Executive

##### **Power and Responsibility**

 The head of the Jamesonian executive branch is none other than the president himself, serving simultaneously as the official head of state and government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Term limits of office is set at two, with every term four years. According to the Commonwealth Constitution, the president has the right and power to pass or veto bills already passed by the legislature as well as the jurisdiction to issue executive orders within the power that the law enables him. Since modern presidents are typically viewed as leaders of their political parties, major policymaking is significantly shaped by the outcome of presidential elections, with presidents taking an active role in promoting their policy priorities to members of the legislature who are often electorally dependent on the president. In recent decades, presidents have also made increasing use of executive orders, agency regulations, and judicial appointments to shape domestic policy. Though head of the military, the president do not obtain complete control over the armed forces. He is privileged to order the initiation and mobilization of the military and authorize them on a strategic operation within the maximum time of 120 days. The president also has the responsibility to appoint federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers. Based on constitutional provisions empowering the president to appoint and receive ambassadors and conclude treaties with foreign powers, and on subsequent laws enacted by the legislature, the modern presidency has primary responsibility for conducting Jamesonian foreign policy.

##### **Election**

Presidents are directly elected based upon the popular vote. However, if the margin of votes between the candidates exceeded a minimum number (5000), the results will be based on the electoral college, with each state retaining a certain number of delegates. If even the electoral college can’t decide on a winner, then Article X of the Commonwealth constitution will be initiated, of which a group of randomly chosen citizens of the nation with no criminal records will be given the gavel of jurisdiction.

##### **Symbols and Traditions**

After the erection of a democratic system since the **Great Transition**, the leaders of the nation has been officially deemed prime ministers, chancellors, and presidents by the Medal Transition Ceremony, of which two medals forged from the tip of the former crown will be presented to the new leader. The two medals are the Medal of Democracy, representing the leaders’ responsibility to preserve and protect democracy. And the Medal of the Last King, representing the leaders’ responsibility to the former kings, whose wise, flexible, firm and prudent action had brought the country through tears and toil, and to remind them that the power of which they held is enabled and authorized by the last king.

  The role of the last king played an important role. For example, the president-elect’s pledge of allegiance is always started with “By the last will of the last king.” And the president-elect must always kiss the crown of the former monarchy before being sworn in.

#### **Vice President**

 The vice president is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the Jamesonian government, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Senate deliberations at any time, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office. According to sector 4 of article 3 of the Commonwealth Constitution, the vice president may also be appointed by the president to fill a vacancy, via majority confirmation by both the Senate and the House.

The modern vice presidency is a position of significant power and is widely seen as an integral part of a president's administration. While the exact nature of the role varies in each administration, most modern vice presidents serve as a key presidential advisor, governing partner, and representative of the president. The vice president is also a statutory member of the Cabinet and National Security Council and thus plays a significant role in executive government and national security matters. As the vice president's role within the executive branch has expanded, the legislative branch role has contracted; for example, vice presidents now preside over the Senate only infrequently.

#### **The Cabinet**

The Cabinet of Jamesonia is a body consisting of the vice president and the heads of the executive branch's departments in the government. It is the principal official advisory body to the president. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, are members of the Cabinet, and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as members of the Cabinet.

### **Location and Official Office**

The official office of the executive branch of Jamesonia is the Grey Palace, 1500 Richard Avenue. As a magnificent piece of art, it symbolizes the center and peak of Jamesonian comprehensive power, as well as the organic combination of nearly 800 years of Jamesonian classical and modern art development. Initially designed by the renowned Sir Charles Spencer as the Imperial Palace for the monarch, its purpose has been adjusted, under **the Last Will of the Last King**, to serve the nation as a political center.