The Constitution of The Republic of Astoria

**The Constitution of The Republic of Astoria**

**Article 1 - Fundamental Provisions**

*- Section 1.1: The Republic of Astoria is a sovereign republic.*

*- Section 1.2: The constitution of The Republic of Astoria shall be established in this constitutional act. The constitution shall guarantee the inviolability of human dignity and freedom and rights of the individual and promote justice in society. The Republic of Astoria considers all current United Nations human rights to be part of its constitution.*

*- Section 2.1: No citizen shall be restricted towards becoming involved in the presidential or parliamentary elections.*

**Article 2 - Legislative:**

*- Section 1.1: All legislative powers are vested in the Parliament of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 2.1: The Parliament of Astoria shall be composed of at most 50% of the population of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 2.2: All Members of Parliament must be citizens of Astoria.*

*- Section 2.3: A singular party may only hold up to 60% of parliamentary seats.*

*- Section 3.1: The Parliament of The Republic of Astoria may implement new bills, vote on amendments of current acts/resolutions, and amend the constitution.*

*- Section 3.2: Amendment of the constitution requires at the very least 80% of the parliamentary votes.*

*- Section 4.1: In order to vote in the parliamentary elections, a voter must be at least a resident in The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 5.1: The Members of Parliament may hold their office for a term of three weeks at the very most.*

*- Section 5.2: They may resign if their resignation is signed by the President of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 6.1: The parliament may not implement any bill which directly or indirectly violates the constitution.*

*- Section 6.2: The parliament may not amend a bill which would in its new state violate the constitution before said amendment directly or indirectly.*

*- Section 6.3: The constitution may only be amended every five days.*

*- Section 6.4: The constitution may only be amended one bill at a time.*

*- Section 7.1: The parliament may only overrule a state of emergency with a vote of at least 80% or greater.*

**Article 3 - Executive:**

*- Section 1.1: Executive powers will be vested in the President of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 1.2: He shall hold his office during the term of one month at the very most.*

*- Section 2.1: In order to achieve candidacy for the presidential office, said applicant must be a citizen of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 3.1: The President of The Republic of Astoria has the power to veto any new bill implemented in the Parliament of The Republic of Astoria unless overwritten by a vote of 80% at minimum.*

*- Section 4.1: The President of The Republic of Astoria shall be the Marshall of the army, the navy, and the air force of The Republic of Astoria.*

*- Section 5.1: The President of The Republic of Astoria may only serve at most up to two consecutive terms and serve at most three non-consecutive consecutive terms at the very most.*

*- Section 5.2: The President of The Republic of Astoria may extent their term for up to one week at most in a state of emergency, cancelling all elections unless overruled by the parliament.*

**Article 4 - Final Provisions**

*- Section 1.1: This constitution shall be effective as of January 1st of 2019.*

*Signed by:  President Jackie Blackhawk & Vice President Raul Long*