Supreme People's Commissioner of Erusia

Supreme People's Commissioner
of the National People's Executive Committee

Kai Roosevelt
November 10th 2008
Residence	None official
Term length	Six months
Inaugural holder	Robert Lethler
Formation	1st National Constitution January 6th 2010
Website	None

This article is about the Head of State of Erusia. For the political title of the same name, see Supreme People's Commissioner

The Supreme People's Commissioner of the National People's Executive Committee (Erusian: Qaevaxu Leohju Xapuez Leluv eg Kut Qaevaxu Ruzalhez, Kut Qaevaxu Ruzalhez), commonly known simply as the Commissioner, is the official Head of State of the Democratic People's Republic of Erusia and the head of the national executive. Also known officially as the People's President, the Supreme People's Commissioner is generally seen as the supreme leader of the nation. The Commissioner is officially elected in an open, competetive democratic vote by the National People's Assembly - in practice, the Erusian National Communist Party unilaterally nominates a single candidate for the office and denies all opponents permission to stand through it's control over the People's Electoral Commission, meaning that only a Communist (or possibly one day Trade Unionist) will hold the office. Since November 10 2008, the Supreme People's Commissioner has been Robert Lethler, who has been elected four times (having never served one full term).

Powers and duties

The role of the Supreme People's Commissioner is only vaguely defined in both the constitutiton and in national law. This is likely intentional on the part of the ruling Erusian National Communist Party, in order to ensure it's Central Committee retains political power if a Commissioner was ever deemed too radical or too weak to fulfill their duties to the satisfaction of the Party. The Commissioner is the head of the Executive branch of government and as such is concerned chiefly with the development of national policies, as well as providing general leadership and political direction - it is the Commissioner who serves as "helmsan of the Erusian ship", subject to course changes by the Communist Party but otherwise granted freedom to diret the affairs of the nation as they see fit. They also freely appointed standing members to the Committee, allowing them to determine the makeup of the ministerial cabinet without scrutiny.

One of the most important responsibilities of the Commissioner is the management of foreign relations - only the Supreme People's Commissioner may direct the foreign affairs of the nation, although they cannot sign any binding treaty or declare war on a nation within legislative approval. Internally, the Supreme People's Commissioner works closely with the Premier of the National People's Assembly to develop and work out the implementation of national government policy. As is the case with all offices, the authority of the Commissioner remains subject to the authority of the Communist Party.

Selection

History

There have been four elections for the appointment of the Supreme People's Commissioner to date, each one using a different system to elect the Commissioner and all four elections having been won by incumbent Robert Lethler. Lethler was first elected as Commissioner on a de facto basis by the 1st National Congress of the Erusian National Communist Party and re-elected again in an open, competetive election against Maria Carlisle. When the 1st National Constitution was revised in January 2009 however, it was declared that there would be no further elections for the office of Supreme People's Commissioner and the Communist Party unilaterally appointed Lethler to a third, indefinite term. All three systems have since been abandoned.

Current system

Under the terms of the current constitution, the Supreme People's Commissioner is elected once every six months by the National People's Assembly from candidates approved by the People's Electoral Commission. In theory anyone is permitted to stand for election to the office of Supreme People's Commissioner provided they give sufficient power to Communist officials upon their appointment as Commissioner - in practice, the Electoral Commission (which is under the control of the Communist Party) approves only one candidate nominated by the National Congress of the Communist Party. As such, it is almost garaunteed that the Commissioner will always be the General Secretary of the Erusian National Communist Party (although the General Secretary is half-way into a Commissioner's term).

List of Supreme People's Commissioners

Term No.	Order No.	Image	Name	Political Party	Term start	Term end	Notes
01	01		Robert Lethler	Communist	November 10, 2008	December 18, 2008	Nominated by the 1st National Congress of the Communist Party, elected by the Assembly.
02			Robert Lethler	Communist	December 18, 2008	January 19, 2009	Nominated by the 2nd National Congress of the Communist Party, re-elected during the December 2008 election.
03			Robert Lethler	Communist	January 19, 2009	May 15, 2009	Nominated by the 2nd National Congress of the Communist Party, re-elected indefinitely by the Communist Party after the Second Red Reformation under new constitutional rules.
04			Robert Lethler	Communist	May 15, 2009	July 6, 2009	Nominated by the 3rd National Congress of the Communist Party, re-elected by the National People's Assembly during the Third Red Reformation under new constitutional rules.
05	02		Kenneth Maisano	Communist	July 6, 2009	January 6, 2010	Elected by the National People's Assembly when Robert Lethler resigned suddenly.
05	02		Kenneth Maisano	Communist	July 6, 2009	Incumbent (Term expires June 6th 2010)	Nominated by the 4th National Congress of the Communist Party, re-elected by the National People's Assembly.