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Seeing the immense and frightening evil of the Communist government, the Carriers decided to reestablish the [[Parliament of Packilvania]] and called for the passage of a new Constitution. Communists, republicans, theocrats and monarchists formed the different factions of the Carriers of Mercy that were in the Parliament. The theocrats and the monarchists formed an alliance and called for a [[Paxist|Paxism]] monarchy under the [[Bedonite dynasty]] with [[Amhoud I]] as the new [[Sultan of Packilvania]]. The republicans were weak and the Communists were reluctant to start another fight so they conceded and a new absolute theocratic monarchy was founded that pursued limited liberalisation in 1985. Many members of the Communist Party were granted amnesty and many kept their jobs. The PLA was merged with the Warriors to form the [[Packilvanian Armed Forces]]. PISA and the PRIA were merged to form the [[Packilvanian State Security Agency]]. To appease the Communists and show that the country had indeed changed, the Carriers were dissolved as an organisation and political parties were banned because the new government felt that parties were dangerous, seemingly dangerous enough to eradicate thousands of people with nuclear weapons.
== Organisation and Governance ==
The Carriers of Mercy after it officially declared it's independence from the Packilvanian Communist Party was administered by the Supreme Council. The Supreme Council consisted of members that had last been elected in 1970. It adopted temporary provisions for the duration of the war whereby elections were suspended. Additionally if a member died, resigned or was declared incapacitated (by majority vote of the Supreme Council), they body could co-opt more members. Members could also be removed by a majority vote of the Supreme Council. The Supreme Council could appoint and dismiss the Supreme Leader by three quarters vote, but it never did so throughout the war. The Supreme Council had supreme judicial, executive, military, and legislative authority over the Carriers of Mercy. It vested most of the power for running the daily affairs of the organisation and overseeing the war effort to the Supreme Leader. Some of its members were heads of divisions and administered specialised areas of the functioning of the body. Despite a few members who vacated their seats for various reasons, the body largely remained unchanged since the Second Packilvanian Civil War began. The body ratified the Interim Constitution of Packilvania following the end of the war and the dissolution of the Carriers of Mercy.
The body throughout its life comprised of around 150 members however most of the decisions were made by the Standing Committee of the Supreme Councils which was chaired by the Supreme Councils and which de facto consisted of heads of divisions and made most tactical decisions. Strategic decisions that fell outside of the administration of the war such as the dissolution of the organisation were adopted by a quorate sitting of the Plenum of the Supreme Council (i.e., all its members) and it was chaired by the Chairman of the Supreme Councils who organised sittings of the body either as mandated by its procedures or as requested by the Standing Committee. It was only mandated to meet once a month, meetings which struggled to reach quorum due to the vast distances and logistical issues that the organisation faced however members could appoint proxies to vote and deliberate on their behalf which was usually other members. This enabled more senior members to exercise disproportionate influence because that had proxy for several members who were unable to attend.
The Standing Committee of the Supreme Council consisted of members of the Supreme Council who were heads of divisions as well as the Supreme Leader and the Chairman of the Supreme Council. The Standing Committee made most decisions and met weekly. It consisted of 18 members. The Supreme Leader presided over its sessions and guided its activities and policies. With the Supreme Leader accumulating considerable influence and the development of a cult of personality around him, the Supreme Council morphed into a de facto rubber stamp for his decisions and the Standing Committee rarely voted against his decisions, resulting in the Standing Committee turning into a deliberative rather than decision-making body such that while members had oversight of their respective portfolios, the Supreme Leader made decisions for general matters.
The Supreme Leader was Amhoud Bedon who was also the Supreme Commander of the Warriors of Mercy and the founder of the Carriers of Mercy. As such, he practically had absolute control of the organisation for over twenty years. When the city of Adrien was captured, the Supreme Council voted to proclaim him the Sultan of Packilvania. However his reign in that position only started once the Constitution of Packilvania was adopted and the Sultanate of Packilvania was proclaimed. As the Supreme Leader and Supreme Commander his rule was absolute. Nevertheless, he was a practical leader with a relatively free hand and thus allowed the members of the Standing Committee to express their opinions without reprisal and to manage their departments with relative autonomy and he is said to have leaned on the Standing Committee for advice and direction and to the extent that decisions affected the entire organisation such as the attack on the Trans-Packilvanian Railway or the attack on Mekedesh, he sought his mandate from the approval of the Supreme Council.
The Divisions of the Carriers of Mercy were focused more around managing the organisation in a war time structure. Many functions that had nothing to do with the war were delegated to various offices and agencies while those concerning combat, security, and stability had divisional heads. The Heads of Divisions were as follows:
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* Head of Intelligence and Internal Security
* Head of Manpower and Discipline
* Head of Materiel and Resources
* Head of Finance and Economics
* Head of Health and Welfare
* Head of Local Administration
* Head of Foreign Relations
* Head of Facilities and Infrastructure
* Head of Logistics and Support
* Head of Communications and Posts
* Head of Food Security
* Head of Religious Relations
* Head of Research and Development
* Head of Learning and Education
* Head of Administration and Organisation
* Head of Planning and Monitoring
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