Chapter 3: Details on the organization of the Commons' Convention -part 1-
3.3. Basic structure of the Commons' Convention
Since the Commons' Conventions will be established as a analogous network in the entire Zone and their local areas, the basic structure regarding the method of electing delegates, term of office, and operation is the same for all the Commons' Conventions.
First, delegates are selected by lot drawing. The process is not a simple drawing of lots, but rather a limited drawing of lots from among the licensed.
In the case of a lottery, unlike elections, there is no regional division system, as in the case of electoral districts, but rather a single district for the entire Zone. However, in the case of a federal type Zone, the same number of delegates or a number proportional to the population is drawn for each of the Zonelets that make up the federal Zones.
In the case of a single district for the entire Zone, the lotted delegates will not be evenly distributed in their places of residence, but since the delegates to the Commons' Conventions are not representatives of the interests of their places of residence, but rather of the entire common people, regional disparity is not a problem.
In addition, since the Commons' Convention is a democratic system without political parties, delegates are not elected on a party basis. Therefore, the formation of a political party itself is not prohibited, but the sending of delegates collectively as a political party is prohibited.
Delegates have a term system, but it is not appropriate to have a term that is too long or too short, and regular replacement through a rotation system is suitable for democracy, so one term should be fixed at around 5 years. Re-election to consecutive terms is not permitted, but a person may be re-elected after a certain period of time (however, the probability of re-election is low because of the lottery system).
The Commons' Convention is managed by the Political Council, which consists of the chairperson, vice chairpersons, and chairpersons of the standing committees and special committees. Since the Commons' Convention is an all-powerful governing body, it does not have an administrative organ or department such as the Cabinet or the Chief Executive's Department, and the Political Council, which is the executive board of the Commons' Convention, performs the function of an administrative organ at the same time.
The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson(s) shall be elected from among the delegates. The chairs of the standing and special committees shall be elected by each committee. The formation of a parliamentary faction is prohibited because it leads to the formation of de facto partisan politics, and delegates work individually and on a committee-by-committee basis. Delegates may serve on up to three committees at the same time.
Since the Commons' Convention system is based on governance without a state, there can be no head of state in the first place, but the chairperson of the general/federal Commons' Convention symbolically plays the role similar to that of a head of state. Similarly, local governments do not have a local head, but the chairperson of the local Commons' Convention symbolically plays the role similar to that of a a local head.
👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.
