Zeed Directive 11
Zeed Directive 11
This Directive created advisory councils to aid in the management and governance of Zeed.
Background
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THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
Zeed Directive 11
WHEREAS Article 18 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "Hostilities between the Raspur Pact and the Revolutionary Government of Rusjar shall cease from midnight, local time, on 24.IX.1701 AN" andWHEREAS Article 1 of the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City provides that, "There shall be an immediate demobilisation of all formations and personnel associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar"
WHEREAS Article 13 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "An appointed deputy of the High Representative of Trans-Euran Command shall be attached to the Revolutionary Government in Rusjar to safeguard Pact interests and to supervise the establishment of a Transitional Government" and
WHEREAS Article 16 of the aforesaid Armistice provides that, "The Revolutionary Government in Rusjar shall reconstitute as a Transitional Government that is fundamentally nationalist and humanist in its essential character" and
LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that the entire governance of Zeed is now subject immediately to the absolute authority of the Raspur Pact, as personified by the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, in accordance with the laws of war and the 1701 Armistice of Alduria City
and I therefore promulgate the following:
1. There shall be established, effective the tenth day of 1703, certain advisory councils.
2. There shall be an Advisory Council of the Ashad Region, an Advisory Council of the Malirusenia Region, an Advisory Council of the Nyongolo Region, an Advisory Council of the Ruthenian Region, an Advisory Council of the Garujulia Region, and an Advisory Council of the Northern Zeed Region. Each Advisory Council under this article shall have 24 seats.
3. Each Advisory Council under this Directive shall sit for no more than three years, and shall be charged with providing advice and counsel to the Military Governors of each Region; provided that no Military Governor shall be legally bound to accept or adhere to such provided advice and counsel.
4. Each Advisory Council under this Directive shall be elected at large via secret ballot by the male and female residents of the Region who are 21 years of age and above. Elections shall take place in 1702 at a time and place to be set by future Zeed Directive.
5. No person shall be a Member of any Advisory Council unless they are nationals of Zeed and, on the day of the election, are at least twenty-five years of age, able to read and write, and a registered voter in the Region in which they shall be elected, and a resident thereof for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the day of the election.
6. A majority of each Advisory Council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent Members in such manner, and under such penalties, as such Advisory Council may provide. Each Advisory Council may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all its Members, suspend or expel a Member. A penalty of suspension, when imposed, shall not exceed sixty days.
7. Each Advisory Council shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in its judgment, affect the security of Zeed; and the yeas and nays on any question shall, at the request of one-fifth of the Members present, be entered in the Journal. Each Advisory Council shall also keep a Record of its proceedings, and publish the same at its discretion.
8. The Military Governor of every Region shall provide an adequate location for the convening and sessions of each Advisory Council.
9. The Minister of Finance and Governor of the Bank of Zeed is directed to provide such sums necessary for the implementation of this Directive.
10. In accordance with Article 3 of Zeed Directive 1, which remains in full effect, the senior-ranking Raspur Pact officer present in the Region who is presently serving as military governor of their Region, responsible for maintenance of law and order until otherwise directed, and subject to the command and direction of the High Representative and Supreme Plenipotentiary, shall provide all necessary assistance for the proper implementation of this Directive.
11. This Directive takes immediate effect on the date of signature. The military governors are directed to cause the public announcement and posting of this Directive over the next ten days, as well as its immediate enforcement.
Given at the former Presidium building, Rusjar, this 15th day of the Xth month of the year 1701 AN.
THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND SUPREME PLENIPOTENTIARY
