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Absence of a head of state
The Republic has no head of state, and nobody personifies it.
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Execution And The Administration
Articles 145 to 165 · 21 articles · 4 chapters · read the full text
Chapter 1 · Representation of the Republic
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The Presiding Officer of the Assembly
The Assembly's Presiding Officer chairs it, signs texts and performs protocol, deciding nothing.
Chapter 2 · The Executive Council
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Nature
Execution belongs to committees of the Assembly, and there are no ministers and no cabinets.
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Constitution and composition of the committees
Committees are composed in the Assembly's own proportions, so every list is represented.
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Chairs and the Coordinating Bureau
Each committee elects a chair, and the chairs form a Bureau that coordinates without commanding.
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Recall, vacancy and continuity
The Assembly may recall a member from a committee, or reconstitute a committee entirely.
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Responsibility
Committees publish their acts, minutes and named votes, and answer to the Assembly.
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Conditions and incompatibilities
Committee members keep their seat, hold the same provision as anyone, and declare their interests.
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Functions of the Executive Council
Committees execute the laws and the plan, and run the administration in their field.
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Limits of execution
Committees cannot plan, allocate resources, legislate, or restrict a right by regulation.
Chapter 3 · Initiative of Producers and Users
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Right of economic initiative
Federations, unions, user assemblies and communal councils can introduce bills and demand answers.
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Duty of consultation
Measures affecting production, work, provision or ecology are void without prior consultation.
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Subsidiarity in execution
Execution belongs to the closest level, and local knowledge prevails on local matters.
Chapter 4 · The Administration
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Principles
The administration must give reasons and decide on time, or the applicant wins by default.
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The career service
Officials are recruited by open competition, hold tenure, and must refuse unlawful orders.
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(Vacant. Political cabinets are abolished by Article 147(3). The number is reserved for renumbering at the drafting stage)
Vacant. Political cabinets are abolished by Article 147.
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Administrative procedure
You are heard before an adverse decision, and can appeal to an independent body and then a court.
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Liability
The Republic pays for unlawful administration, and officials answer personally for serious fault.
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Public functions inalienable
Custody, inspection, registers, planning systems and essential provision can never be contracted out.
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Public information systems
Public systems run on free and open software, with open formats and no single supplier.
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Account and audit
The Bureau publishes an annual account of the administration in physical units.