Emergency Backup Executive
| Contingency Reserve Executive
Heśikonvix Staśulix Vektur | |
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.jpg) Kífur Sudherlōma since 1 Trîlus, 21195 | |
| Abbreviation | EBUE |
| Reports to | Prime Executive |
| Residence | Antipodes Manor |
| Seat | Prehnite Hills, Sydona |
| Nominator | Council of States |
| Appointer | Electoral College Prime Executive in event of vacancy. |
| Term length | 60 months |
| Constituting instrument | Fundamental Statute (21186 Version) |
| Formation | Template:H:title |
| First holder | D. Inbhir Àir |
| Succession | At that point you just give up. |
| Unofficial names | "Emergency Backup Executive" "Last Executive" |
| Salary | ₤70,000 per annum |
| Website | www.ebug.āri.kr |
The Contingency Reserve Executive (Heśikonvix Staśulix Vektur) or Emergency Backup Executive is a federal elected official of the Kiravian Federacy who serves as a designated survivor to maintain continuity of government in the event that the entire line of succession to the Prime Executure of the Kiravian Federacy is exhausted by a mass-casualty attack or similar contingency.
History and Concept
The Emergency Backup Executive position was instituted in 21186 in response to concerns raised by experts and the security establishment that the existing line of succession to the Prime Executure and mechanisms for replenishing the line of succession were dependent upon bodies such as the Executive College, Council of States, and Federal Stanora, all of which are based inside The Gates in Kartika and have their members residing in the Kartika metropolitan area. This made it highly likely that the entire constitutional machinery of the federal government could be wiped out by a targeted mass casualty attack or other disaster in Kartika, and almost certain that it would be wiped out during a nuclear exchange. A white paper authorised by the Federal Security Bureau recommended that a constitutional officer "preferably one with a democratic mandate" be stationed outside Kartika, in an area of the Federacy unlikely to be targeted during a nuclear strike. It was deemed important for the Second Executive to remain based in Kartika to quickly assume the role of Prime Executive or temporary Acting Prime Executive under conventional circumstances, as well as to continue their many unofficial responsibilities. As such, the Stanoral drafting committee ultimately voted to create the Contingency Reserve Executure as a wholly new office, and recommended that it be stationed in an overseas island possession.
In the words of D. Inbhir Àir, the inaugural officeholder,
When PE Rénkédar appointed me as the first CRE, I received a hundreds of snarky congratulations on becoming the "Third Executive" and the "Second Second Executive". Good jokes they were, the first fifty times, at least. But in terms of continuity of government, there is a world of difference between the Second Executive and myself. The Second Executive's job is to minimise disruption. He's the one who holds down the fort while the Prime Executive gets doped up for a root canal or his plane has a radio problem. Should the Prime Executive die, it's his job to ensure a smooth transition and keep up business as usual. As for me, if I am asked to assume the Prime Executure, that means "business as usual" is already irretrievably lost. I'm there to pick up the pieces, figure out what assets and what options we still have, and lead whomever's left into whatever's next. The Second Executive's job is to assure everyone that someone's in charge. Mine, much of it, anyway, is to assure the world that someone's still here, that there is still a Kiravian state at all. That's a whole different animal.
— D. Inbhir Àir
The Contingency Reserve Executive's official website states that the CRE serves to "prevent ambiguity in the military and civil chain of command during times of extreme crisis and general uncertainty", and to "ensure that the democratic legitimacy of our government can survive catastrophic events."
The Emergency Backup Executive resides at a complex known as Antipodes Manor, located in a special security zone within the Prehnite Hill Tracts, a dacha resort area operated by the Kiravian military in the interior of Grand Sydona, Sydona Islands. Officially known as Antipodes Command Nexus, Antipodes Manor houses command-and-control facilities and other infrastructure and personnel to support the EBE should their services be needed.
The office holds no political powers in its own right. Per the Fundamental Statute, the only duty with which the Contingency Reserve Executive is charged is to "maintain themself in a condition of readiness to assume the Prime Executure". Pursuant to this, the CRE receives regular briefings on national security and civil defence, and undergoes periodic medical and psychological evaluations. The CRE is nominally a nonvoting member of the Executive College and occasionally attends Cabinet meetings by means of teleconference technology but participates little.