Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly

Emblem of the Presidium

The **Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly** (Ohitoan: 𞤆𞤪𞤫𞤧𞤭𞤣𞤭𞤵𞤥 𞤮𞤬 𞤼𞤸𞤫 𞤅𞤵𞤨𞤪𞤫𞤥𞤫 𞤌𞤸𞤭𞤼𞤮𞤢𞤲 𞤀𞤧𞥆𞤫𞤥𞤦𞤤𞤴) is a body of state power in Ohito. The presidium was elected by joint session of both houses of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly to act on its behalf while the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly was not in session. By the 1936 and 1977 Ohitoan Assembly Constitution, the Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly served as the collective head of state of the Ohito. In all its activities, the Presidium was accountable to the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly of the Ohito. It also serves as the Presidium of the NKPO.

## Election

The Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly was elected by the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly of the Ohito at a joint session of both chambers at the first session of each after convocation. The deputies of the Presidium were appointed for the duration of the term of office of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly. The Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly of the Ohito consisted of a General Secretary (which is always the General Secretary of the NKPO and the Guide of Ndaaani, it has the same power as the Chairman and is only ceremonial), joint-chairmen, a first vice-chairman, a secretary, and 20 members. The Presidium was accountable to the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly of Ohito for all its activities.

The General Secretary of the Presidium was always the Ohitoan Negus, and the Chairmen were always the Head of States of Ohito. The chairman of the Presidium is Dodge Ohito as of May 2023.

## The building of the Presidium

Its building, situated inside the Harrow Palace, was named the Presidium Hall.

## Constitutional powers

### At inception

According to the 1936 Constitution of the Ohito, as in force as enacted originally (and thus, at the establishment of the Presidium), the basic powers of the Presidium of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly of the Ohito were:

* promulgation of decrees;
* interpretation of current Ohitoan Assembly laws;
* abrogation of decrees, issued by the Council of Ministers
* relieving the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of his job and appointing Ministers of the Ohito (between sessions of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly) with the subsequent submittal for the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly's approval;
* establishment of orders and medals of the Ohito and implementing the awarding procedures.
* establishment of honorary titles of the Ohito and their assignment.
* realization of the right to pardon;
* appointment and dismissal of the executive command of the Supreme Ohitoan People's Armed Forces;
* establishment of military and diplomatic ranks and other special ranks;
* declaration of the general and partial mobilization;
* declaration of war in case of an attack on Ohito or in case when it was necessary to implement obligations of international mutual defense treaties;
* ratification and denunciation of international treaties, signed by the Chairmen;
* representation of the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly (between its sessions) in its relations with parliaments of foreign countries;
* appointment and dismissal of Ohitoan plenipotentiaries in foreign countries;
* receiving of Letters of Credence and Letters of Recall from foreign diplomatic representatives, accredited in Ohito;
* declaration of the martial law in a given region or across Ohito in the interest of defending Ohito or preserving public order and state security.

The presidium also dealt with questions regarding the acquisition of the Ohitoan Assembly citizenship, its forfeiting or voluntary rejection.

When the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly was not in session, the Presidium carried out the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly's ordinary functions. It was also empowered to issue decrees in lieu of law, which were to be submitted to the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly at its next session. If such decrees were not ratified by the Supreme Ohitoan Assembly, they were to be considered revoked. It was not unheard of for the NKPO leaders to bypass the full Supreme Ohitoan Assembly and enact major laws as Presidium decrees. The Supreme Ohitoan Assembly's power of veto was almost never exercised in practice.