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a) commits a crime against the Crown
b) the government has fallen and a new election needs to be
c) in a State of Emergency that must be approved by the Prime Minister's Cabinet
While the Crown has the power appoint any person they want as a diplomat to another nation, the Crown has a small Foreign Affairs Committee comprised of 5 sitting members of the General Assembly. King Eldras VI used this briefly when nominating Dorothea to be diplomat to both [[Norgsveldet]] and [[New Leganes]], and when he created the position of Ambassador to the [[Union of Commonwealth Alliances|UCA]]. Dorothea
===The Parliament===
The Parliament was established in August 2020 after a referendum to ratify the Constitution of the Kingdom of Alksearia. The first government formed was under Matthias Barbet, a well-known activist for democracy within Alksearia. He had met with King Eldras VI on numerous occasions to help establish what the Parliament would look like. When the referendum passed, Barbet had his fellow activists and friends band together to create the Liberal Alksearia Party. Unsurprisingly, Liberal Alksearia won more than enough seats to form the first government. The other two parties were formed in reaction to the rise of Liberal Alksearia. The Nationalist Party was set up to uphold traditional Alkari traditions while also limiting the power of the central government. The Monarchists were formed to give the Monarch more power and to limit the power of the Legislature. Both of these early opposition parties were faced with a ton of internal struggles and instability until the fall of the Liberal Alksearia party in
The Parliament is split into two chambers: The General Assembly (lower house) and the Senate (Upper House). The General Assembly and the Senate have the ability to propose and approve of any bills submitted to either chamber. Both houses must approve legislation before it is signed into law. The Government is formed in the lower house. The current government is lead by Prime Minister [[Matthias Barbet]], however, after his arrest, a special election is expected to take place on
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The General Assembly also has the power to confirm the Prime Minister's nominations to cabinet positions. While it is not required that member as of the Cabinet be from the Governing Party, it has been observed that all members of the Cabinet have been from the Governing Party. PM Matthias Barbet was once asked why he never considered an opposition member for a Cabinet position, and he simple said, "It is my job to lead a nation, and the only one I know who will help me are members of my party. We have the votes and we hold the majority. I do not need the Opposition poisoning the Government."
While the government is formed by the majority, the Opposition forms the Shadow Government. Being a Shadow Minister does not give any addition power to an MP. The leader of the Shadow Government is the Leader of the Opposition. During the previous session, the Leader of the Opposition was [[David Pernet]] of the Monarchist Party. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is [[Fabien Morel]] from the Nationalist Party. The Shadow Government was formed as a coalition against Liberal Alksearia and the "radical changes they sought to bring to our Kingdom
The current ruling Party, [[Liberal Alksearia]], held a majority of seats in the General Assembly with 290 seats after an election in late July 2020. They held onto this majority until 15th October 2020, when the government fell with the arrest of Matthias Barbet. On 16th October 2020, Liberal Alksearia voted against a proposal to form a Minority hold-over government that would be controlled by the Opposition. With the rejection of this proposal, a special election was called. In the Interim, Liberal Alksearia was renamed to the National Alksearia Party (NAP) to better reflect the values that the party stood for, and to distance themselves from Barbet. The leader of NAP, Enzo Giraud, has had the difficult task of leading an extremely small minority government after [[Roland Jerome]] split with the party after the NAP leadership convention.
A special election was planned to occur on
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