BREAKING: New constitution adopted, Dovanian Empire proclaimed, House of Simid-al-Akram to sit the throneDecember 30th, 5205Chinasa: Just before we celebrate the coming of a new year the constitutional convention has announced that the referendums on adopting the constitution and installing the House of Simid-al-Akram to the throne have passed in the affirmative, officially marking the adoption of the new constitution and the proclamation of the Dovanian Empire. The news came just hours after the results of the second referendum in one month, that of installing the House of Simid-al-Akram, came in. These results saw a overwhelming majority of North Dovanians vote to invite the head of the house, Numair I, to sit on the newly created "Ice Throne". Only a small majority of Kyo people voted against his ascension, largely because its leaders had called on them to do so believing that Numair was to closely alligned with the Keobi and Huhoa people. Numair, the head of the Minese tribe Simid-al-Akram, had been ruling a series of villages in northern Mina for over a decade. With his 62 years old hes relatively young. The convention, searching for a suitable monarch, offered him the new North Dovanian throne under the condition that he would relinquish his lands and titles in Mina as well as his Minese citizenship and instead fully dedicate himself to North Dovani, to which he agreed. With the referendum also confirming his ascension he is now officially titled Protector of the Realm, Bearer of the Faiths, Soul of the Northern People and Emperor on the Ice Throne.
Besided Numair his ascension the new imperial constitution has also been approved, with interim leader Chibuzo Chydee proclaiming the new Dovanian Empire in front of a crowd of nearly 1 million people in the Kyo city of Jinppo. The new constitution officially created a constitutional monarchy under a democratic system but with some interesting features compared to other constitutional monarchies. The country shall be a federal empire, with three ethnic Regions receiving the rights that states did under the previous constitution, allowing them to legislate a wide range of topics themselves. Below the Regions will be whatever the regions legislative as their administrative divisions, likely to be municipalities and potentially smaller divisions. On the federal level however the country will be divided into 22 districts following the lines of the previous states. These districts have no administrative function other then serving as divisions for elections in the country, representing geographic areas of importance. The island chains that had gained autonomy under the previous government will retain their autonomous status and will be seperated from the regional administrations. As for the federal government it will be organized into a parliamentary democracy with the previous party bloc voting system being applied for the election of the newly created Chamber of Deputies, changed from the Congress of Deputies. The new Chamber of Deputies will be elected every 5 years and consist of 580 seats. It will be the primary body of the Imperial Congress, serving as the chamber of confidence for the government. The upper house will be the Imperial Senate, elected by the regions which each elect 50 senators. The senate is a staired election, meaning it elects 50 new senators every 2 years (based on regional elections). The Senate will have the power to veto any legislation passed by the Chamber subject to a 2/3rd overwrite by the Chamber. The senate will also be in charge of constitutional ammendments and approving government appointments.
Different from other parliamentary monarchies is that the monarch will gain the right to use the reserve powers granted to him/her at their discretion, not needing advice or approval from government. This means that under this constitution the Emperor may disband the Chamber of Deputies, appoint the Prime Minister, lead the Armed Forces and veto legislation by not signing it into law without the need for any check or balance, granting the Monarch somewhat of a influential position. Besides this the monarch is official head of state, meaning he represents the nation abroad although he is expected to delegate this task to government from time to time. Also while he has the power to appoint any Prime Minister he would like, the Chamber of Deputies can still issue a vote of no-confidence, thus all but ensuring that he has to appoint a PM with a parliamentary majority. He can also dismiss the PM, but if he does so all government ministers are expected to resign.
The Prime Minister will be head of government under this constitution and, once appointed by the monarch, has broad powers such as appointing all other government ministers without the need for a confirmation vote, appointing federal judges (with the need for senate approval), setting out domestic and foreign policy agendas, chairing the Cabinet, oversee security agencies and any task delegated to him by the monarch, which often is leading the Armed Forces in peacetime.
The new Dovanian Empire is thus set to become a unique mix of democracy and interventionism. Millions are celebrating in nearly every major city as this new era of North Dovani is set to commence. With this new constitution also come new elections, with all previous political parties barred from participating in the Chamber of Deputies election scheduled to be held in 1 month time to ensure a fresh new era without previous conflict can be formed.
Referendum results of the house invited to ruleReferendum results of adopting the new imperial constitution