Orders of Garmont Restructuring, 1967

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Orders of Garmont Restructuring

Passed in the Assembly of Garmont in the year 1967

Issued and averred by

Her Majesty

Atstana de

Regne Petrère

1967

 

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Purpose and Restructuring

Since our nation’s founding, Petra has been a champion of liberty. A champion of institutions that allows it to be run by and for the people, under the guidance of the Crown of St. Emma. Our fair assembly, the Garmont, brings together nobility, gentry, and commoners alike, so that all perspectives of our Commonwealth contributed to its direction.

 

This has been our strength, these Dumacratic principles we have held since the days of Paul-Salvian. Reinforcing these principles, truly pushing for the idea of a nation that moves with its people, will only make us stronger.

 

While the Garmont is already a representative body without comparison across the nations of humanity, we endeavor to make it radically moreso. We seek to have no restrictions on what issues may be raised and discussed therein, and who may present them. We seek to have those assembled come from all parts of our realm, be they in the newly acquired territories of the Midlands, or the age-old holdings in Solland. 

 

It is in the following reforms, that these goals will become fully realized.

 

 

Functions of the Garmont Assembly

With the reformation of the Garmont assembly, we aim to open up this body of legislation to the common people, and let it become their tool in shaping the future of the Petra. Rather than a body mostly made of noble peerage, and a limited number of publicly elected seats, the Garmont will now be made of a mix of peers and citizens represented by the nation’s various regions, with a majority for the public. Each geographical region will hold a certain number of seats, determined by their population, as well as the number of noble peers landed in that region. This will create an equal amount of representation between the peerage, gentry, and commonfolk.

 

For those not yet acquainted with the Garmont, those seated on the Garmont assembly- Whether by election or right of vassalage- will convene every two years to vote on any petitions or bills presented during the session. Previously, bills and petitions could only be presented by those seated. Now, the Garmont shall be opened up for any to present their ideas or changes, and to petition for the support of the elected officials.

 

A petition can be many things- A proposal for a new building, a request for funding to fix a bridge or a road, a suggestion for a change to the lawbook, the creation of a committee, or the proposal of a new law or regulation entirely. Anything that YOU, as a member of the Petra, would like to create or change within our community. Even if you are not seated upon the assembly, you can present your ideas before your fellows to be voted on. If your petition is approved, it will be passed onto the relevant member of the River Council, or a relevant committee, that will work with you to see your idea completed.

 

THE NEW SEATS OF THE GARMONT ASSEMBLY ARE DECLARED AS SUCH:

 

THE SEATS OF VAL DE LAGNE

I) The First People’s Seat of Val de Lagne

II) The Second People’s seat of Val de Lagne

III) The Third People’s seat of Val de Lagne

IV) The Seat of the Bishop of Casica

V) The Seat of Stormont

 

THE SEATS OF NORTREBANC

I) The First People’s Seat of Nortrebanc

II) The Second People’s Seat of Nortrebanc

III) The Third People’s Seat of Nortrebanc

 

THE SEATS OF LADYR

I) The First People’s Seat of Ladyr

II) The Seat of Martiel

III) The Seat of Hrenthorne

IV) The Seat of Fir’steinn

 

THE SEATS OF SOLLAND

I) The First People’s Seat of Solland

II) The Seat of Azor

 

THE SEATS OF THE MARDONLANDS

I) The First People’s Seat of the Mardonlands

II) The Seat of Marignan

 

The newly-created regional public seats will open up at the start of the next election cycle, upon which anyone who is a citizen of the Petra, 18 years of age, and in good standing with the law may choose to run for an elected seat. Living on the land of the regional seat is not a requirement, but one must express an interest in the development of that region. All candidates will participate in a large electoral debate to express their views and goals to the people of the Commonwealth. Any seat with more than one candidate vying for it will be voted upon, however- If you are the only candidate running for a seat, you will receive it by default, unless the Garmont votes in the majority for a veto of your election.

 

These reforms will go into full effect in two years [OOC DATE: MARCH 24TH] with the coming of the next election cycle.

 

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 Introduced to the Round Table by Sir Atticus Abraham Reinhold, Rigoberto de la Cruz, Adrian Godfrey Temesch, and Sir Wilford Anton Reinhold in the Year 1967