Valruzia

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A generational election? The new system that Sovereign Valruzia proposes for the Head of State

After years of debate over how to represent all Valruzians, the government presents its boldest constitutional reform in decades to replace the "failed" collective Presidency with a participatory system to elect a President

April 5684

Local Assembly in district 13 of Nowogard, Valruzian capital city

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It was in 5659, under the mandate of Zuzanna Kosowska, from Sovereign Valruzia, when the constitutional reform that culminated in the transformation of the single-person figure of the President of Valruzia, elected every six years, into the figure of the Presidency of Valruzia was approved, becoming a body composed of the five Marshalls of Valruzia's Voivodeships, a pentacephalic head of State. And now, more than twenty years later, Klaudia Nowik, also from Sovereign Valruzia, is proposing another modification to the State's highest office.

It is no secret that since the fall of the Morawski dictatorship, Valruzia has struggled to find the perfect balance in the head of state, the figure supposed to represent all Valruzian citizens, regardless of political orientation. The idea now, launched by the coalition government, is to restore the figure of a single "President of Valruzia" but with modifications regarding both the duration of the term and the method of election.

According to Chancellor Nowik, after discussions within the government that have gone on for years, "it has become clear that the current model does not work as it should or we hoped for". In other words, the collective Presidency has been a failed experiment, one that prevents regional Marshalls from "being able to focus entirely on their regions and not juggle institutional obligations that dilute both roles."

The new proposed draft envisions a bottom-up election system: citizens, not parties, would nominate candidates through their local assemblies, then through district, municipal, and county votes, until five finalists emerge – one per Voivodeship. From among them, the President of Valruzia would be chosen in an open election to serve a single, extended term of up to twenty years.

"It will undoubtedly be a generational decision" say sources from the Communist Party of Valruzia. "Citizens will carefully choose who they really want as their highest representative to the outside world and as the image of Valruzia, and they will do so in a way that ensures every single one of them has the opportunity, if they wish, to stand for it."

The proposal, which has raised concerns among some experts about its feasibility – particularly because the long preparatory stages could leave the position vacant for extended periods in case of death or resignation – has nevertheless found unexpected allies in various political parties. Many of them see the current system as granting too much power to certain parties, as such is the case currently with the KPW, which has dominated all five members of the Presidency for two decades thanks to its strong electoral performance across every Voivodeship. From Workers' Vanguard, for example, the response has been cautiously positive. "A unifying presidency, elected from the people by the people from the very bottom, is not a bad idea" said party spokesperson Natalia Grodzka. "But it must not become a partisan tool". Forward Valruzia has also expressed conditional openness an interest, saying that they are "willing to discuss the idea".

After consultations with all major parties, including Valruzian Alliance, the government believes that the numbers for constitutional reform "add up", but in any case, it will be up to the parliament that emerges from the elections in six months' time to legislate on this, as the current parliament would not have time to do so. For the moment, Valusian and Chynbergian members of the Presidency have already expressed their support for such reform, a significant movement.