Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a...
by bombcar on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:43AM
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> Our elected head of state would not be allowed to make decisions based on their own political opinions (much like a judge uses their power according to the law and the facts of the case, not letting their personal politics get in the way).
How do you judge the internal forum in that case? If the head of state says that they chose X because it is the right choice, but it's pretty clear to everyone that they wanted to choose X for personal political reasons, how do you prove it?
And if you have a method to prove it, why not use that method to arbitrate instead?
Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a...
by pmyteh on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:51AM
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The model is that of Ireland or Israel: the President's actual powers are similar to those of the King - a handful of 'reserve powers' for use in corner cases. Rather than Charles having to make the call, a ceremonial president does instead.
One of the joys(?) of losing an empire is that there are a bunch of independent countries with political systems derived from yours that can provide concrete examples of the effects of possible reforms...
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Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a...
by triceratops on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:12AM
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Countries with ceremonial presidents don't necessarily have career politicians in the role. The easiest example I can think of is India's ex-president Kalam, who was a scientist.
And I think republicans prefer the scoundrel chosen by the people than the one descended from a long line of worse and worse scoundrels, the further you go back.
(I personally don't have strong opinions either way).
https://www.republic.org.uk/a_new_head_of_state
> The kind of head of state we think is best for Britain is a 'ceremonial' or 'constitutional' position, someone chosen by the people to:
* represent the nation
* defend our democracy
* act as referee in the political process
* offer a non-political voice at times of crisis and celebration
> The job would not simply be ceremonial, our new head of state would have very clear and limited powers. Those powers would be non-political, which means that they can only be exercised according to certain official criteria. Our elected head of state would not be allowed to make decisions based on their own political opinions (much like a judge uses their power according to the law and the facts of the case, not letting their personal politics get in the way).