Federal Accord coalition agreement, 1759
| Federal Accord coalition agreement | |
 Logo of the Federal Accord | |
| Type | Coalition agreement |
|---|---|
| Signed | 23.XIII.1759 AN |
| Parties | |
| Government | Federal Accord |
| Legislature | 14th Cortes Federales |
| Seats held | 448 of 801 |
| Premier-designate | Marcos Ferreira Gonçalves |
The Federal Accord coalition agreement, 1759 (Alexandrian: Accord de coalition de l'Accord fédéral; Martino: Acuerdo de coalición del Acuerdo Federal) is the coalition agreement under which three political parties of Nouvelle Alexandrie agreed to form a federal government after the general election of 1759 AN returned a hung Cortes Federales. Its parties are the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Civic Governance Alliance, and the Federal Consensus Party, which together hold 448 of the 801 seats in the Federal Assembly.
The agreement provides for a three-party government known as the Federal Accord, which would be the first in twenty years not led by the Federal Humanist Party. It distributes the offices of the Council of State among the three parties, sets out a nine-point program for government, and binds the Federal Consensus Party to support the government on confidence and supply for the full term of the 14th Cortes Federales. The three parties signed it on 23.XIII.1759 AN.
Background
The general election of 1759 AN returned a hung Cortes Federales, in which the Federal Humanist Party finished as the largest single party but fell short of a majority. Premier José Manuel Montero was invited to form a government and told the King he could not, and the King commissioned Marcos Ferreira Gonçalves, leader of the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, as formateur. The Alliance, the Civic Governance Alliance, and the Federal Consensus Party then negotiated the agreement, following the government formation process that a hung result sets in motion. Under the Government Formation and Coalition Act, 1694, a written coalition agreement is required before a coalition government may take office, and the Act fixes the matters it must contain. The three parties signed the agreement on 23.XIII.1759 AN, providing for a government to replace the administration of Premier Montero.[1]
Parties
The agreement is between three parties of the Cortes Federales:
- the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie (AJNA), a bloc of the Democratic Socialist Party and the Wakara People's Party, with 260 seats;
- the Civic Governance Alliance (CGA), with 95 seats;
- the Federal Consensus Party (FCP), with 93 seats.
Together the three parties hold 448 of the 801 seats in the Federal Assembly, above the 401 that form a majority.[2] For the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie it is the first time in government; the Civic Governance Alliance, which held five Secretaryships in Montero's coalition from 1750 AN,[3] and the Federal Consensus Party, after many years in opposition, both return to office.
Council of State
The agreement distributes the offices of the Council of State among the three parties. The Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie takes the Premiership and the majority of departments, the Civic Governance Alliance takes the Vice-Premiership and the Treasury, and the Federal Consensus Party takes the Interior and Research and Development. The Civic Governance Alliance holds the Treasury as the guarantor of the coalition budget, which it made a condition of joining the government. The Federal Consensus Party takes the Interior, which carries the redraft of the anti-paramilitary bill, and Research and Development, which runs the Frontera Program.
| Office | Party | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| Premier (President of the Government) | AJNA (DSP) | Marcos Ferreira Gonçalves |
| Vice-Premier | CGA | Elena Svensson |
| Treasury | CGA | Tomás Iñiguez |
| Interior | FCP | Francisco Gabaza |
| Research and Development | FCP | Marisol Dávila |
| Administrative Coordination and Efficiency | AJNA (WPP) | Yuiza Bohi'o |
| State | AJNA (DSP) | Gabrielle Fitzgerald |
| Justice | AJNA (DSP) | Elias Marchand |
| Defense | AJNA (DSP) | Rafael Escalante |
| Energy and Environment | AJNA (DSP) | Elena Lopez de Gautier |
| Education, Sports, and Culture | AJNA (DSP) | Sofia Estrada |
| Social Security | AJNA (WPP) | Ana Yuisa Caguax |
| Civil Works and Transportation | AJNA (DSP) | Ricardo Inti Quispe |
| Labor | AJNA (DSP) | Carlos Dominguez |
| National Mobilisation | AJNA (DSP) | George Falkirk |
| Trade and Industry | AJNA (DSP) | Jacqueline Betancourt |
| Housing and Urban Development | AJNA (WPP) | Mayani Guacanagari |
Program and terms
The agreement sets out a nine-point program for government. On the economy and society, it commits the government to reduce the cost of living and make housing more affordable, the core of the Alliance's People's Deal, to protect civil liberties under the law, and to create skilled jobs through the science and technology economy. On governance, it undertakes to pass clean-government reform with independent audits of public money and stronger powers for the ministerial integrity office, to redraft and pass the public order and anti-paramilitary act, to draw up a jointly written budget, and to judge each policy by its results in line with the Parap Principles. On science and the environment, it commits to revive and expand the Frontera Program and to raise renewable energy to 60 percent of national generation while modernizing the grid.
The Federal Consensus Party agreed to support the government on confidence and supply for the full term of the 14th Cortes, and all three parties are bound to vote for the budget. The budget is a shared document, drawn up under the Treasury, and is to fund every commitment in the agreement.
Clean-government reform is a shared priority. The agreement provides for an audit of public money independent of the government and for a ministerial integrity office able to compel documents and testimony, with the Federal Consensus Party and the Civic Governance Alliance bringing these reforms forward in the first session of the new Cortes.
For Boriquén, the parties committed the government to invest in the region and to protect the Wakara language and Wakara culture in law. They also undertook to pass the Plurinational Federation Constitutional Amendment Act, which would amend the Proclamation of Punta Santiago to recognize Nouvelle Alexandrie as a plurinational federation, a single state made up of many peoples. The bill was revived in 1762 AN as the Plurinational Federation Constitutional Amendment Act, 1762.
The agreement runs for the term of the 14th Cortes. The three party leaders, or people they appoint, are to meet regularly to keep the program on track, and to settle any disagreement between the parties before it reaches the floor of the Cortes.
Agreement text
The text of the agreement as signed on 23.XIII.1759 AN follows. The office-holders left unnamed in the signed text are set out in full in the Council of State section above.
Government of the 14th Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie
1. Preamble
The 1759 AN general election gave no party a majority. Three parties have agreed to govern together for the term of the 14th Cortes: the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, the Civic Governance Alliance, and the Federal Consensus Party. Together we hold 448 of the 801 seats.
This is the first government in almost twenty years not led by the Federal Humanists. The Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie enters government for the first time. The Civic Governance Alliance returns to it, and the Federal Consensus Party comes back after many years away.
We do not agree on everything. This agreement sets out what we will do together, and how we will be held to it.
2. Parties
The parties to this agreement are:
- the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie (AJNA), made up of the Democratic Socialist Party and the Wakara People's Party, with 260 seats
- the Civic Governance Alliance (CGA), with 95 seats
- the Federal Consensus Party (FCP), with 93 seats
Together this is 448 of 801 seats.
3. Distribution of offices
| Office | Party | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| Premier (President of the Government) | AJNA (DSP) | Marcos Ferreira Gonçalves |
| Vice-Premier | CGA | Elena Svensson |
| Treasury (Finance) | CGA | Tomás Iñiguez |
| Interior | FCP | Francisco Gabaza |
| Research and Development | FCP | Marisol Dávila |
| Administrative Coordination | AJNA (WPP) | Yuiza Bohi'o |
| Justice | AJNA | (AJNA nominee) |
| Education, Sports and Culture | AJNA | (AJNA nominee) |
|
AJNA | (AJNA nominees) |
The Federal Consensus Party holds two seats in the Council of State. It takes the Interior, which covers public order and the redraft of the anti-paramilitary bill. It also takes Research and Development, which runs the Frontera Program.
The Civic Governance Alliance takes the Vice-Premiership and the Treasury. It holds the Treasury because a budget it can support is its condition for joining.
The Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie takes the Premiership and the other departments.
4. Program for government
We will:
- bring down the cost of living and make housing more affordable, the core of AJNA's People's Deal
- pass clean-government reform, beaten twice under the last government, with independent audits of public money and real powers for the ministerial integrity office, led by the FCP and CGA
- redraft and pass the public-order and anti-paramilitary bill, led by the Interior, with government time and the whips behind it
- write a budget the government can defend in public, drawn up jointly, that funds every party's priorities including the FCP's science spending
- revive and expand the Frontera Program, keep the New National Curriculum, and continue funding health and education
- raise renewable energy to 60 percent of national generation and modernize the grid, led by Research and Development
- protect civil liberties and everyday freedoms under the law
- create skilled jobs from the science and technology economy we are funding
- judge each policy by its results and change what does not work, in line with the Parap Principles
- continue Nouvelle Alexandrie's commitments to its Raspur Pact and Concord Alliance allies, as well as involvement in the Micras Treaty Organization and other international bodies
5. Confidence, supply and the budget
The Federal Consensus Party will support the government on confidence and supply for the full term. All three parties will vote for the budget.
The budget is a shared document. The Treasury will lead the drafting. It will fund every commitment in this agreement.
6. Clean government and oversight
The audit of public money will be independent of the government. The ministerial integrity office will be able to compel documents and testimony. The Federal Consensus Party and the Civic Governance Alliance will bring these reforms forward in the first session of the new Cortes.
7. Boriquén and the plurinational federation
Boriquén already governs much of its own affairs. Our commitment is to deliver for it in practice: investment in the region, and legal protection for the Wakara language and Wakara culture.
We will also pass the Plurinational Federation Constitutional Amendment Act. The Wakara People's Party first proposed it in 1727 AN, and it has waited for a vote ever since. It amends the Proclamation of Punta Santiago to recognize Nouvelle Alexandrie as a plurinational federation: one state made up of many peoples. Passing it is a shared commitment of all three parties.
8. Duration and disputes
This agreement runs for the term of the 14th Cortes Federales. The three party leaders, or people they appoint, will meet regularly to keep the program on track. They will settle any disagreement between themselves before it reaches the floor of the Cortes.
9. Signatories
See also
- Administration of Premier Marcos Ferreira Gonçalves
- Government formation in Nouvelle Alexandrie
- Government Formation and Coalition Act, 1694
- Council of State of Nouvelle Alexandrie
- 14th Cortes Federales
- New Alexandrian general election, 1759
References
- ^ NBC Newsfeed/1759.
- ^ 14th Cortes Federales.
- ^ "FHP and Civic Governance Alliance announce coalition government on eve of Cortes opening", NBC Newsfeed, 14.I.1750 AN.
