1735 Sanaman constitutional amendment referendum
| Shall the constitution of Sanama be amended in accordance with the attached text? | ||||
| Results | ||||
| Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 46,276,201 | 56.15% | ||
| No | 36,133,248 | 43.85% | ||
| Valid votes | 82,409,449 | 99.99% | ||
| Invalid votes | 5,587 | 0.01% | ||
| Total votes | 82,415,036 | 100% | ||
The 1735 Sanaman constitutional amendment referendum was held on 12.X.1735 to amend the Sanaman constitution.
Background
Text
Second Amendment
The First Amendment to the constitution is hereby repealed.
Third Amendment
Article 2 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The legislative power of the Union shall be vested in the Lhusan Nasyonal, consisting of the House of People's Delegates and the Council of People's Republics.
Article 3 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The House of People's Delegates shall be composed of delegates elected every five years by the people. Elections shall be proportional and regulated by an organic law.
Third paragraph:
Delegates shall be apportioned among the people's republics according to their share of the national population. Apportionment shall be made every ten years. The number of delegates shall not exceed one for every one hundred and fifty thousand and not a total number of six hundred and fifty.
Article 4 of the constitution shall be repealed.
Article 5 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The Council of People's Republics shall be composed of councillors elected every five years by the people.
Second paragraph:
A candidate for representative must have attained at least twenty-five years of age and been a citizen of the Union and the electoral circuit they shall represent for at least five years.
Third paragraph:
The Council of People's Republics shall constist of no more than one hundred and ten representatives of the people's republics and Semisa City, hereonafter referred to as electoral circuits, elected by the peoples thereof. Every electoral circuit shall elect at least one councillor. The exact number shall be no more than one sixth of the size of the House of People's Delegates and shall be regulated by an organic law.
Article 6 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The two houses of the Lhusan Nasyonal shall meet in joint session to receive messages from the President of the Union, and to resolve conflicts between the houses in accordance with this constitution and other legislation.
Article 9 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The words "House of Councillors" shall be replaced by the words "Council of People's Republics".
Second paragraph:
The words "House of Councillors" shall be replaced by the words "Council of People's Republics".
Fourth Amendment
Article 10 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The right to introduce bills in either house belong to each of its members and each of its committees, the President of the Council of State and the President of the Union.
Second paragraph:
Bills shall require the concurrence of a majority of members present and voting of each house, and the same concurrence of the other house to be deemed to have passed the Lhusan Nasyonal. Constitutional amendments also require the concurrence of a majority of the people in a referendum.
Third paragraph:
A bill passed by either house shall be submitted to the other house for their consideration. They shall submit the result of their consideration to the originating house. If the other house has passed the bill unchanged, it shall be deemed to have been passed by the Lhusan Nasyonal and shall be submitted to the President of the Union for their consideration. If the other house has rejected the bill, it shall be deemed to have failed and shall not again be introduced during the same session.
Fourth paragraph:
If the other house passes the bill amended, it shall be returned to the originating house. The House shall deliberate upon the amended version of the bill and shall, following such deliberation, vote on the matter. If the amended version passes, it shall be deemed to have been passed by the Lhusan Nasyonal and shall be submitted to the President of the Union for their consideration. If the amended version is in turn amended, the chairperson of the house shall submit the bill to a mediation committee. If the amended version is rejected, it shall be deemed to have failed and shall not again be introduced during the same session.
The fifth and sixth paragraphs shall be repealed.
Seventh paragraph:
The Speaker of the House of People's Delegates shall constitute a mediation committee composed of representatives from the Houses and in such manner as prescribed in this constitution and in law. The committee shall consist of an equal number of members from each house. The committee shall submit its report to both houses. If both houses passes the bill as submitted by the committee, it shall be deemed to have been passed by the Lhusan Nasyonal and be submitted to the President of the Union for promulgation. If either house does not pass the bill, it shall be deemed to have failed and shall not again be introduced during the same session.
Eighth paragraph:
If the mediation committee fails to reach a decision, the President of the Union, acting with the advice and consent of the President of the Council of State, may request that the Lhusan Nasyonal meet in a joint session to make a final decision on the bill. To pass, the bill must receive votes from more than half of the entire membership of the Lhusan Nasyonal. If the bill passes, it shall be deemed to have been passed by the Lhusan Nasyonal and be submitted to the President of the Union for their consideration. If the bill does not pass, it shall be deemed to have failed and shall not again be introduced during the same session.
Ninth paragraph:
Bills received by either house shall be returned to the other house within twelve weeks or, if the President of the Union, acting with the advice and consent of the President of the Council of State, deems that the bill is urgent, within six weeks.
Fifth Amendment
Aricle 13 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
There shall be a President of the Union. They shall hold office for a term of seven years. The President of the Union shall be elected by a majority of the people in a manner prescribed by law.
The second paragraph shall be repealed.
Third paragraph:
Elections for the office of President of the Union shall be held on the same date as elections to the Lhusan Nasyonal. In case of the removal of the President of the Union from office, or of their death, resignation or inability to discharge the duties of said office, the President of the Council of People's Republics shall assume the office of Acting President of the Union, until such time as a new election shall be called by the Speaker of the House of People's Delegates. Such an election shall be held within thirty days of the office falling vacant. During the period that the President of the Council of People's Republics shall assume the office of Acting President of the Union, they shall not exercise their role as President of the Council of People's Republics.
Article 14 of the constitution shall be amended as follows:
First paragraph:
The office of head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Union shall be vested in the President of the Union. They shall be the guarantor of the constitution, of the rights and freedoms of the people, protect the sovereignty of the Union, its independence and integrity, and ensure coordinated functioning and interaction between all the bodies of state power.
The second paragraph shall be repealed.
Third paragraph:
According to the constition and the laws the President of the Union shall determine the guidelines of the internal and foreign policies of the state.
Fourth paragraph:
As head of state the President of the Union represents the Union within the country and in international relations.
Fifth paragraph:
A candidate for President of the Union must have attained at least thirty-five years of age and be a natural-born citizen of the Union. A natural-born citizen is defined as a person either born within the borders of Sanama to at least one Sanaman parent, or born prior to the Kalirion Fracture in the territories that later became Sanama.
