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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
[[File:NationalAssembly.jpg|thumb|left|The seat of the National Assembly]] | [[File:NationalAssembly.jpg|thumb|left|The seat of the National Assembly]] | ||
The government of Puertego is officially a Unitary Marxist-Leninist Presidential Republic under the guiding principle of the state's ideology [[Puertegan Path to Socialism]]. The nations primary legislative body is the national assembly the nations unicameral legislature, the National Assembly has the power to vote on and introduce new legislation and policies, appoint judges, declare war with the president's approval, overrule the president's veto via a unanimous vote, and alter the constitution via a 4/5ths vote and the express approval of the president. The Puertegan government operates under the framework established by the 1997 constitution which calls for all members of the national assembly to be voted on by the people in a Closed List Party-list proportional representation system where the people vote on a party instead of an individual candidate and the parties get to allocate seats based on how many votes they received, members of the national assembly are given ten year terms by the constitution with the constitution also restricting them to a single term. The national assembly is made up of 210 seats which are given unevenly to the different states in Puertego as decided by the Central | The government of Puertego is officially a Unitary Marxist-Leninist Presidential Republic under the guiding principle of the state's ideology [[Puertegan Path to Socialism]]. The nations primary legislative body is the national assembly the nations unicameral legislature, the National Assembly has the power to vote on and introduce new legislation and policies, appoint judges, declare war with the president's approval, overrule the president's veto via a unanimous vote, and alter the constitution via a 4/5ths vote and the express approval of the president. The Puertegan government operates under the framework established by the 1997 constitution which calls for all members of the national assembly to be voted on by the people in a Closed List Party-list proportional representation system where the people vote on a party instead of an individual candidate and the parties get to allocate seats based on how many votes they received, members of the national assembly are given ten year terms by the constitution with the constitution also restricting them to a single term. The national assembly is made up of 210 seats which are given unevenly to the different states in Puertego as decided by the Central Election Commission who are also responsible for drawing electoral borders for the states and is presided over by the President of Puertego. | ||
[[File:Mvd6527608.jpg|thumb|President Matthias Torres (foreground)]] | |||
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The president of Puertego is the head of state and government in Puertego and serves in six-year terms with a term limit not being set by the constitution meaning the president can serve as long as he keeps getting elected. The current president of Puertego is Matthias Torres of the Puertegan White Flag Communist Party who has been in power for 22 years having kept his position since 2008. The president is responsible for appointing ministers for all the ministries in the Puertegan government as well as having the powers to decide budgets, sign treaties, veto bills, and grant pardons along with being able to extend someone's prison sentence by up to 10 years. So far in its history Puertego has had 3 presidents all having been members of the WFCP. President Torres has claimed that he plans to hold the presidency until he is 70 at which point, he will not seek to be reelected anymore. | The president of Puertego is the head of state and government in Puertego and serves in six-year terms with a term limit not being set by the constitution meaning the president can serve as long as he keeps getting elected. The current president of Puertego is Matthias Torres of the Puertegan White Flag Communist Party who has been in power for 22 years having kept his position since 2008. The president is responsible for appointing ministers for all the ministries in the Puertegan government as well as having the powers to decide budgets, sign treaties, veto bills, and grant pardons along with being able to extend someone's prison sentence by up to 10 years. So far in its history Puertego has had 3 presidents all having been members of the WFCP. President Torres has claimed that he plans to hold the presidency until he is 70 at which point, he will not seek to be reelected anymore. | ||