Re: Jakania
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:22 pm
Dokuz: President Gul, despite currently still being constitutionally required to do so, has refused to appoint a Prime Minister, instead appointing all ministers in the Council and leaving the Prime Minister's office vacant. The move by the president seems to directly contradict the constitution, which is still organized in a semi-presidential manner. While a proposition to turn Jakania into a full presidential system is currently being debated by the Assembly it has yet to pass, making the act by the President unconstitutional. Oppossition members have strictly condemned the move, suggesting it is a way for President Gul "to force through his reforms by leaving the executive without a proper head of government."
President Gul has stated that he isnt refusing to appoint a Prime Minister, but instead has decided to postpone such appointment to allow "a pressure free debate on constitutional reform in the Assembly." The Supreme Court has rejected a official request by oppossition figures to open a case against the President's move, saying in their response that "there is no time indication in which a president should appoint a Prime Minister. Unless the President assumes the powers of the Premiership unconstitutionally, there is no basis for a case."
The Council of Ministers has now formally been seated, officially without a head to direct them, but unofficially communications appear to run through the Jakanian Democracy party channels, with all ministers coming from the new ruling party. This indirectly hands the president control over the council of ministers, despite his repeated denial of this being the case.