Republics Council Amendment

## What the Republics Council is

The Republics Council is the Representative Body of all the Union Republics.

## Place of Sitting

The place of sitting of the Republics Council Headquarters is Jerusalem, while the Branch of the Council in each Republic (the Council leading the Republic) shall be at the Capital of the Republic.

## Composition

The Republics Council shall Include the Leaders of Each Republic and The Leaders of the Autonomous Republics. The Leader of an Autonomous Republic is appointed to the Post by a Leader of the "Master Republic". The Leaders of the Republics elect a President of the Republics Council for a term of 3 Months.

## Appointment

Each Republic Leader is Appointed by the Prime Minister during the Prime Minister's Appointment to form a Government, after an Election.

## The Right to be Appointed

Any Person can be appointed as a Republic Leader, but it is recommended to appoint someone who is local or knows the Republic Well, as the Republic Leader.

## Role of the Republics

The Republics shall act more as Districts, and may not leave the Union.

## Declaration of allegiance by Council Members

a. A Republics Council Member shall make a declaration of allegiance; the declaration shall read as follows:

"I pledge myself to bear allegiance to the Union of Israeli Socialist Republics and faithfully to discharge my mandate as a member of the Republics Council."

b. Procedures for the declarations shall be prescribed by law.

## President and Vice-President of the Republics Council

a. The Republics Council shall elect from among its members a President and Vice-President. Until the President is elected, the President of the State shall act as the Temproary President.

b. The Council may, by a resolution passed by a majority of its members, suspend the President or a Vice-President or set restrictions on their post; particulars to be set by law.

c. The Council may, by a resolution passed by a majority of its members or by a larger majority as may be prescribed by law, to remove from post the President or a Vice-President; particulars to be set by law.

#### **Acting President and Interim President of the Republics Council**

a. Whenever the President of the Republics Council leaves the territory of the State, a Vice-President shall serve as Acting President until their return.

b. Whenever the President of the Republics Council notifies the Council that for reasons of health the President of the Republics Council is temporarily unable to carry out their functions, or the President announces that they are temporarily unable to perform their duties and the Council acknowledges their announcement, a Vice-President shall serve as Acting President until the President notifies the Council, or until the Council decides that the President is no longer unable to carry out their functions.

c. When the post of President of the Republics Council has fallen vacant - because the President has resigned or has died or because the Council has decided that for reasons of health they are permanently unable to carry out their functions - a Vice-President shall serve as Interim President until the Republics Council elects a new President.

c1. If the President of the Republics Council is suspended from their post by a decision under Section 8(c), a Vice-President shall serve as Acting President until the suspension is lifted or until the election of a new President, as relevant.

c2. If the President of the Republics Council is removed from their post by a decision under Section 8(d), a Vice-President shall serve as Acting President until the election of a new President.

d. The Vice-President who is to serve as Acting President or Interim President of the Republics Council shall be elected in that behalf by the Republics Council.

e. During their tenure as Acting President or Interim President of the Republics Council, the Vice-President shall serve in every capacity assigned to the President of the Republics Council by law, shall carry out every function imposed upon the President of the Republics Council by law and shall exercise every power vested in the President of the Republics Council by law.

f. The provisions of this section shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, if the circumstances envisaged in subsection (a), (b), (c), (c1) or (c2) with regard to the President of the Republics Council exist with regard to a Vice-President who is serving as Acting President or Interim President.

## Forming, Dissolving and Splitting Republics and/or Autonomous Republics

The Formation, Dissolution or Splitting of a Republic shall be Approved by an 8-Members Majority of the Republics Council, and then Approval from the President of the State.

The Formation, Dissolution or Splitting of an Autonomous Republic shall be done by a Republic Leader (within the Autonomous Republic's Area), with Approval of the President of the Supreme Court and a Majority of 7 Council Members.

## Republics of the Union

The List of the Republics of the Union are as Follows;

* Jerusalem Israeli Socialist Republic
* Tel-Aviv Israeli Socialist Republic
* Sharon Israeli Socialist Republic
* Haifa Israeli Socialist Republic
* Lower Galilee Israeli Socialist Republic
* Upper Galilee Israeli Socialist Republic
* Golan Israeli Socialist Republic
* Samaria Israeli Socialist Republic
* Judea Israeli Socialist Republic
* Shfela Israeli Socialist Republic
* Be'er-Sheva Israeli Socialist Republic
* Gaza Israeli Socialist Republic
* Eilat Israeli Socialist Republic
* Negev Israeli Socialist Republic
* Ashdod Israeli Socialist Republic

This Section shall only be Changed upon Approval of the President of the State and the Knesset, or after changes to the Republics shall be done.

## Jerusalem Republic

The Jerusalem Republic shall have a Special Autonomy, as it houses the Capital of the State.

## Golan Republic

The Golan Republic's Laws shall be Determined by the Golan Heights Amendment.

## Arab Republics

Many of the Republics shall Grant Autonomy to the Local Arab Residents, mainly in the Samaria, Judea and Gaza Republics.

## Ashdod Republic

The Ashdod Republic shall house the Special Economic Zone of Ad-Halom, and the City of Ashdod shall begin to House Embassies and Consulates.