What is the actual power of the Chairman of Congress?

Day 4,287, 03:46 Published in Netherlands Netherlands by ElGorro


What is the actual power of the Chairman of Congress?

In the eNetherlands we came up with a made up position (one of many) of Chairman of Congress. This basicly to guide Congress to the made up rules of our Lawbook, to see everything is handled correctly. Every now and then someone is chosen who abuses the position, to boss around, like a Congressional President or even Dictator.

In this piece, we will have a look on two questions: What is the actual power of the Chairman? and Is it possible to have a Congress without a Chairman?

What is the actual power of the Chairman?

Lets have a look in the Lawbook for that:

- The Chairman of Congress moderates the Congress, and reviews accepted proposals on issues of grammar, spelling, and consistency of laws. -
Old rule, that was based on the former system we had on the forum. Its not really possible to moderate the ingame Congress we have right now. Also he can review new proposals to match them with the grammar, spelling, and consistency of laws. Nothing e.g. on declaring votes illegal or invalid.

- The Chairman of Congress is senior to the Deputy Chairman of Congress. -
Yeah, the Chairman can boss around the deputy to get him another coffee or something.

- The Chairman of Congress represents Congress and is responsible for informing Congress Members and citizens about events in Congress. -
Yeah, what exactly. Events in Congress. When we arrange a Congressional sport event, he will be the first to inform the others.

- The Blacklist will be managed by the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress. -
He is managing the blacklist, but not deciding who's on it and who's not. That is up to Congress.

- If no vote on the topic has been started after 168 hours, and 48 hours have passed since the last comment, the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress may choose to close the debate. -
Old rule, it's not actually possible to close debates anymore. That was based on the old forum system.

- The classified information in the private section of Congress can be disclosed by the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress or by a majority vote in Congress. -
He is allowed to release all kind of secrets we are discussing in Congress. Handy!

- After the voting round ends, the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress will calculate the votes and announce the outcome. In the case of a simple majority, the proposal will take immediate effect. -
The Chairman has to possess the power to count.

- (Deputy) Chairman of Congress is responsible for the moderation of voting messages and for publishing the result and details of the vote in "UNL Binnenhof" newspapers during the next 168 hours. -
Clear task. Inform the people on what is decided by Congress.

- The Chairman of Congress is responsible for administrating referendums via UNL Binnenhof newspapers. -
Another clear task, but let's hope we won't have one anymore with the current number of people in our community.

- The Government can at any time request the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress to modify the undermentioned list. Details of Governmental Programs can be freely edited, the launch or discontinuing of a Program, however, requires an announcement in the debating section of Congress. -
Administrating more lists. Ok, clear.

- The Government can at any time request the (Deputy) Chairman of Congress to modify the undermentioned list. (of Essential Documents of the eNetherlands) -
And even more lists to administer.

Nothing more is within the mandate of being elected as Chairman.

Is it possible to have a Congress without a Chairman?

Of course we can! We can do the same with one person appointed for a longer period as Wiki administrator and counter of votes. Let's organize it the same way, we organized the Key Keeper position. In a world like that, Congress Members can use their own newspapers to start debates and create their own pm group to organize a vote on that. Yeah, that sounds like a really simple system without any unneeded rules and to give a stage to power abusing people who frustrate Congress.

Thank you for your time to read this piece. Just give it a thought.