Government of Ikerlàndia
Government of Ikerlàndia Baabygoov öt Ikerlandiya | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of Ikerlàndia | |
| Polity type | Parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy |
| Constitution | Constitution of Ikerlàndia |
| Formation | February 28, 2023 |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Congress of Deputies |
| Meeting place | Mittyzöegaad |
| Lower house | |
| Name | Congress of Deputies |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of State | |
| Title | King |
| Currently | Iker I of Ikerlàndia |
| Head of Government | |
| Title | President |
| Currently | Aaron I |
| Appointer | The people |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Cabinet of Ikerlàndia |
| Current cabinet | Cabinet Aaron II |
| Leader | President |
| Appointer | President |
The Government of Ikerlàndia (Ikerlandian: Baabygoov öt Ikerlandiya) and often referred to as the Government, is the structure responsible for the central administration of the Federation of Ikerlàndia. The current construct was established through the Constitution of Ikerlàndia in 2023, wherein the Ebenthali crown because it is expressed that the Ikerlandian crown acts as a central piece of government policy, but the President being the foundation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers of the government of Ikerlàndia.
The Cabinet is a committee that sets the government's policies and priorities for the country and is chaired by the President. The Sovereign formally appoints the members of Cabinet on the advice of the President who are usually, but not necessarily, selected from the Congress of Deputies. During its term, the government must retain the confidence of the Congress of Deputies. Laws are formed by the passage of bills through Congress of Deputies, which are either sponsored by the government or individual members of the Congress of Deputies. Once a bill has been approved, royal assent is required to make the bill become law. The laws are then the responsibility of the government to oversee and enforce.
Government structure
Monarchy
As per Art. 1 of the Constitution, Ikerlàndia is a constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary system, wherein the role of the King of Ikerlàndia is both legal, practical and political. The King, also referred to as Monarch and Sovereign, is constitutionally designated as the sole head of state and interpreted as the incarnation of the state itself. Some political powers are vested in and derived from the Monarch, being exercised by multiple institutions - the Crown among them - on behalf of the Sovereign.
Analogous to the semi-presidential system, the Monarch is the highest executive authority and is entitled to veto or grant royal assent to any legislation at its discretion. He is also responsible for prorogue and dissolve the Congress of Deputies, commission officers in the Defense Forces as his Commander-in-Chief, to appoint the Adjudicators of the Supreme Court, to grant prerogative of mercy and commute sentences, to create corporations by royal charter, to confer honors and titles, to credit and receive diplomats, to recognise sovereign states, to declare war and make peace and to ratify international treaties.
Executive
In a much similarity from most constitutional monarchies, the executive power in Ikerlandia is exercised by the President, the latter through the ministerial cabinet which he presides over. In practice, this means that the leader of the political party with an absolute majority of seats in the Congress of Deputies is chosen to be the President. If no party has an absolute majority, the leader of the largest party is given the first opportunity to form a coalition or a minority government. The President then selects the other Ministers which make up the Cabinet and act as political heads of the various State Ministries. The President is responsible for heading the Cabinet, select its members and formulate government policy.
As in some other parliamentary systems of government, the executive, often referred to as "the government", is drawn from [but not exclusivelly] the parliament. Unlike, however, most parliamentary systems, the President's position is answerable to both parliament, as his position depends not only on parliament's confidence, but on the Monarch's confidence, and in order to exert with safety his functions, the President had to dominate the caprice, the oscillations and ambitions of the Parliament, as well as to preserve always unalterable the favor, the good will of the Sovereign.
Legislative
Legislative power emmanates from the Sovereign and is vested upon the Congress of Deputies, the country's uncameral legislature from which government is drawn and to which it is answerable. The Congress of Deputies is formed by the members that are elected by universal suffrage for 6-month terms representing the administrative divisions of Ikerlàndia as constituencies. Each constituency provides 1 parliamentarian for every 0-10 inhabitants, thus determining the number of seats. The President is selected from the party that has the most seats in the Congress.
The monarch normally asks a person commissioned to form a government simply whether it can survive in the Congress of Deputies, something which majority governments are expected to be able to do. In exceptional circumstances the monarch asks someone to 'form a government' with a parliamentary minority which in the event of no party having a majority requires the formation of a coalition government or 'confidence and supply' arrangement. A government is not formed by a vote of the Congress of Deputies, it is a commission from the Monarch. The Councillors gets its first chance to indicate confidence in the new government when it votes on the Speech from the Throne (the legislative programme proposed by the new government).
Administrative divisions
Ikerlàndia is an state composed of seven provinces and one special autonomous region, all of which may be collectively called administrative divisions. The provinces are governed through an government by a President appointed directly by the King of Ikerlàndia based on each province's party representations in the Congress of Deputies. South Baabylla and New Mittyzöegaad are classified as a special autonomous region, governed by a presidential system appointed by the King of Ikerlàndia, owning a degree of political autonomy greater than those of the provinces.