Suomi Administrative Council

The **Suomi Administrative Council**, also known as the **Council of Suomi** or **Council of A Lot of Anime Girls**, is the Council responsible for Handling the Matters of Administration and Bureaucracy in the Duchy of Suomi.

## Parties

### Coalition Parties

PSW, PKL, PFH, PFR, PSL, PJM, PJR, PJN, PJB, PMM, FRP, PSM, 2 Independents

### Opposition Parties

PSF(R), PSR, PSF(K), PFP, PFL, PFS, PSS, PJP, PAM

## **Council Hierarchy**

* **The Presidency of the Council**- The presidency consists of the Speaker of the Council, which is the Acting Governor of Suomi, as well as their Deputies, and they are responsible for approving private bills and pushing proposals for the agenda before bringing them up for discussion in the Council Meetings. The Speaker of the Council is specifically Required to be Member of the Special "Party of Suomite Wholesomeness" (PSW), and not any other Party. Their deputies, tho, may be members of any other Party, unless they become the Speaker.
* **The Secretary of the Council**- The Secretary's role is to manage the Council's parliamentary work, as well as be the Main Secretary of the Governor, starting with advising the Governor and Speaker on matters of bylaws and procedures, and reporting to them about Reports that the Governor or Speaker need to know of. The secretary is directly appointed by the Governor (Prime Minister).
* **The Research and Information Center**- a body that provides objective and independent information to Council members and committees, for the purpose of their parliamentary work. Other bodies that provide information to the Council are the Council's Library and the Council's Archives.
* **Council Guard** - Responsible for the ongoing security of the Council building and its plaza and maintaining order within the Building. These may Include Several Units, such as the Suomossad's Unit SuAC (Tho it focuses more on protecting the Council Members themselves), Unit Mich (Which Focuses on Protecting the Governor), and Unit GI-1 (Which Focuses more on the Presidentinlinna Building). There have been Proposals to make a Special Independent Security Force that will be Subbordinate Directly to the Council, rather than the Suomossad, but it has not yet been Passed.

## **Council Parties**

Currently, there are **22** Parties in the Council; 1 Suomite Party, 1 Russian Party, 1 Slovak Party, 2 Karelian Parties, 5 Finnish Parties, 2 Swedish Parties, 5 Japanese Parties, 2 Mixed Parties, and 3 Other Parties.

## **SAC Committees**

The Council's committees are an important executive arm in the work of the Suomi Administrative Council. The committees are composed in accordance with the party power relations of the Council composition. The purpose of their establishment is to reduce the burden of plenary deliberations and to allow for closer supervision and follow-up of targeted areas of action.

There are two Main Types of Committees; The Permanent Committee, which is a Committee that always exists, by law, in the Council, and a Special Committee, which may be Temproary, and is usually Created to deal with Special Topics. There are also Committees which may not fit those Two Categories, such as the Ethics and Arrangements Committees, or also other Specific Types of Committees, such as a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee.

## **Council Building(s)**

Currently, The Council is present in the Presidentinlinna Building, tho due to the 2nd Suomite Council's Much Larger Size over the First One, a Former Office Building Near to the Presidentinlinna will be Renovated and turned into a New Building for the Suomite Council.

## **Roles of the Council**

### **Legislation**

The lives of the citizens of the Duchy of Suomi are largely regulated by laws. The Suomite Council, as the legislature and Executive of the Duchy, believes in determining the content of laws. This authority began in a proclamation of the 1st Suomite Council Upon the New Appointment of the Suomite Governor Michael, on May 14th 2021. While the Council Focuses on Legislation, it also has a bit of an Executive Power, tho more of the Executive Power in Suomi is vested in the Governor and their Ministers.

The Council acts in the field of legislation through preliminary legislation, amendment and repeal of existing laws and approval of regulations based on laws. These processes take place in the Council Meetings and its committees, and their only limitation is not to conflict with existing Constitution laws. For the approval of a law, a relative majority is required in the Council meetings, except for pre-defined cases that require an absolute majority.

The bill proposals are submitted by the Governor, Council members or Council committees, and must pass what is required during the legislative stages in Suomi. The legislation is carried out sometimes openly and, in those times, are published, in stages, in "records" files of the Duchy of Suomi.

The legislative procedure in the Council may allow the executive authority and the local authorities, under certain restrictions and in accordance with its determination, to take part of the legislative authority. Sub-legislation is, in the wording of the law, the authority of the Minister in charge of the implementation of that law "to make regulations in any matter concerning its implementation." According to the Interpretation Law, a regulation is "a provision given by virtue of a law and is a legislative act." This is in contrast to "administrative instruction", which is also an action that the law authorizes the minister to perform, and is defined in the Interpretation Law as "instruction or appointment - including notice, notice, license, permit, etc. - given in writing by law and not legislative enforcers." While the entry into force of laws and regulations depends on their publication in Records, administrative instructions do not require publication in the Records at all.

### **Government Oversight**

The Council has a central role of overseeing the Suomite government.

The most effective tools for the Council to enforce its oversight of the government are the ability to oust the government in a no-confidence vote, and the approval of the state budget essential for the day-to-day functioning of the government and otherwise in its absence the government dissolves. In order for effective Council oversight of government activity, a number of cumulative conditions are required:

1. "It is imperative that the supervisors, who are members of the Council, have a degree of understanding and expertise in the areas of activity they are supposed to supervise."
2. "It is essential that there is a sufficient degree of independence or consolidation of interests between the critics and those who are audited, so that there is no negative incentive for supervision."
3. It is required that "the inspectors know how to make proper and intelligent use of the inspection tools available to them."

Among the recommendations for improving the effective oversight capacity of Council members over the government; Creation of committees whose areas of activity will overlap with the activities of a specific government ministry, and whose members will specialize in that field (in contrast to the current lack of expertise of members of Council committees).

### **Other Roles**

* Representatives of the Council participate in the process of selecting certian political officials, including judges.
* Judicial authority through: determination of immunity for the Council members, hearing of an appeal against the results of the Council elections and hearing of an appeal against the decisions of a Council Committee.

## **Council Activities**

The monthly activity session of the Knesset is divided into two main meeting periods: the first important meetings period, which lasts between the 16th and 27th of the First Month after the Council was Elected, and the second Important meetings period, which lasts between the 2nd and 13th of the Second Month, right before the Election that occurs on the 14th of that Second Month. During the meetings Periods, meetings of the Council and its committees are held regularly. There is a recess period between the periods, during which the Council committees and the various Council departments continue to operate. The main Council body convenes during this period only for special recess meetings, which are convened at the request of the government or with the signature of 25 Council members.

The agenda of the Council meetings is determined by the Governor. Plenary sessions are held on fixed days and at fixed hours and are devoted to discussions on government legislative proposals and to the discussion of private member's bills and proposals for the agenda of Council members. On the Council members' tables in the plenum are frequently placed the Council Rules of Procedure, the Booklet of the Constitution and Laws Relating to the Work of the Council, the weekly agenda and background papers on the issues discussed. In the plenum, personal debates are held, in which Council members register for the right to speak, and factional debates, in which the identity of the speakers is dictated by the Council's factions (parties).

In addition, there is the Council's Interim Period, between the Date of the Elections on the 14th of Each Month, until the Swearing-in of the Next Council, which is usually Scheduled for the 16th, the Start of the First important meetings Period.

## **The Council's Rule Book**

*Main Topic: Suomi Administrative Council's Rule Book*

The working procedures of the Council are enshrined in the Council Regulations.

The Regulations regulate the internal work procedures of the Council and it obliges its members. The authority to discuss the articles of the Rule Book is vested in the Home Committee and a change in it is required by a majority of the committee members. Its degree of stability is high and few changes have been made to it.

The main implementing authority of the regulations is in the hands of the Governor, who conducts its meetings. Their degree of responsibility towards it is also high.

## **Council Member**

The Council member is one of the 120 representatives in the Council, after being elected to this position in the Suomite Council Elections (tho in Practice, the Council Members are truly appointed by the Governor). A person over the age of 18 may be elected to the position, and in addition to their membership in the Council, the Council member may serve as a member of the Council committees and serve as a minister or deputy minister in the Suomite government. The Governor, their deputies and deputy ministers must also serve as members of the Council, tho Ministers of the Government are not Required to be Members of the Council (but in practice, they usually are).

The purpose of the Council Member's immunity is to ensure that their actions are not produced by other governmental entities. The Granting of Immunity for Council Members is not Automatic, and is only Granting upon the Request of the Council Member.

Additional rights of Council members include the right to receive a service passport when traveling outside Suomi or Arstotzka, entitlement to free travel on public transportation throughout the duchy, exemption from regular service in the AAF, receipt of a vehicle and payment of maintenance expenses, clothing allowance, and reimbursement of mail and subscriptions to two Daily newspapers.

The duties of a Member of the Council include, first and foremost, the preservation of the fundamental values ​​of the Duchy of Suomi and loyalty to its principles and the Whole Empire of Arstotzka. The Member of the Council is obliged to devote their time and energy to the performance of their duties and is prohibited from receiving material enjoyment by virtue of their status. The activity of the Member of the Council is their sole occupation, apart from activity in the mission of the party, and the use of the title "Member of the Council" shall be made solely for the purpose of fulfilling their function. Their activities within the framework of the Council Meetiings and its committees will be carried out in accordance with the Council's Rules of Procedure and the directives of the Governor and the Speakers of the Committees.

Members of the Council are representatives of the Duchy of Suomi. By virtue of their representative role, attempts have been made to preserve the social fabric and ideological pluralism among Council members. In parties with a committee of a series, it is customary for the list of party candidates to be composed so that it contains representation of individuals living in different areas of the duchy, with different professional specializations and who are representatives of different sectors in terms of religion and gender. In parties where primary elections are held, it is customary to hold protection slots in the party list for the purposes of affirmative action.

## **Council Meetings**

The Council Plenum is the supreme decision-making authority of the Council, in which decisions are made by all 120 Council members, but no quorum is required for its activities. In the plenary hall, discussions and votes are held on all the things that are done in the Council areas: legislation, discussion, supervision, selection of office holders and holding ceremonies. Plenary decisions are held by a majority of the votes of the participants in the vote, unless otherwise provided by law.

* **Bill Proposal**- A piece of legislation submitted by the government, Council committees or private Council members, and must go through the usual legislative stages (government legislation requires three readings and private legislation requires a preliminary reading and three readings) through discussion and voting.
* **Daily Agenda proposals**- The Council Member's proposal to include in the Council's Daily agenda a discussion on a specific issue. The proposals received are usually referred to a committee for discussion on the same subject.
* **Queries** - a question presented by a Member of the Council to a Minister in the Government on a subject related to the field of activity of their ministry.
* **No Confidence proposals**- a vote aimed at expressing distrust in the government and calling for its replacement. In the Council, an absolute majority of Council members is required to accept the proposal. A party submitting a no-confidence motion has to propose an alternative government, taking office immediately, should the no-confidence motion be accepted.
* **Discussion with the participation of the Prime Minister**- A discussion held with the participation of the Prime Minister, at the request of at least 40 members of the Council. The debate lasts an hour, not including the speeches of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, and the Prime Minister must be present in the plenum throughout the debate.
* **Questions Time**- a discussion in which a minister stands on the podium and answers questions from Council members. The duration of the hearing is 60 minutes, plus ten minutes for each additional Ministry appointed for the Minister. According to the decision reached between the coalition and the opposition, at least three-quarters of the questioners will be from the opposition parties.

## **Other Topics**

### **Unequal Female to Male Ratio**

The Ratio is 99 Females to 20 Males. It is also rumored that the Secret Head of the Suomossad is also Female, therefore making the Ratio 100 Females:20 Males (5 Female Council Members per 1 Male Council Member).

### **The Unknown 120th Member**

The Unknown 120th Member is rumored to be a Female, and is the Head of the Suomossad.