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Written by CV James in South East of England, eUnited Kingdom.

It is some time since I have last played an active role in eRepublik, and an even longer since I was last in eUK, but during this time, I have been able to take a step back and develop a view of eUK from the outside.

As a regular, and formerly slightly obsessive citizen of eUK, I know how easy it is to become embroiled in customs, traditions and a set thought, and often removing yourself from such a society allows yourself to develop a more objective viewpoint. Times have changed, I have changed, and eUK has changed - and having studied and watched eUK and other eNations, and as a student of Politics at University, I would like to present to you my thoughts on an 'ideal' democracy in eUK.

An apology to eUK

Firstly, however, I would like to start by making peace with eUK; my relationship with my home nation became strained, hence why I left, and I would like the opportunity to start over and wipe the slate clean. I did, regrettably become involved in an embarassing leak scandal from the House of Commons Sensitive area some months ago; although I wholeheartedly to this day deny any prior intent or involvement in the leak itself, my account was the account used to discover and leak the information, and as account holder – I take responsibility for this latent security. I wish to apologise to the administration at the time any harm it may have caused, and I will strive to prevent it happening again, furthermore I wish to relinquish any future right to access the sensitive area should I, for any reason, get elected to the Commons in the future, as a show of responsibility.

Before I start, this is literally just MY THOUGHTS, I am not proposing eUK actually adopt this system, I would like to start a discussion on the 'ideal' democracy eUK could have.

The current system

Now onto a discussion of democratic structure. At the moment, the eUK political system looks something like this:



The Prime Minister is the Head of Government, and is elected through direct popular vote by the electorate. The House of Commons is likewise elected by the people and has the right to impeach the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister appoints ministers from the elected MPs. Notice however, the Prime Minister has the right to sit in the Commons and deliberate as an equal, and is a member of the Lords Selection Committee along with the 5 largest party presidents and all current Lords.

The CV Jamesian Proposal!

As a whole, granted, the system is OK; it does its job most of the time. But I have been studying it and would like to present my ideal ‘CV Jamesian’ structure, which although is not strikingly different, has some key changes, and is based loosely on a semi-presidential system, such as the one in RL Poland. Noticeable, despite my previous opposition to the House of Lords, I appreciate its worth and support in eUK, and I support the recent changes made to the Lords Selection Committee. This said, I object to the concept of a ‘Lord’ on a principal, and suggest the upper house become the ‘House of Elders’.



Obviously, the unchangeable remain the same – the PM (or President as I advocate we call the position) and Commons are elected by the people. However, I would like to implement a true separation of powers, and remove the current right of the executive to sit in the Commons and be a part of the Lords/Elders Selection Committee. The Legislature and Executive will now become entirely divorced. Furthermore, the leader of the largest party in Commons following the Congress elections will become the “Prime Minister” (of the assembly). He effectively replaces the role of Speaker of the Commons which exists as a ministerial post at the moment, but noticeably I propose this Speaker role will extend to the Elders’ too – the Prime Minister shall act as a Speaker for both Houses and shall do all within his power to prevent deadlock between the two houses, and between the legislature and the President. Furthermore, it shall be the Prime Minister who appoints Ministers, not the President, although the President will be required to ratify the PM’s choices in a 24 hour period, otherwise the choices will automatically be accepted.

I believe this system to be more in line with the true democratic principle of separation of powers, whilst retaining the checks and balance system and aiming to prevent deadlock often associated with separation of powers.

I accept there may be issues with my proposal, I have been playing with it for a few days and considering different factors – and I would love to hear what you, the citizens of eUK think, and to discuss anything I have missed out or not considered. Message me in-game, on the forums or leave a comment below!

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