Motion to elect a new Prætor

[Heath Belledin]

I move that this Landsraad elect a new Prætor.

[Vilhelm Benkern]

I think we have an active Praetor in post. What is the justification for this motion for an election?

[Continuator]

Our esteemed Praetor has been in office since 1625. There may be perhaps a desire for fresh blood? Or new ideas and methods? Maybe there is even a certain discontent at the maintenance budget for the Praetor's yacht?

[Verion]

I will let my support for this motion depend on the performance of the Esteemed Lady Praetor in the Imperial Judex. I trust she will defend all actions taken by this ancient and noble house, even when those close to her try to attack it. Lady Fjorleif has fulfilled her duties in the Landsraad to statisfaction, safe for one instance, and I trust that she will not give any reason for us to lose confidence in her leadership.

[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]

Lady Prætor,

I hope you will, under the circumstances here, forgive me if I - rather than addressing your esteemed self - turn directly to the assembled lords and ladies elector.


My Lords, my Ladies,

Our esteemed prætor has presided over our legislative deliberative body longer than any other prætor before her. We should applaud her patience and loyalty to this house.

Many lords and ladies here cannot even remember a time before her ladyship took office.

We are indebted to her.

When she leaves this assembly to go into retirement, a great fanfare will be held. I trust that the new prætor will guard and defend the powers of the Landsraad, be frugal in the use of public funds, and continue on Lady Fjorleif's dutiful activity in this house.

[Marcus Myksos]

is there a point to this?

[Fjorleif]

My Lords and Ladies,

Before us we have a Motion concerning the election of a new Prætor, which has been submitted by the Chief Imperial Inquisitor. Debate on the Motion aforesaid shall be open for at least 24 hours from the initial submission.

[Ryker]

Lord Arbiter,

Res ipsa loquitur. It is in black and white in the Charter.

Section B: The Competence of the Imperial States

1. The Imperial States have exclusive jurisdiction to legislate on matters regarding
a) Internal organisation and administration,
b) Culture,
c) Local criminal law,
d) Infrastructure,
e) Education,
f) Enforcement of state law,
g) Civil defence, and
h) Local defence.

2. Imperial law in these areas is superseded by state law.

CH.VI.B.1 grants the Imperial States exclusive jurisdiction to legislate on the matters that are listed therein. CH.VI.B.2 stipulates that Imperial law in those areas is superseded by state law.

It is therefore not within the purview of the legislative and executive branches of the Imperial Government to interfere with the matters which are reserved to the Imperial States. Any such interference whether by law, decree, resolution, motion, edict, ordinance or otherwise, is in violation of the Charter.

Specifically for the matter in hand, from the very instance that the Elwynnese Union enacted legislation on the matters that had passed into its exclusive jurisdiction, Mishalan and its Soviet infratructure, that legislation supersedes by virtue of CH.VI.B.2 any action by the legislative and executive branches of the Imperial Government.

Any action contrary to Elwynnese law is an infringement of its exclusive jurisdiction and therefore in violation of the Charter.

As the Resolution to veto Imperial Decree No.940 is designated to infringe upon Elwynnese law it is, as a consequence, unconstitutional.

I rest my case.

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

I mean, this kinda ticks me off. She represents the Landsraad by giving up on defending its decision immediately?

[Jeremy H. Archer]

This is intolerable behaviour by the Praetor. I will support this motion and hope that we can elect a Praetor who actually does want to represent the Landsraad.

[Ryker]

Well, she's gone now anyway. Up to the Steward from here.

[Ryker]

I guess the motion's closed, or whatever I'm supposed to say. I'm not wearing the hat though.