Lord Arbiter,
When Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson
died, the Kaisership became vacant, and because His late Imperial Magnificence had not designated a successor the Landsraad was required by the
Charter of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to elect a successor. This duty is imposed upon the aforesaid Federal Legislature by Ch.II.C.2 and the Landsraad fulfilled its constitutional obligation by means of Article 1 of the
Alejian Castle Resolution.
Under the Charter of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth there are only two ways that an individual can become the Kaiser:
1. Succeeding to the Kaisership after having been designated the successor to the Kaisership by the incumbent Kaiser under Ch.II.C.1 in accordance with Ch.II.A.3; or
2. Being elected to the vacant Kaisership by the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2.
From a quick look in the
Kaiser's Court forum as well as the
Landsraad Passed Bills forum one learns that Tokaray al-Osman has neither been appointed the successor to the Kaisership by the decree of the late Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson nor has Tokaray al-Osman been elected to the vacant Kaisership by the Landsraad. In other words:
Tokaray al-Osman has not ever been the Kaiser.
That Tokaray al-Osman is in several Articles of the Alejian Castle Resolution being referred to as traitor and usurper is merely the Landsraad calling a spade a spade because Tokaray al-Osman has
betrayed, overthrown and
murdered Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson (which makes him a
traitor) as well as exercised the
Kaiseral Power (which makes him a
usurper).
1. The Landsraad hereby charges the Prætor to place the Sabre of Unity in the hands of Her Radiant Majesty Queen Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine, Queen Regnant of Goldshire, the Elian Lands, and Leng, Queen Consort of Elwynn, Amokolia and Uppland (hereafter "the Lady Noor") and in consequence of the aforesaid mandated act shall the Lady Noor become and be the Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
This Article of the
Alejian Castle Resolution concerns the election of a Kaiser(ess) to the vacant Golden Mango Throne, which is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2.
2. The Landsraad hereby charges the Lady Noor to eliminate the traitor and usurper Tokaray al-Osman, who has taken the purported regnal name of Kaiser Aurangzeb II Steffki, (hereafter "the Usurper") as well as his henchmen and utterly destroy his brutal and illegal dictarorship.
This Article of the
Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of war and peace as well as national security. It makes provision how to deal with those who committed the coup d'état against Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson. The same lot that overthrew Kaiser Dominus Tarjeisson, a treasonous action which caused a civil war in Shireroth, was subsequently also purporting to be the Kaiser and the Imperial Government of Shireroth. Making provision regarding ending the civil war and other disorder brought by the emergence of the illegal regime of Tokaray al-Osman, as well as what to do with the people taking part in the aforesaid regime, is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1a and Ch.VI.A.1e.
3. The Landsraad hereby declares that, from the date of this enactment, all proclamations, decrees, rescripts, instruments, edicts, orders and other measures issued by the Usurper to be null and void, excepting where they are necessary for the continuity of government in the Imperial Dominions, subject to review by the Kaiseress at the termination of hostilities.
This Article of the
Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of national security as well as the government of the Imperial Dominions. It explicitly declares, with a certain exception, all acts by Tokaray al-Osman purporting to be the Kaiser of Shireroth to be null and void, providing legal security to the population because they now know that it is lawful to disobey him and most of what he decrees and orders. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1e and Ch.VI.A.1k.
4. The Landsraad hereby authorizes the (para)military forces of the Imperial States of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth (hereafter "the Imperial States") to invade the Imperial Dominions of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth (hereafter "the Imperial Dominions"). The forces aforesaid may take all the measures they may deem necessary or expedient to put down the rebellion in support of the Usurper by (parts of) the Imperial Forces against the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. The same measures may be taken by the (para)military forces of the Imperial States against any organization or entity, whether foreign or domestic, present in the Imperial Dominions that supports the Usurper.
5. The Landsraad hereby approves of the support already given by the Imperial States to the various anti-Usurper resistance groups in the Imperial Dominions and authorizes the governments of the Imperial States to continue with the aforesaid support.
6. The Landsraad hereby authorizes the Bovic Empire of the Natopian Nation, the High Realm of Stormark, and the Empire of the Alexandrians to -
- With respect to the Imperial Dominions: take all the measures and render all the support acceptable to the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to assist the operations of the loyalist forces, whether operationally or logistically, with defeating the purported regime of the Usurper;
- With respect to the Imperial States: take all the measures and render all the support acceptable to the respective governments of the Imperial States to assist the operations of the loyalist forces, whether operationally or logistically, with defeating the purported regime of the Usurper.
The above three Articles of the
Alejian Castle Resolution concern matters of war and peace, national security, foreign policy, and the Imperial Dominions.
Most of the Imperial Military, the bulk of which is stationed in the Imperial Dominions, sided with Tokaray al-Osman. As purported Kaiser, Tokaray al-Osman also controlled nearly all the Imperial Dominions which are situated on the continent of Benacia. Provision was therefore made to allow the armed forces of the Imperial States as well those of Shireroth's closest and staunchest allies to take certain measures and actions in support of the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth to assist it with the taking down of the illegal regime of Tokaray al-Osman. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.VI.A.1a, Ch.VI.A.1b, Ch.VI.A.1e and Ch.VI.A.1k.
7. For greater legal certainty: the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth shall be the government led and conducted by the Lady Noor as Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth as well as of Her Successors throughout time who have ascended the Golden Mango Throne in accordance with Federal Law.
This Article of the
Alejian Castle Resolution concerns a matter of national security. It provides legal security to the population as well as the Imperial Republic by making it perfectly clear what the sole the legal, lawful and legitimate government of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth is: the Kaiseress who has been elected by the Landsraad by means of Article 1 of the Alejian Castle Resolution and Her lawful Successors. The aforesaid is within the competence of the Landsraad under Ch.II.C.2 and Ch.VI.A.1e.
Thank you for your time.
Submitted with Esteem,
Fjǫrleif Llængjarla of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja
Prætor of the Landsraad