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===Accountability Role=== | ===Accountability Role=== | ||
===Electoral Role=== | ===Electoral Role=== | ||
The Federal Council nominates candidates for election to the offices of [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy|Prime Executive]], Second Executive, and [[Emergency Backup Executive|Contingency Executive]]. In order to qualify for election to these offices, a ticket (naming one candidate to each office) must be proposed by at least one Councillor and seconded by at least one Councillor from a different [[Kiravian_federalism#Themes|theme]]. A properly nominated ticket may be disqualified by a 3/4 vote for reasons of "constitutional ineligibility, manifest unfitness, or great scandal." Once finalised, the list of approved tickets is disseminated to the provincial governments for the preparation of ballots. In this way, the Federal Council acts as an institutional {{wp|gatekeeper}} to the Prime Executure. | |||
In the past, it was fairly common for "alternative tickets" with overlapping candidates to be nominated. Most often, this meant two or more tickets with the same Prime Executive candidate but different Second Executive candidates, and more rarely multiple tickets with the same Second Executive candidate under different Prime Executive candidates. It was not unheard of for the same person to be nominated for the Prime Executure on one ticket and the Second Executure on another. An alternative ticket has been elected once, during the Sunderance, when PE Eridan Vrixur was reëlected but his unpopular Second Executive Irardus Kovelpar was replaced by T.E. Lurévastin. The Restoration Constitution created the office of Contingency Executive and barred the same candidate from being nominated to more than one office simultaneously, eliminating the less common form of alternative ticket. The more common form still occurs but is now generally frowned upon. | |||
===Consultative Role=== | ===Consultative Role=== | ||