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4. Globe Objects |
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| Article 38- The Globe Senate | ||
| 38.1 | The Globe Senate | |
| All legislative Powers of the Globe Union Free Society of Societies shall be vested in a Senate (The Globe Senate), which shall consist of one house– a Senate. The Senate shall be made up of three (3) elected living representatives from each Free Society given existence by the Sovereign and Supreme Pronouncement De Pronuntionis Ucadia representing 248 Free Societies including the Globe Union itself. | ||
| In addition, the Globe Senate may grant Sovereign Free Society status and therefore representation as members of the Globe Semate corresponding to a National Government representing any body of men and women across the world and corporate bodies representing an employee workforce greater than 100,000. | ||
| Union Free Societies shall automatically be members of the Globe Council and the Senate. | ||
| The Senate shall be made up of Senators representing all of the organs of the Globe Union including: | ||
| (i) Three (3) elected representatives from each Nation Free Society corresponding to a National Government representing each and every body of men and women across the world and corporate bodies representing an employee workforce greater than 40,000; and | ||
| (ii) Each of the twenty (20) Globe Directors being a Senator; and | ||
| (iii) Three (3) elected representatives from each Union Free Society including Africans Union, Americas Union, Asia Union, Arabian Union, Euro Union and Oceanic Union; and | ||
| (iv) Three (3) elected representatives from each of the three (3) great faiths including One Faith of God, One Islam and One Spirit Tribe; and | ||
| (v) Three (3) elected representatives from One Jerusalem Free Society; and | ||
| (vi) Three (3) elected representatives from each of the specialized Free Societies including Heal The Earth Society, Protect The Earth Society, Give Mars Life Society, One Corp Society, 2nd Chances Society, My Life Matters Society, Psygos Society, Civila Society,Ekelos Society, Teknas Society. | ||
| Globe Senators shall be appointed for a term of six (6) years. Provisional and suspended members may attend Senate sessions but may not vote or originate new questions or matters before the Senate. | ||
| The election of the Globe Senate shall always be three (3) years separate from the elections of all Union Senates. The elections of all Union Senates shall be the same time across the Globe. | ||
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| 38.2 | Power of the Senate | |
| Vested by the Globe Union Charter, the Senate shall have the power and authority to: | ||
| (i) Create new bills and amend existing laws into bills for review. The Senate shall not have the power to block money Bills required for the general operation and function of the Globe Union; and | ||
| (ii) To form an Appointment Commission subject to the rules and procedures of the Globe Union Charter to investigate and vote on the approval of all senior positions nominated by the Globe Council and Secretariat; and | ||
| (iii) To form an Inquiry Commission to investigate any subject, subject to the rules and procedures of the Globe Union Charter; and | ||
| (iv) To form an oversight committee for each office held by a Globe Director and to call any members of staff or experts to give evidence before that oversight commitee of any Globe or Union body; and | ||
| (v) To commission a Globe Impeachment for the forced removal of any elected official from the General-Secretary, Globe Councilor to any position within any branch of government of the Globe Union or Unions. | ||
| 38.3 | Senate Sessions | |
| Excepting an election year, every year there shall be four sessions of fixed days corresponding to equal divisions of the year whereby members of the Globe Senate are summonsed to attend. The commencement of Senate sessions shall always correspond to the commencement of sessions for the Supreme Council. | ||
| Each of these sessions shall be named for the season to which they correspond, namely Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Session. A day within a session when members are summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Sitting Session Day. | ||
| A day within a session when members are not summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Non-Sitting Session Day. | ||
| During a year in which a national election is to be called, the Parliament shall not sit for the Spring session. Instead the last session of Parliament before it is dissolved shall be the Winter session. | ||
| 38.4 | Operation of Senate | |
| 1. Life of Parliament | ||
| Parliament shall exist for a fixed period of six (6) years before being dissolved ahead of Global Elections for a new Parliament. | ||
| 2. Prefect of the Senate (Senate Prefect) | ||
| Responsibility for good conduct and control of the Globe Senate and the scheduling of business within the chamber shall be vested in the Office of Prefect of the Senate (Senate Prefect). | ||
| The Prefect of the Senate shall be an independent role, free from political party preferences. The candidate shall be elected by new senators themselves on the first day of sitting of Parliament following a Global Election. | ||
| 3. Senate session length | ||
| The total length of a Globe Senate session shall be determined by the Senate Prefect and shall not be permitted to exceed 14 Sitting Session Days. | ||
| 4. Senate attendance | ||
| The Senate Prefect shall be responsible for the issuing of summons to individual Senators for their attendance to Parliament. | ||
| Excepting special leave granted by the Senate Prefect due to matters of national security, health or extended personal matters, all Senators shall be required to attend the Sitting Session Days as listed in the summons. | ||
| Failure of a Senator to attend six (6) or more Session Sitting Days within one Session shall be deemed a failure to discharge the duties of their office and the Senate Prefect shall be responsible for immediately initiating an Senate Expulsion Motion or a Director Expulsion Motion should the Senator be a Globe Director. | ||
| The Supreme Secretary-General and members of the Globe Council shall be immune from any action for non-attendance breaches. | ||
| 5. Dissolution of Parliament | ||
| Parliament shall be dissolved every six (6) years following that last day of the Winter Session. | ||
| The instrument of dissolution shall be three writs issued by the President of the Globe Council: | ||
| (1) To the Senate Prefect ordering the chamber to be sealed until a new Parliament is elected; and | ||
| (2) To the Secretary-General ordering the government to institute caretaker provisions which forbids the appointment of any new positions, the announcement of any new projects or the commissioning of any new expenditure; and | ||
| (3) To the global director of the Election Commission requiring the commencement of Election provisions for the conduct of an Election to elect a new Executive Government and Parliament. | ||
| 6. Date of Globe Election | ||
| The date of a national election shall always occur within the Spring months, allowing 40 days prior to the date of the election for the official campaign period. | ||
| 7. Formation of new Parliament | ||
| The formation of a new Parliament shall occur within 14 days after the Election day following the count and verification of all votes. | ||
| The instrument of formation of a new Parliament shall be three declarations from the Globe Director of the Election Commission: | ||
| (1) To each successful candidate for election to the Senate confirming their validity as the rightful representative of their constituency; | ||
| (2) To the successful candidate for election as Secretary-General and the confirming their validity as the rightful executive to form government; | ||
| (3) To the caretaker President that the election result has been verified and that writs to summons successful candidates to be sworn into Parliament and form the new Executive must now be issued. | ||
| Upon receipt of the declaration, the caretaker President shall be required to issue writs within seven (7) days for the summonsing to Parliament of successful candidates to form the new Parliament and Executive. | ||
| 8. Quorum | ||
| The minimum number of members (quorum) required to be present within the chamber of Parliament to permit the full exercise of its powers shall be one third the total number of members of that house. | ||
| The Senate shall not be permitted to undertake procedures that require a quorum if the total number of members in that House is not equal or greater to the quorum. | ||
| 9. Voting | ||
| Voting in the Senate shall be by open vote expressed as either Yes or No to the proposition before the chamber. | ||
| Voting shall always require a quorum and shall follow the standard procedures listed in this Charter. | ||
| Total votes shall be tallied as either Yes, or No to the proposition expressed by the Bill. A higher total number of Yes votes to No votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been passed. A higher total number of No votes to Yes votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been defeated. | ||
| The record, attendance and vote of all members of the Senate shall be recorded on the public record. | ||
| 10. Public record of proceedings | ||
| The sessions of the Senate shall be open for the public record with all speeches, debates, motions, votes and documents recorded in Hansard. | ||
| Furthermore, all committee meetings and special sessions of reviews shall also be open for the public record, except those proceedings voted and passed by both houses as being regular meetings of security. An expenditure related review may never be closed to public scrutiny. | ||
| 11. Legal privilege | ||
| During their Attendance at a Senate Session and in going to and returning from the same, all member of Parliament shall be privileged from arrest except in matters of Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace. Such priviledge does not extend to their property or office which shall fall under the normal course of law and investigation and right to search by issued Warrant. | ||
| During debate in the Senate all spoken and written material presented and entered into the Hansard of proceedings shall be privileged and immune from civil liability. | ||
| 38.5 | Formation of a Temporary Senate | |
| A temporary Senate is formed when approval is given to an application to form a Temporary Senate by a minimum of forty thousand (40,000) or more living members, subject to the following conditions: | ||
| (i) That no permanent Globe Senate currently exists for the Globe Union Free Society of Free Societies; and | ||
| (ii) That at least four (4) temporary or permanent Senates of Union Free Societies exist of the possible six (6) Unions (Americas, Africans, Asia, Arabian, Euro or Oceania) at the time of making the application; and | ||
| (iii) That at least six (6) temporary or permanent Senates of National Free Societies exist of the possible two hundred and twenty five (225) given existence by De Pronuntionis Ucadia. | ||
| Approval of such an application shall be the responsibility of the temporary administrator. | ||
| A temporary Senate shall have the right to temporarily appointment of people to positions and responsibilities. However, the temporary Senate shall have limited power to undertake financial transactions for or on behalf of the Globe Union Free Society. | ||
| The approval term for a temporary Senate shall not exceed ten months, by which time the temporary Senate has instituted the correct conditions to become permanent, or be dissolved by the authority of this Globe Union Charter. | ||
| Upon approval of granting the creation of a temporary Globe Senate, the temporary National Senate must within ninety (90) days: | ||
| (i) Elect a temporary spokesperson from amongst the members of the prime representative. This person cannot have the status of a Prefect of the Senate unless elected to such temporary position by three or more temporary and permanent Union Secretary-Generals; and | ||
| (ii) Elect and appoint a temporary global board to support the temporary spokesperson; and | ||
| (iii) Register with the appropriate government agencies for status as a non-profit charity including a copy of the Globe Union Charter, appropriate fees and member lists, board members and all other required documentation; and | ||
| (iv) Open a bank account with at least two signatories and provide this bank account to the temporary administrator; and | ||
| (v) Provide a copy of the registration papers of non-profit charity status. | ||
| If any of these items are failed to be actioned within ninety (90) days, by this Covenant the Globe Council, or temporary administrator has the right to revoke the approval of the temporary Globe Senate. | ||
| 38.6 | Formation of a permanent Globe Senate | |
| Within three hundred and sixty (360) Days since the formation of a temporary Senate, permanancy shall be granted to a temporary Senate providing the following conditions are met: | ||
| (i) That a Senate and Council exist for each of the six Unions and at least three other Free Societies; and | ||
| (ii) That combined global membership now constitites at least 60,000; and | ||
| (iii) That the Senate has held elections and elected a Globe Board; and | ||
| (iv) That no action contravening this Covenant has occurred with the original applicants that would warrant an Internal investigation or their expulsion. | ||
| If any of these items are failed to be actioned by three hundred and sixty (360) Days since the formation of a temporary Senate, by this Covenant the Globe Council, or temporary administrator has the right to revoke the approval of the temporary Globe Senate. | ||
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