Politics of Castadilla: Difference between revisions

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| caption = [[Imperial coat of arms of Castadilla]]

| constitution = [[Constitution of Castadilla]]

| legislature = [[National Assembly of Castadilla|National Assembly]]

| upperhouse_appointer = {{wp|Indirect election|Indirect}} {{wp|party-list}} {{wp|proportional representation|proportional}}

| lowerhouse = [[Congress of the Commons]]

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| lowerhouse_appointer = [[Congress of the Commons#Elections|Direct party-list proportional]]

| title_hos = [[Castadillaan Emperor|Supreme Head of the Nation]]

| appointer_hos = [[Imperial elections in Castadilla|A complex electoral machinery]]

| title_hog = [[Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Armed Forces (Castadilla)|Commander-in-Chief]]

| appointer_hog = [[Coronation of the Castadillaan Emperor|Imperial Coronation]]

| cabinet = [[Magisterial Council of Castadilla]]

| law = [[Law of Castadilla]]

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The political system of Castadilla consists of an {{wp|executive branch|executive}} branch, a {{wp|legislative branch|legislative}} branch, and a {{wp|judicial branch|judicial}} branch. Executive power is exercised by the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Armed Forces (Castadilla)|Commander-in-Chief]] and the [[Magisterial Council of Castadilla|Magisterial Council]]. The Magisterial Council consists of the [[Prime Minister of Castadilla|Prime Minister]] and state ministers. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Commander-in-Chief, and is responsible to the [[National Assembly of Castadilla|National Assembly]]. The magisterial council, including the Prime Minister, can be revoked by the [[Congress of the Commons]], the lower house of the National Assembly, through a "censure motion", this ensures that the Prime Minister is always supported by a majority of the lower house (which, on most topics, has prominence over the upper house).

Castadilla is a {{wp|federation}}; complete with major and minor administrative subdivisions, and their powers and responsibilities as spelled out in the Constitution. Castadilla is formally a monarchy with the Emperor holding symbolic power; it is because he is also the Commander-in-Chief that he is considered to be one of the most powerful people in Castadilla.

==Constitution==

{{main|Constitution of Castadilla}}

[[File:Institutions of Castadilla.svg|center|thumb|512px|The main processes of the Castadillaan national government]]

On the flip side, the Commander-in-Chief must choose a Prime Minister and magisterial council who reflect the majority in the National Assembly, and who may implement the agenda of the parliamentary majority, save for cases when the Commander-in-Chief invokes Article 16 of the Constitution, where they are given much more control over who can be Prime Minister, who can be in the magisterial council, and what agenda can be implemented.

===Magisterial council===

The Prime Minister can engage the responsibility of his magisterial council on a law, under Article 49-3 of the Constitution. The law is then considered adopted unless the Congress of the Commons votes a motion of censure, in which case the law is refused and the magisterial council has to resign. As of 2032, the article has never been used by any Prime Minister.

The number of ministries and division of responsibilities and administrations between them varies from magisterial council to magisterial council. While the names and exact responsibilities of these ministries can changed, one can generally find at least:

The magisterial council holds weekly meetings (usually on Wednesday mornings), chaired by the Commander-in-Chief, at the [[Residence of the Edifier]].

===Statutory instruments and delegated legislation===

The executive cannot issue decrees in areas that the Constitution puts under the responsibility of legislation, issued by the National Assembly. Still, the National Assembly may, through a habilitation law, authorize the executive to issue {{wp|decree|ordinances}}, with legislative value, in precisely-defined areas, Habilitation laws specify the scope of the ordinance. After the ordinance is issued, the magisterial council has to propose a ratifying bill in order that the ordinance becomes a law. If the National Assembly votes "no" to ratification, the ordinance is cancelled. Most of the time, the ratification is made implicitly or explicitly through a National Assembly act that deals with the subject concerned, rather than by the ratification act itself.

===Internal limits of the executive branch; checks and balances===

The National Assembly, making up the {{wp|legislative branch}}, consists of two houses: the Congress of the Commons and the Congress of the Peerage; the Congress of the Commons is the pre-eminent body.

The magisterial council has a strong influence in shaping the agenda of the National Assembly. The magisterial council also can link its term to a legislative text which it proposes, and unless a motion of censure is introduced (within 24 hours after the proposal) and passed (within 48 hours of introduction - thus full procedures last at most 72 hours), the text is considered adopted without a vote.

===Congress of the Commons===

{{main|Congress of the Commons|Number of Parliamentarians in Castadilla|Member of the Commons (Castadilla)}}

The Congress of the Commons may force the resignation of the magisterial council by voting a motion of censure. For this reason, the Prime Minister and their magisterial council are necessarily from the dominant party or coalition in the Commons. Because the Commander-in-Chief is supposed to be politically neutral, situations known as ''{{wp|cohabitation}}'' are very rare. While motions of censure are periodically proposed by the opposition following magisterial council actions that it deems highly inappropriate, they are purely rhetorical; party discipline ensures that, throughout a parliamentary term, the magisterial council is never overthrown by the Commons.

===Congress of the Peerage===

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The Congress of the Peerage's legislative powers are limited; on most matters of legislation, the Congress of the Commons has the last word in the event of a disagreement between the two houses.

The Economic and Social Council is a consultative assembly. It does not play a role in the adoption of statutes and regulations, but advises the lawmaking bodies on questions of social and economic policies.

The Economic and Social Council publishes reports, which are sent to the Prime Minister, the Congress of the Commons, and the Congress of the Peerage. They are published in the ''[[Official Gazette of Castadilla|Official Gazette]]''.

In 2001 the position of Mediator of the Nation was created. The ombudsman is charged with solving, without the need to a recourse before the courts, the disagreements between citizens and the administrations of other entities with a mission of a public service; proposing reforms to the Magisterial Council and the administrations to further these goals; and actively participating in the international promotion of {{wp|human rights}}.

==Castadillaan law==

That is, law may lay out prohibitions only if they are needed, and if the inconveniences caused by this restriction do not exceed the inconveniences that the prohibition is supposed to remedy.

===Statutory law versus executive regulations===

==Administrative divisions==

{{main|Administrative divisions of Castadilla}}

Elections in the nineteen main administrative divisions are held at least once every four years, and like in the federal level election dates are fixed by legislation.

* [[Party finance in Castadilla]]

* [[Political culture of Castadilla]]

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