Temporary Executive Powers Act of 2023

The **Temporary Executive Powers Act of 2023** (known shortly as TEPA) was an act passed by a clan wide vote originally motioned for in the Council of Elders by Cantankerous. The act gave temporary unlimited power to the Leader of The Republic with the goal of making many changes to the constitution in a relatively short period of time.

## Text

"All of the constitutional powers of the Council of Co-Leaders and the Council of Elders will be transferred to the Leader for a period of two weeks between March 1, 2023 and March 15, 2023 with a goal of amending the constitution to better the clan for the future."

## Background

Over the months leading up to the passing of the Temporary Executive Powers Act of 2023 , Nate had often voiced concern over the lack of activity among elected officials. He claimed that the elected officials not voting was stagnating the clan's ability to change for the better. He even went as far as resigning from his position on the Council of Co-Leaders in hopes that Mike, who was elected to replace him would be able to enact change.

Over the course of the clan's history, vaguely defined factions managed to form. Chris, in particular, had a large number of supporters who often all voted very similarly. Chris was often in opposition to James, who in turn claimed that Chris and his faction of supporters were detrimental to The Republic. Together James and Nate did not have the support to out-vote what they deemed the "Chris-pact". They would formulate a plan along with Cantankerous, who had remained politically neutral for years, to in-act the change they wanted. These three formed "Operation Jar Jar" which would be put into motion in the week leading up to the passing of TEMPA. It was Cantankerous that decided upon granting powers to the Leader and would be the one to motion the act in the CoE.

## Clan Wide Vote

Clan Wide Vote - Feb. 27, 2023

To be able to pass an act of this scale as an Elder, Cantankerous had to motion the CoE for a Clan Wide Vote on the issue. He motioned for a Class I Clan Wide Vote to pass TEPA on February 23, 2023. The motion would be passed by the CoE with four votes for and no votes against after three days had passed. The only Elders who voted were the members of Operation Jar Jar and General Aurum.

The clan wide vote for TEPA would begin on the 27th of February. According to the Fair Voting Act thirteen members of the clan would have to vote on the matter within three days for it to be an eligible vote. This seemed like a difficult barrier as some of the most involved elections had between ten and fifteen votes. Surprisingly, many votes came in on the first day. Unexpected members who did not often participate in elections such as Baby Carl and My Guy (who may have never even spoken in the chat) voted in favor of passing the act. Fourteen clan members ended up voting in the clan wide vote and all of them voted in favor of passing.

## Impact

The Temporary Executive Powers Act of 2023 was passed and went into effect on March 1, 2023. Joseph, the Leader of The Republic at the time, would be granted the full power of both the CoCL and the CoE which would bring forth an unprecedented time in the clan's history which became known as "The Anarchy". With his new executive power, Joseph would call a Great Council to make amendments to the constitution.