The Galactic Constitution

The Galactic Constitution is a document detailing the rights of people and several New Republic related rules and laws that all must follow, It was created in a senate meeting in 10 ABY By Chancellor Zhuge Jhe and it was largely supported by both populists and centrists alike, Achieving great votes porcentage

## Contents

The Constitution is composed of 32 Articles and 6 Chapters that are detailed here, Most of its contents advocate for a healthy relation between the member planets and the state, Bringing a middle ground between the Populists and Centrists

*Article 1*

**The New Republic Is a Republic.**

**State authority derives from the people.**

*Article 2*

* **State authority is derived from the people. It shall be exercised by the people through elections and other votes and through specific legislative, executive and judicial bodies.**
* **The legislature shall be bound by The Constitution.**

*Article 3*

**[Protection of the natural foundations of life and animals]**

**Mindful also of its responsibility towards future generations, the state shall protect the natural foundations of life and animals by legislation and, in accordance with law and justice, by executive and judicial action, all within the framework of the constitutional order.**

*Article 4*

[Political parties]

* **Political parties shall participate in the formation of the political will of the people. They may be freely established. Their internal organisation must conform to democratic principles. They must publicly account for their assets and for the sources and use of their funds.**
* **Parties that, by reason of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, seek to undermine or abolish the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the New Republic shall be unconstitutional. The New Republic Court shall rule on the question of unconstitutionality.**
* **Parties that, by reason of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, seek to undermine or abolish the free shall be unconstitutional. The New Republic Court shall rule on the question of unconstitutionality.**
* **Details shall be regulated by Republic laws.**

# Chapter 2: The Senate and the Chancellor

*Article 5*

* **All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in the Senate of the New Republic.**
* **Only a recognised adult, a citizen of the New Republic and democratically elected resident of their own planet can be a Senator.**

*Article 6*

**No Member of the Senate shall be prosecuted, investigated, arrested, detained or tried in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast in the performance of his official duties.**

*Article 7*

* **Any new article, decision or change that affects the Republic as a whole, will have to be agreed upon by a majority of the Senate, effectively creating an indirect Election or Vote on the Senate. The Chancellor has to have full Senate approval to pass any law, article or decision.**
* **Any event that is of any importance to the Republic shall be informed to the Senate**

*Article 8.*

* **The Chancellor of the Republic shall ensure due respect for the Constitution. He shall ensure, by his adjudication, the proper functioning of the public authorities and the continuity of the State.**

* **He shall be the guarantor of national independence, territorial integrity and due respect for Treaties.**

*Article 9.*

* **The Chancellor of the Republic shall be elected for a term of six years by direct universal rights to voting.**
* **No one may hold office for more than two consecutive terms.**
* **The manner of implementation of this article shall be determined by an Institutional Act.**

*Article 10*

* **The Chancellor of the Republic shall be elected by an absolute majority of votes cast. If such a majority is not obtained on the first ballot, a second ballot shall take place on the fourteenth day thereafter. Only the two candidates polling the greatest number of votes in the first ballot, after any withdrawal of better-placed candidates, may stand in the second ballot.**
* **The process of electing a Chancellor shall commence by the calling of said election by the Senate.**

*Article 11*

**The Chancellor of the Republic shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Republic Military Forces. He shall preside over the higher national defence councils and committees.**

*Article 12*

**The Senate has the right and power to force the Chancellor out of office if the Ethics Comittee calls for a vote of no confidence. The Chancellor only be voted out of office if the senate vote over 90% in favour. If the Chancellor is voted out, the party will elect a new Chancellor or if the outgoing Chancellor is party less, the Senate will vote in a new Chancellor.**

*Article 13*
**The Chancellor may be allowed to enact the Emergency Powers Act only if over 90% vote in favour of granting the Chancellor this power. The act will grant the Chancellor an indefinite term limit and emergency powers to enable the Chancellor to create laws and decisions without full Senate approval. The Chancellor however will have no powers to change or amend this Constitution without Senate approval. The Emergency Powers Act will, by the Constitution, be withdrawn after 10 years of approval or if 50% of the Senate votes for the removal of the Powers.**

 Article 14

The Citizens of each planets shall be entitled to all Privileges and Laws of the New Republic.

*Article 15*

**A person charged in any planet with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another planet, shall on demand be delivered to the planet from which the person fled.**

*Article 16*

**The New Republic shall guarantee to every planet in this Union a Democratic or Monarchic Form of Government as it the cultural custom, as long as it is constitutional.**

*Article 17*

**New Planets membership may be admitted by the Senate into this Republic under the Guidelines of the Coruscant Accords.**

*Article 18*

**All planets are bound to adhere to all New Republic laws and regulations, as dictated by this Constitution.**

*Article 19*

**No Planets shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or conference, print money ; emit bills of Credits and create or remove laws without the approval of the Senate**

**No Planet shall, without the consent of the Senate, lay any tariffs or duties on imports or exports , except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and impost, laid by any Planet on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the Ministry of Finance Of the New Republic; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Senate**

**No Planet shall, without the Consent of the Senate, lay any duty of military, keep troops, or ships in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another planet, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.**

*Article 20*

**The Senate shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, tariffs, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the New Republic; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the New Republic.**

**To regulate commerce with foreign planets, and among the several members planets, and with the Second Galactic Empire.**

**To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the New Republic.**

**To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the New Republic or in any Department or Officer thereof.**

**To make rules for the government and regulations of the land and naval forces;**

**To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;**

**To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the New Republic, reserving to the planets respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Parliament.**

*Article 21*

* **The Member planets shall have their own separate government from the New Republic, and shall present frequent reports of their actions, As managing tens of thousands of planets is nearly impossible, But ultimately answer to the Senate of the New Republic, Each planet shall have one representative on the Senate**
* **Advisors provided by the Senate shall remain in each planet as to observe, report and be a anti-corruption agent**

*Article 22*

**Member Planets must follow the laws of chapter 4. And this constitution itself and any form of basic laws apply and approve by this Senate**

# Chapter 4: Rights of Sentience

*Article 23*

**Everyone is free and we should all be treated in the same way.**

*Article 24*

**Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Constitution, without distinction of any kind, such as species, colour, sex, language, religion, ability or disability, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.**

*Article 25*

**Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.**

*Article 26*

**No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.**

*Article 27*

**Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.**

*Article 28*
**Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to species, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.**

**Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.**

**The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.**

*Article 29*

**Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.**

**No one may be compelled to belong to an association.**

*Article 30*

**All People have the right to form clubs and societies.**

**Associations, the purposes or activities of which conflict with criminal statutes or which are directed against the constitutional order or the concept of international understanding, are prohibited.**

*Article 31*

**People enjoy freedom of movement throughout the Republic  territory.**

**This right may be restricted only by or pursuant to a statute and only in cases in which an adequate basis for personal existence is lacking and special burdens would result therefrom for the community, or in which such restriction is necessary to avert an imminent danger to the existence or the free democratic basic order of the Republic or a Planet, to combat the danger of epidemics, to deal with natural disasters or particularly grave accidents, to protect young people from neglect, or to prevent crime.**

*Article 32*

**All People have the right to freely choose their occupation, their place of work, and their place of study or training. The practice of an occupation can be regulated by or pursuant to a statute.**

**No person may be forced to perform work of a particular kind except within the framework of a traditional compulsory community service that applies generally and equally to all.**

**Forced labour may be imposed only on persons deprived of their liberty by a court sentence.**