, where necessary, by the appropriate Cabinet Secretaries.

Title III: The Government

• Article 29. The Government decides and directs the policy of the nation. It has at its disposal the administration and the armed forces. It is responsible to Parliament in accordance with this Constitution.

• Article 30. The Prime Minister is in general charge of the work of the Government. He is responsible for national defense. He ensures the execution of laws. He exercises rule-making power and appoints to civil and military posts. He may delegate certain of his powers to the Cabinet Secretaries. He deputises for the President of the Republic, when necessary, and in exceptional circumstances, he may deputize for him as Chairman of the Cabinet, by virtue of an explicit delegation of authority and with a specific agenda.

• Article 31. The acts of the Prime Minister are countersigned, where necessary, by the Cabinet Secretaries responsible for their execution.

• Article 32. There shall be established a Cabinet of the Government of the Republic, composed of the President, the Prime Minister, and all of the Cabinet Department Secretaries and any other Cabinet-level appointed officials, which shall act as the highest policy-making government authority to assist and formulate laws with the President and the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister shall, in accordance with the power of his office, establish inferior state offices and Government services as he sees fit. The law shall determine the number and organization of the Cabinet Departments as well as the order of precedence of the incumbent Secretaries.

Title IV: Parliament

• Article 33. Parliament is a unicameral chamber, and its members are elected by direct, universal suffrage.

• Article 34. Parliament shall sit for no more than five (5) AN years, with the number of its members, the payment made to them, the rules concerning qualification for and disqualification from an election and the incompatibility of certain functions with a membership of Parliament are determined by law. The law also determines the manner of election of those who, in the event of a vacancy, replace Members of Parliament until the next election.

• Article 35. No member of Parliament may be prosecuted, sought out, arrested, held in custody or tried on account of opinions expressed or votes cast by him in the exercise of his functions. No member of Parliament may be prosecuted or arrested on account of any crime or misdemeanor during a parliamentary session, without the consent of the Parliament of which he is a member, except when the member is arrested in flagrante delicto. Members of Parliament may be arrested when Parliament is not in session only with the authorization of Parliament, except when the arrest is in flagrante delicto, when the prosecution has already been authorized, or the final sentence pronounced. Members are released from custody or their prosecution is suspended if the Parliament so demands.

• Article 36. Any specific instruction to a member of Parliament from an outside body is null and void. The member's right to vote belongs to him alone. The law may authorize the delegation of the right to vote in exceptional circumstances. In these cases, no member may cast more than one delegated vote.

• Article 37. At the request of the Prime Minister or of the majority of the members of the Parliament, Parliament meets in special session, with a specified agenda. Special sessions are opened and closed by decree of the President of the Republic.

• Article 38. Members of the Government have access to Parliament. They are heard when they so request.

• Article 39. The Speaker of Parliament is elected for the life of each Parliament. It shall be the duty of each Parliament to elect a Speaker as its first order of business.

• Article 40. The sittings of Parliament shall be public. The Parliament shall provide for its own rules and regulations as to conduct, dress, and circumstances of public attendance. A full report of debates shall always be published in the Library of Parliament. Parliament may meet in secret session at the request of the Prime Minister or of one-tenth of its members.

Title V: Relations between Parliament and Government

• Article 41. Laws are voted by Parliament. Laws determine the rules concerning:
  • Civic rights and the fundamental guarantees of the public liberties of the citizen; the obligations of citizens, as regards their persons and property, for purposes of national defense;
  • The nationality, status and legal capacity of persons, property in marriage, inheritance and gifts;
  • The definitions of crimes and misdemeanours and of the penalties applicable to them; criminal procedure, amnesty, the creation of new orders of jurisdiction and the statute of the judiciary;
  • The basis of assessment, rate and methods of collection of taxes of all kinds; the currency system.

Laws determine also the rules concerning:

• The electoral system for Parliament and for the legislatures of the States;
• The creation of public corporations and their categories or types;
• The fundamental guarantees of civil servants and members of the armed forces;
• Nationalizations and the transfer of property from the public to the private sectors.

Laws determine the fundamental principles:

• Of the general organization of national defense;
• Of the free administration of local entities, of their powers and of their resources;
• Of education;
• Of the law of property, of property rights and of civil and commercial contract;
• Of labour law, trade union law, and social security.

• Article 42. Declarations of war are authorized by Parliament.

• Article 43. A state of siege is ordered by the Cabinet. Its prolongation beyond ten days can be authorized only by Parliament.

• Article 44. Matters other than those regulated by laws fall within the field of rule-making. Documents in the form of laws, but dealing with matters falling within the rule-making field, may be modified by an Order issued after consultation with the Cabinet.

• Article 45. With a view to carrying out its program, the Government may seek the authorization of Parliament, for a limited period of time, to issue Orders regulating matters normally falling within the field of law-making through an Enabling Act. They come into force upon publication, but cease to be effective if the Enabling Act ratifying them is not laid before Parliament and approved.

• Article 46. The legislative initiative is exercised by the Prime Minister and by Members of Parliament. Government Bills are considered in the Cabinet first, and then upon approval of the Cabinet, laid before Parliament for its consideration.

• Article 47. Members of Parliament and the Government have the right of amendment. If the Government so requests, Parliament accepts or rejects by a single vote the whole or part of the Bill or motion under discussion, together with such amendments as have been proposed or accepted by the Government.

• Article 48. The agenda of Parliament gives priority, in the order determined by the Government, to the discussion of Government Bills and private members' Bills accepted by the Government. Priority is given at Question Time to the questions of members of Parliament and the replies of the Government.

• Article 49. When the Parliament passes a motion of censure, a motion of no-confidence, or rejects the Government's program, the Prime Minister must tender to the President of the Republic the resignation of the Government.

Title VI: Treaties and International Agreements

• Article 50. The President of the Republic negotiates and ratifies treaties. He is informed of the negotiation of any international agreement not subject to ratification.

• Article 51. Peace treaties, commercial treaties, treaties or agreements concerning international organization, those which involve the Republic in financial obligations, modify the provisions of the law, concern personal status or involve the cession, exchange or addition of territory may be ratified or approved only by virtue of a law. They take effect only after having been ratified or approved. No cession, exchange or addition of territory is valid without the consent of the populations concerned.

• Article 52. If the Supreme Court, consulted by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister or the Speaker of the Parliament, has declared that an international obligation includes a clause contrary to the Constitution, authorization to ratify or approve it may be accorded only after revision of the Constitution.

• Article 53. Treaties or agreements regularly ratified or approved have, from the time of publication, an authority superior to that of laws, provided, in the case of each agreement or treaty, that it is applied by the other party.

Title VII: Judicial Authority

• Article 54. The judicial authority of the Republic of Alduria shall be vested in one Supreme Court of Justice, and in such inferior courts as Parliament may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. Judges shall be named by the President of the Republic, on the advice of the Prime Minister, and confirmed by Parliament.

• Article 55. The Supreme Court shall have the power of judicial review, and when a provision declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, it may not be promulgated or applied. Decisions of the Supreme Court are not subject to appeal. They are binding on public authorities and on all administrative and judicial authorities. The Supreme Court shall be composed of one Chief Justice to preside over it, and up to nine Associate Justices. The Justices shall elect the Chief Justice from among them, but in the event of an inconclusive election, the President shall appoint the Chief Justice from the Associate Justices.

• Article 56. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Republic of Alduria, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority. It shall also include all cases affecting ambassadors and other public secretaries, consuls, or officials; all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; controversies to which the Republic of Alduria is a party; controversies between two or more Aldurian States; and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects; as well as any other cases that law may prescribe to fall under the jurisdiction of the judicial power.

• Article 57. In all cases affecting ambassadors, public secretaries, consuls, or officials and those in which an Aldurian state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as Parliament shall make.

• Article 58. Treason against Alduria shall consist only in levying war against Alduria; or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort; attempting to overthrow its government; spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt Act, or on confession in open court.

• Article 59. None may be arbitrarily detained. The judicial authority, guardian of the liberty of the individual, ensures respect for this principle in conditions determined by the law.

• Article 60. None may be condemned to the death penalty.

• Article 61. The President of the Republic is responsible for actions performed in the carrying out of his duties only in case of treason. He can be indicted only by Parliament in an open ballot and by an absolute majority of the members; he is tried by the Supreme Court of Justice. Members of the Government are penally responsible for actions performed in the carrying out of their duties and classed as crimes or misdemeanours at the time when they were committed. The procedure set out above is applicable to them and to their accomplices in cases of plotting against the security of the Republic. In the cases provided for in this paragraph, the Supreme Court is bound by the definitions of the crimes and misdemeanours and by the rules as to penalties to be found in the criminal laws in force at the times when the actions were performed.

Title VIII: Rights and Liberties

Amended by B-001: Constitutional Amendment to Secure Liberties Act.

• Article 62. Aldurians are equal before the law, whatever may be their titles and ranks.

• Article 63. The guarantee of the rights of the citizen necessitates a public force: this force is thus instituted for the advantage of all and not for the utility of those in whom it is trusted.

• Article 64. For the maintenance of the public force and for the expenditures of administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed to all the citizens, according to their ability to pay.

• Article 65. Each citizen has the right to ascertain, by themselves or through their representatives, the need for a public tax, to consent to it freely, to know the uses to which it is put, and of determining the proportion, basis, collection, and duration.

• Article 66. All Aldurians are equally admissible to civil and military employments.

• Article 67. The personal liberty of Aldurians is likewise guaranteed; no one can be prosecuted nor arrested save in the cases provided by law and in the form which it prescribes.

• Article 68. Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the fruition of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.

• Article 69. Everyone may profess their religion with equal freedom, and shall obtain for their worship the same protection; with exception for cults and faiths that motivate crime by prejudice and hate.

• Article 70. Aldurians have the right to publish and to have printed their opinions, while conforming with the laws, which are necessary to restrain abuses of that liberty.

• Article 71. Property being an inviolable and sacred right, no one can be deprived of private usage, if it is not when the public necessity, legally noted, evidently requires it, and under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.

• Article 72. Conscription is abolished. The method of recruiting for the armed forces is determined by the laws.

• Article 73. All individuals shall be entitled to a fair hearing before a court of law for all civil and criminal matters and shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

• Article 74. All individuals shall be entitled to elect to be assisted by a representative learned in the law, preferably of their own choice, during a court proceeding, provided that if the individual is unable or unwilling to so elect, a qualified individual, learned in the law, shall be duly appointed by the judge in the aforesaid proceeding.

• Article 75. All parties in criminal or civil proceedings shall have a right to present evidence, compel the testimony of witnesses, cross-examine witnesses, and present their arguments for the consideration of the court.

• Article 76. No individual may be found guilty of an offense if they allegedly committed the offense before it had come into law.

• Article 77. No individual shall be made to stand trial twice for the same offense or action, excepting cases of a mistrial. This shall not constrain appellate courts to review and rehear a case in a timely manner.

• Article 78. No individual in a criminal trial shall be compelled to offer testimony or produce any evidence which might incriminate themselves.

• Article 79. The law should establish only penalties that are strictly and evidently necessary, and no one can be punished but under a law established and promulgated before the offense and legally applied.

• Article 80. Any person charged with a criminal offense with a maximum penalty of thirty days or more of imprisonment or a fine of 5,000 ecus or more shall be entitled to a trial by an impartial jury of no less than twelve citizens for felonies and no less than nine citizens for misdemeanors. Any party to in a civil proceeding shall be entitled to a trial by jury of six citizens if the contested amount is greater than 10,000 ecus.

• Article 81. All civilian trials shall be open to attendance by the general public. All Defendants in criminal matters shall have a right to trial within 6 months if detained pending trial and within 1 year if released pending trial.

• Article 82. The right of citizens who have technical and mental fitness to possess firearms shall not be infringed, providing that they have not been convicted for a felony or a crime involving domestic violence.

• Article 83. No person may be discriminated against or privileged on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, race, language, origin, parentage, creed, faith, or nobility. Measures for the advancement of persons are admissible to remedy past discrimination.

Title IX: The Territorial Entities

• Article 84. The territorial entities of the Republic are the States and the Overseas Territories. Any other territorial entity is created by law. These entities are freely administered by elected councils or assemblies in conditions laid down by law.

• Article 85. The Overseas Territories of the Republic have a special organization which takes account of the interests of each within the framework of the general interests of the Republic. This organization is laid down and modified by law, after consultation with the Territorial Assembly of the Territory concerned.

• Article 86. Overseas Territories may keep their status within the Republic. If they express the desire to do so, by a decision of their Territorial Assembly, they become States of the Republic as provided by this Constitution.

• Article 87. No State or Overseas Territory shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; lay any imposts or duties on imports and exports; coin money; emit bills of credit; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of oontracts, or grant any title of nobility.

• Article 88. The Alexandrian Patrimony is hereby established as a special community of overseas territories composed of the Overseas Territories of Valenciana and Valladares. The Alexandrian Patrimony shall have a common Territorial Government, to be provided and organized by statute of Parliament and ratified by the residents of Valenciana and Valladares.

Title X: Revision

Amended by B-020: Constitutional Protection Act.

• Article 89. The right to propose amendments to the Constitution belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic and to members of Parliament. The amending project or proposal must be passed by Parliament first by a 2/3rds majority of those present and voting. The amendment becomes effective only when it has been approved by Parliament and then signed by the President. The amendment procedure may not be initiated or pursued when the integrity of the territory is under attack. The Republican form of government is not subject to revision.

Title XI: Transitional Arrangements

• Article 90. The ordinary session of the Constituent Assembly is ended, 10 days after the final ratification of this Constitution. A national referendum shall be called to ratify this Constitution. It shall be organized by an Electoral Committee appointed by the Constituent Assembly prior to its dissolution, and provide for its rules, processes, and regulations to ensure a free, fair, and orderly election. If the referendum is agreeable to the Constitution, the Constitution shall be promulagted 10 days after the certification of the referendum results, with the day of its ratification becoming a national holiday to be called "Constitution Day".

• Article 91. The institutions of the Republic provided for in the present Constitution will be set up within a period of one (1) AN year from the day of its promulgation. The established authorities will continue to exercise their functions in these States in accordance with the laws and other instruments applicable on the date at which the Constitution enters into force, until the installation of the authorities provided for by their new form of government. A Transitional Government is established to oversee the establishment and construction of the institutions of the Republic, as well as the construction of any needful buildings for carrying out the purposes of Government including but not limited to forts, roads, railways, ports, and waterways, and any other crucial infrastructure necessary. The first general election under this Constitution shall be called at at time determined by the Government no later than by the end of the year 1672 AN.

• Article 92. During the period prescribed in Article 86, the Government is authorized to determine, by decree having the force of law and issued in the same form, the electoral processes and any other lawmaking, provided that sessions of Parliament under this Constitution shall be allowed to review, repeal, revise, or amend these decrees in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of the Republic. The President shall be temporarily empowered to issue decrees, countersigned by the Prime Minister, that may be necessary and expedient for the construction of the Republic of Alduria and the safeguarding of the Constitution and the people of the Republic.

• Article 93. The Constituent Assembly, having met in Punta Santiago, and placed this Constitution before the people for its ratification, appoints a Transitional Government to serve as the Government of the Republic of Alduria during the period prescribed in Article 86, to serve within the precepts established in this Constitution as a government in regular order as follows:

• The Government shall be a coalition between the National-Liberal Alliance and the New Center;
• The President shall be Alejandro Campos of the National-Liberal Alliance;
• The Prime Minister shall be Natalia Cotilla of the National-Liberal Alliance;
• The Deputy Prime Minister shall be Marie-Madeleine Moitessier of the New Center.