Handover of Power - State Organisation E-Book

Andreas Seidl

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• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Handover of Power - European Version
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

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Beschreibung

State organisation rethought Do you sometimes worry that you don't know which state agencies are responsible for you? And do you also wish to be asked before decisions are made about your everyday life? What political structures and processes does our society need today? This book tells us: ... how a division of executive, legislative, judicial and mediating power can look, in which the citizens decide - depending on necessity - which politicians are to be responsible for what and for how long. ... how the decision for direct, indirect or representative democracy can take into account the electoral fatigue or decisiveness of the population. ... which path everyone can follow until a critical mass comes together to support reforms and put them to a vote. After 20 years of work on this book series, Andreas Seidl thus ventures a step towards founding a party. In doing so, he entertains his readers both intellectually and visionarily. If this work can give you hope, inspire you or move you to action, it has fulfilled its purpose. Available in German and English

Leseprobe

For You

Volume 1: Summary

Volume 2: Derivation

Volume 3: Constitution

Volume 4: State Organisation

Volume 5: Digital

Volume 6: Media

Volume 7: Labour

Volume 8: Planned Economy

Volume 9: Social Market Economy

Volume 10: Barter Economy

Volume 11: Free Market Economy

Volume 12: Finance

Volume 13: Innovation

Volume 14: Education

Volume 15: Health

Volume 16: Infrastructure

Volume 17: Security

Volume 18: Justice

Volume 19: Foreigners

Volume 20: Integration

Volume 21: Family

Acknowledgements

My thanks go to my family and friends who have made me who I am today. Special thanks to all those who supported me in writing this book. I would like to thank all my classmates, teachers, fellow students, lecturers, demonstrators, activists, colleagues, companies and countries with whom I have had the privilege of sharing the experiences from which all the ideas in this book have emerged. I would like to thank the staff of Books on Demand for their kind helpfulness. I thank the citizens of Seligenstadt for the harmony and solidarity in which I was able to write.

Foreword

This policy concept contains a variety of proposals for possible political reforms. It can be peacefully and democratically adapted to any current political system of any state in the world, but also to political systems in families, clubs, associations or companies. Wherever humans make or submit to rules that manage living together, the following proposals can be helpful. Readers who find the proposals so helpful that they would like to implement them together with like-minded people can contact the author. The contact form on the last page can be used for this purpose.

Faults and defects

I ask for your understanding that this volume was not professionally proofread. I could only afford professional proofreading for the summary. Spelling errors and unfortunate phrasing may therefore occur. As soon as this volume has sold enough to pay for a professional proofreading, it will be done. After that, a new edition will be published.

English version

Please understand that this volume has been translated automatically. I could only afford a professional translation for the summary. Poor wording and spelling errors may therefore occur. In case of doubt, the German version shall prevail. As soon as this volume has sold enough to pay for a professional translation, it will be done. After that, a new edition will be published. It was more important to me that no one in the world should have an information advantage than individual translation errors in the complete work.

References

If something has been quoted directly, it is set in italics. If the headings contain footnotes, the sources for direct and indirect quotations apply in the chapter for which the heading stands. Otherwise, quotations or source references are directly at the word or at the end of the sentence or paragraph. This book contains parts of text based on the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999 (as of 12 February 2017), abbreviated to BV1 and the Constitution of the Canton of Bern of 6 June 1993 (as of 11 March 2015), abbreviated to KV2 .

If the constitutional paragraph, or individual paragraphs thereof, are based in whole or in part on extracts from the BV or KV, this is indicated in a footnote. The references to the corresponding footnotes for constitutional paragraphs are usually found after the heading of the affected chapter and sometimes in the body of the text. Articles used in the Swiss constitutions are listed in the footnote with a number after the title of the constitutional paragraph. Example: §123 Sample title: BV Art.123, KV Art.123.

All internet sources are fully cited in the footnotes. They were last accessed on 30.09.2021. All literature sources are also listed in full in the footnotes.

All references to tasks undertaken by other ministries and described in more detail there are given in footnotes. Example: Model Ministry - 1.2.3 Model Chapter.

All footnotes are to be viewed in comparison to the respective source, so-called indirect quotations. Direct quotations are set in italics, but hardly ever occur. The source reference is intended to enable further investigation and to take copyright into account.

All keywords used, based on the names of the responsible units, departments and ministries of Germany, are listed at the end of this volume in the chapter on the conversion of ministries.

1 This is not an official publication. Only the publication by the Swiss Federal Chancellery is authoritative. https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/de On 14.12.2021

2 This is not an official publication. The Bernese Official Collection of Laws is authoritative. https://www.belex.sites.be.ch/frontend/versions/2420?locale=de#ART71 On 16.12.2021

Table of contents

1 Goals of the Ministry of State Organisation

2 Departments

2.1 Central Department

2.1.1 Staff

2.1.1.1 Personnel board.

2.1.2 Organisation

2.1.2.1 Audit services

2.2 Management Department

2.2.1 Planning and strategy

2.3 European Department.

2.4 State Department

2.5 State Structure Department.

2.6 State Process Department

2.7 Subsidiarity Department

2.8 Switching Department

3 Tasks of the Ministry of State Organisation

4 State law.

4.1 State procedural law

4.1.1 Lack of responsibility

4.1.2 Establishment and closure of ministries

4.1.3 Communication.

4.1.4 National language

4.1.5 National anthem

4.2 Cooperation processes

4.3 State Organisation Minister.

4.3.1 Guardians of the Constitution

4.3.2 Fundamental rights

4.4 Federal Moderator’s Office

4.4.1 Internal Service

4.4.2 External Service

4.4.2.1 Citizens’ consultation hours

4.4.3 Federal Moderators.

4.4.4 Two presiding Federal Moderators

4.4.4.1 Stalemate.

4.4.4.2 Hotline

4.5 State Directory

4.6 Persons Directory

4.6.1 Expression of interest

4.7 Liability insurance.

5 Theories of dynamic media democracy

5.1 Theory of collective consciousness through media

5.2 Theory of the social psychological adolescence of humanity

5.2.1 Theory of the social-psychological adolescence of peoples

5.3 Theory of the state as an entrepreneur in the national economy

5.4 Theory of short chains of legitimacy

6 Goals of the dynamic media democracy

6.1 Politics is a party

6.2 Government goals

7 Separation of powers

7.1 Mediative

7.1.1 Political means of communication

7.1.1.1 State television.

7.1.1.2 Intranet

8 Political structure

8.1 Nationals.

8.1.1 People

8.1.2 Affected citizens

8.1.3 Civil rights

8.2 Town Halls

8.2.1 Intranet café

8.2.1.1 Election week

8.2.1.2 Voting booths

8.3 Politician

8.3.1 Minister

8.3.1.1 Working conditions for ministers

8.3.2 Deputy ministers

8.4 Ministries

8.4.1 Capital city and outposts

8.4.2 Create a new ministry.

8.4.3 Internal heterarchy

8.4.3.1 Heterarchical working conditions

8.4.3.2 Working plan

8.4.3.3 Right of final decision for ministers.

8.4.3.4 Co-determination rights for employees

8.4.3.5 Book of amendments

8.4.4 State employees

8.4.4.1 Salaries and bonuses in the state service

8.5 Parties

8.5.1 Financing

8.5.2 Premises and equipment.

8.5.3 Basic programme

8.5.4 Party wing

8.5.4.1 Party wings in the election of persons process

8.5.4.2 Party wings in the legislative process

8.5.4.3 Slogans

8.5.4.4 One-day wing

8.5.5 Party membership

8.5.6 Working groups

8.5.7 Initiatives, petitions, demonstrations and delegates.

8.5.8 Party congresses

8.5.8.1 Legislative party congress.

8.5.8.2 Programme party congress.

8.5.8.2.1 Kick-off party congress.

8.5.8.2.1.1 Board interview.

8.5.8.2.1.2 Position papers

8.5.8.2.1.3 Motions

8.5.8.2.2 Wing party congresses

8.5.8.2.3 Final party congress

8.5.8.3 Candidate party congress.

8.5.9 Ethics commission

8.5.9.1 Flood of worries

8.5.9.2 Discussion.

8.5.9.3 Final vote

8.6 Councils

8.6.1 Parliamentary groups

8.6.2 Council of Ministers

8.6.2.1 Members of the Council of Ministers

8.6.2.2 Permanent tasks of the Council of Ministers for the ministry.

8.6.2.3 Giving voting rights to the Council of Ministers

8.6.3 International Council.

8.6.4 Party Council

8.6.4.1 Municipal Party Council

8.6.4.2 National Party Council

8.6.4.3 International Party Council.

8.6.4.4 Delegates.

8.6.4.4.1 Party members

8.6.4.4.2 Party wing leaders.

8.6.4.5 Lending out voting rights to the Party Council

8.6.5 Scientific Advisory Board

9 Political processes

9.1 Dynamic democracy

9.2 Political rights

9.2.1 Free will formation.

9.2.2 Unbiased voting

9.3 Right to vote

9.3.1 Recounts

9.3.2 Election advertising

9.3.3 Mobile voting booth

9.3.4 Electoral and voting right for nationals.

9.3.5 Electoral and voting rights for foreigners

9.4 Real and digital events.

9.4.1 Broadcast

9.4.2 Participants

9.4.3 Devices.

9.5 Quorum

9.5.1 Subject

9.5.2 Voting rights

9.5.3 Term of office and period of validity.

9.5.4 Quorum Directory.

9.5.5 Coordination process on the intranet

9.5.6 Opposition work of the party wings as a motor for a quorum.

9.5.7 Majority quorum

9.5.8 Quorum limits quorum

9.5.9 Quorum quorum

9.5.10 Deselection quorum.

9.5.11 Participation quorum.

9.5.12 Staff quorum

9.5.13 Initiative quorum.

9.5.14 Veto quorum

9.5.15 Repeal quorum.

9.5.16 Revision quorum

9.5.17 Empowerment quorum

9.5.18 Dismissal quorum

9.5.19 Subsidiarity quorum.

9.6 Committee

9.6.1 Purpose

9.6.2 Procedure

9.6.2.1 Committees in the legislative process.

9.6.2.2 Committees in the election of persons process.

9.6.2.3 Mandatory committees

9.6.2.4 Free committee procedure

9.6.2.5 People’s Plenum.

9.6.2.6 People’s Conference.

9.6.2.7 Committees abroad

9.6.2.8 Participation of foreigners

9.6.3 Procedure

9.6.3.1 Preliminary work.

9.6.3.2 Convocation

9.6.3.3 Pre-reporting

9.6.3.4 Moving in

9.6.3.5 Location

9.6.3.6 Starting ritual

9.6.3.7 Media implementation

9.6.3.7.1 TV picture

9.6.3.7.2 TV box.

9.6.3.7.3 Viewers video contributions

9.6.3.7.4 Video competition

9.6.3.8 Motivation during the committee

9.6.3.9 Voting during the committee.

9.6.3.10 Secret voting during the committee.

9.6.3.11 End

9.6.4 Committee Directory.

9.6.5 Venues

9.6.6 Support

9.6.7 Party advertising.

9.7 Voting

9.7.1 Three ways of voting.

9.7.2 Preventing electoral fraud

9.7.3 Majorities.

9.7.3.1 Municipal majorities

9.7.4 Mandatory voting

9.7.5 Binding coordination topics

9.7.5.1 Peoples

9.7.5.2 People

9.7.6 Annual budget vote

9.7.6.1 Approval vote

9.7.6.2 Legislative vote

9.7.7 Public financing by the Central Bank

9.7.8 Privatisation and nationalisation of companies

9.7.9 Politicians’ salaries

9.8 State governments

9.8.1 Government decisions

9.8.2 Responsibility.

9.8.2.1 Ministers in government

9.8.2.2 Cooperation between several ministries

9.8.2.3 Collegial principle

9.8.3 Control

9.8.4 Liability

9.8.5 Administration

9.9 Elections of persons.

9.9.1 Election advertising

9.9.2 Term of office

9.9.3 Incompatibilities

9.9.4 Procedure

9.9.4.1 Triggering the new election

9.9.4.2 Transition phase

9.9.4.3 Election programme

9.9.4.4 Programme election campaign.

9.9.4.5 Pre-election

9.9.4.6 Programme committee

9.9.4.7 Candidates

9.9.4.8 Candidates’ committee

9.9.4.8.1 Round of introductions

9.9.4.8.2 Simulation games

9.9.4.8.3 Final test

9.9.4.9 Candidate campaign

9.9.4.10 Run-off election

9.9.4.11 Familiarisation.

9.9.5 Three ways of election of persons

9.9.5.1 Direct election of persons

9.9.5.2 Indirect election of persons

9.9.5.3 Representative election of persons

9.9.5.3.1 Chain of legitimacy

9.10 Legislation.

9.10.1 Flexible use of the legislative process.

9.10.2 Numbers as numerals in laws

9.10.3 Right of initiative

9.10.4 Counter-proposal

9.10.5 Law-making provisions.

9.10.6 Digitised legislation

9.10.6.1 Legislative Directory

9.10.6.1.1 Homepage

9.10.6.1.2 Folder structure

9.10.6.1.3 Proposal

9.10.6.1.4 Problem

9.10.6.2 Simulation in the Algoracle

9.10.7 Controversial laws

9.10.8 Urgent laws

9.10.9 Provisional laws

9.10.9.1 Probationary period.

9.10.10 Lobbyists in the legislative process

9.10.10.1 Lobbyists.

9.10.10.2 Lobby Directory

9.10.11 Three ways of legislation.

9.10.11.1 Indirect legislation.

9.10.11.1.1 Interview

9.10.11.2 Indirect voting.

9.10.11.3 Direct legislation

9.10.11.4 Direct voting.

9.10.11.5 Demonstration

9.10.11.6 Petition

9.10.11.6.1 Petition Directory.

9.10.11.7 Citizens’ initiative

9.10.11.7.1 Invalidity of citizens’ initiatives.

9.10.11.7.2 Election campaign for citizens’ initiatives

9.10.11.7.3 Counter-proposals for citizens’ initiatives

9.10.11.8 Committee procedure for laws

9.10.11.8.1 Virtual preparation.

9.10.11.8.1.1 Norms pinboard

9.10.11.8.2 Real preparation

9.10.11.8.2.1 Discussion.

9.10.11.8.2.2 Finding a compromise.

9.10.11.8.3 Procedure

9.10.11.8.3.1 Report.

9.10.11.8.3.2 Initial vote.

9.10.11.8.3.3 Moderators

9.10.11.8.3.4 Panelists

9.10.11.8.3.5 Video contributions

9.10.11.8.3.6 Solution letter

9.10.11.9 Representative legislation.

9.10.11.10 Representative voting

9.11 Constitutional amendments

9.11.1 Constitutional initiative

9.11.1.1 Review

9.11.1.2 Counter-initiative

9.11.1.3 Counter-template by the Constitutional Committee

9.11.2 Constitutional Committee

9.11.3 Partial revision

9.11.4 Total revision

9.11.5 Constitutional referendum

9.11.5.1 Compulsory voting in constitutional referendums

10 Subsidiarity

10.1 Subsidiarity principle.

10.2 Subsidiarity motion.

10.3 Subsidiarity vote

10.3.1 Majority ratios in the rule case

10.3.2 Responsibilities and majority ratios in individual cases

10.4 Subsidiarity Agency

11 Federalism

11.1 Definitions in federalism

11.2 Political levels

11.2.1 Constitutional order.

11.2.2 Primacy of law between the levels.

11.2.3 Implementation of the law

11.2.4 Staff cooperation between levels in a ministry.

11.3 Responsibilities in federalism.

11.3.1 National policy.

11.3.1.1 National election of persons

11.3.1.2 National legislation

11.4 Global policy.

11.4.1 International Minister

11.4.2 International Union

11.4.2.1 International election of persons

11.4.2.2 International legislation.

11.4.2.2.1 Three paths of international legislation

11.4.2.2.2 Responsibilities in case of different communitarisation

11.4.2.2.3 Voting

11.4.3 Financing of international ministries

11.5 Municipal policy

11.5.1 Municipality.

11.5.2 Municipal level.

11.5.3 Municipal government

11.5.3.1 Municipal election of persons

11.5.3.2 Municipal legislation

11.5.4 Municipal laws

11.5.5 Financing of the municipalities

11.5.6 Cooperation between municipalities.

11.5.7 Cultural protection areas for the protection of minorities

11.5.8 Panel regulars’ table

12 State security

12.1 Corruption and crime in the state system

12.2 Immunity

12.3 Popular empowerment

12.4 Protests

12.4.1 Support vote.

12.4.2 Protesting minority

12.4.3 Protesting majority.

12.5 Punitive measures for politicians

12.5.1 Open Leaks

12.5.2 Committee of enquiry

12.5.2.1 Judgment

12.5.2.2 Solution Finding

12.5.3 New elections.

12.5.4 Degradation

12.5.5 Disempowerment.

12.6 State of exception

12.7 State of emergency

12.7.1 New election in a state of emergency

12.7.2 Reporting in a state of emergency.

12.7.3 War

12.7.4 Civil war

12.7.5 Revolt.

12.7.6 Coup

12.7.7 Coup d’état

12.7.7.1 Proclamation of the coup d’état.

12.7.7.2 Coup d’état by force of arms

12.7.7.2.1 Municipal responsibility

12.7.7.2.2 Handling insurgents.

12.7.7.2.3 Arming the population.

12.7.7.2.4 Vigilantes

12.7.7.2.5 Counterattack

12.7.7.2.6 Surrender

12.7.7.3 Municipal coup d’état by force of arms

12.7.7.3.1 National responsibility

12.7.7.4 Digital coup d’état through election manipulation

12.7.7.4.1 Control mechanisms

12.7.7.4.2 Analogue election.

12.7.7.4.3 Manipulation of opinion

12.7.7.5 End of the coup d’état.

13 Switching to the new system.

13.1 Amendment of the constitution

13.2 Similarities with the dynamic media democracy

13.3 Introduction of the 18 ministries.

13.4 Reform of the party system

13.4.1 Coalitions.

13.5 Location reform

13.5.1 Turning cities, municipalities and counties into municipalities

13.6 Dissolve federal intermediate levels

13.6.1 Municipal division

13.6.2 Dissolve regional parliaments

13.7 Reduce parliaments and levels of government

13.7.1 Cabinet reshuffle

13.7.2 Introduction of the Council of Ministers

13.7.3 Introduction of the Party Council

13.7.4 Reshuffle of the parliamentary groups

13.8 Introduction of sliding subsidiarity

13.9 Transition of the political processes

13.9.1 Election workers.

13.9.2 Committees and voting

13.9.3 Introduction of the quorum.

13.9.4 Reform of the election of persons and legislation

13.9.5 Validation of the new digital voting system.

13.9.6 People’s Computer release.

13.10 Labour market restructuring for state servants

13.10.1 Conversion of state service salaries

13.11 Restructuring in the office for the head of government

13.12 Conversion of the old ministries

13.12.1 Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and the Homeland.

13.12.2 Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

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1 Goals of the Ministry of State Organisation

The aim of the Ministry of State Organisation is to organise the state with its ministries in such a way that the political structures and processes comply with the constitution and to serve as a contact and moderator for citizens and politicians. The objective of the Ministry of State Organisation is considered to have been achieved when the state apparatus functions in the interests of the citizens and for the benefit of the people.

The ministry ensures that the theory of the state follows coherent and comprehensible theses. The theories are to serve as directives for the practical implementation of the state organs. From this, concrete goals are derived that the state system and the governments should fulfil.

In order not to give too much power to any one organ of the state, the separation of powers is regulated. In order to give each political level the responsibility for which it is suited, subsidiarity is regulated. In order to describe all political levels and define their tasks, federalism is regulated. The political structure describes all state organs and how they interact in political processes to ensure the stability of the dynamic media democracy at all times.

2 Departments

The departments are divided into sub-departments and enumerations are usually considered as their individual units. Many tasks of some departments are completely taken over by other ministries as a service.

2.1 Central Department

Part of the Central Department is the Reception Office with the Courier and Mail Room, which directs all concerns, broadcasts and visitors to the appropriate place in the ministry.

2.1.1 Staff

The Human Resources Department is responsible for staff development and planning. For this purpose, it takes care of the recruitment of junior staff, intern and trainee programmes as well as the selection procedures for employees and special selection procedures for applicants with disabilities. For politicians and employees, the department prepares a job plan. In all its tasks, it works in voting with the personnel board.

All other personnel matters are transferred to the relevant ministries. The Ministry of Education is responsible for the training and further education of employees for the state service.3 The Ministry of Labour takes over the service law.4 This includes labour and collective bargaining law for employees in the state service, remuneration, personnel administration of all careers and employees, flexitime, holiday and sick leave, working time with or without flexitime in part-time or full-time at the place of work or in home work. The Ministry of Infrastructure provides housing assistance for all state employees.5 The Ministry of Finance’s Pay Office takes care of employees’ salary, expenses, travel and relocation costs.6 The Ministry of Education provides childcare for all employees in the state service.7

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the occupational health service.8 It ensures occupational health management, deals with the treatment, education and prevention of occupational accidents, controls and provides occupational health and safety through the health auditors9 of the Company Auditing Agency10 .

3Ministry of Education - 2.1.1.1 Education and training for the state service

4 Ministry of Labour - 4 State enterprises, 13 Labour Directory

5 Ministry of Infrastructure - 2.1.1.1 Housing assistance for state service employees

6 Ministry of Finance - 2.1.1.1 Staff remuneration

7 Ministry of Education - 2.1.1.2 Childcare for state service employees

8 Ministry of Health - 2.1.1.1 Occupational Health Service

9 Ministry of Labour - 20.7.2 Health auditor

10 Ministry of Labor - 20 Company Auditing Agency

2.1.1.1 Personnel board

The personnel board consists of all employees of the ministry. The personnel board meets whenever the HR department wants to reschedule, retrain, hire or dismiss personnel. Employees who are directly and indirectly affected by a personnel decision are given voting rights on the personnel board for that individual decision. The personnel board uses the procedures of direct, indirect and representative democracy for its projects. Meetings are held like committees. Each member can lend out his or her vote to another member and take it back. Working groups or staffs of entire agencies can elect leaders directly or rotate them to give them their vote. A vote cast may be reclaimed by a participation quorum. A leader can be newly elected by a deselection quorum. These two quorums can then only be voted for by those eligible to vote in the ministry’s staff.

2.1.2 Organisation

The ministries of media, security, justice, finance, labour, state organisation provide audit services for quality management in the ministry, evaluation of work performance, revenues and expenditures, as well as corruption prevention, sabotage protection and, if necessary, disciplinary matters.11

The language service for translating talks or texts is provided by the Ministry of Education.12 The Ministry of Finance organises the annual budget vote and ensures proper accounting in each ministry.13 It regulates budget procedures, budget law, staff budgets, departmental budgets, costs and cash management, and assists ministries in budget planning for the budget vote. The Ministry of Labour regulates public procurement law and ensures corruption-free state orders and procurement.14

The Ministry of Digital Affairs supports the supply of Information Technology.15 In voting with the Procurement Office of the Ministry of Labour, it takes care of the procurement, provision, maintenance and service of technical devices and software. Much of this is produced in-house to ensure data protection in information and communication technology. Information technology and digitalisation officers audit and advise the ministries. Digital appointment calendar and documentation services are provided as well as a digital policy archive including a library.

2.1.2.1 Audit services

The Ministry of State Organisation provides quality management through the Federal Moderator’s Office, which evaluates and organises the cooperation between the ministries and the citizens. The results of the evaluation are collected by the auditors of the Company Auditing Agency and Surveillance Television16 and published on the intranet site of the Federal Moderator’s Office.

The Guardians of the Constitution monitor state enterprises and authorities to ensure that the state adheres to the Constitution. The Guardians of the Constitution work with the Federal Moderator’s Office and the Company Auditing Agency.

Prevention of corruption and protection against sabotage is regulated in the chapter on state security. To prevent corruption, government personnel can be reported to several agencies and are vetted by the Company Auditing Agency and the Surveillance Television17 . Corrupt politicians can be removed from office directly through the deselection quorum. This is regulated in the chapter on Corruption and Crime in the State. To protect against sabotage, the population can take control of entire ministries or individual departments and units. This is regulated in the chapter on popular empowerment. Disciplinary matters are regulated in the subsection Sanctions. Violations can be reported on the intranet portal “Open Leaks”, investigated in the committee of enquiry and punished by new elections, degradation and disempowerment.

2.2 Management Department

The Management Department is the minister’s department. With his office team, he provides policy planning and analysis for his ministry and coordinates the relationship between the nation and the municipality through exchanges with his deputies in the municipalities. He initiates cooperation with other ministries or citizens in committees and is supported by the Ministry of State Organisation.

The Ministry of Media Affairs, through its media service, provides press and public relations for the ministry, moderates civil dialogue, trains or provides a spokesperson for the minister, writes speeches and texts on request, and ensures the implementation of conferences and events.18

The Ministry of Digital Affairs is responsible for digital management and thus provides departmental management. It automatically produces business statistics, staff surveys and the current state of research through statistics. It automatically forwards proposals to the affected or empowered state employees. In document management, it ensures digitalisation and that ministries share forms with each other.19

2.2.1 Planning and strategy

The policy planning of the ministry is described in the chapter Tasks of the Ministry. The policy analysis is limited to the elections, voting and committees. The Ministry of State Organisation is responsible for coordinating the ministries of media and digital affairs in such a way that the dates for elections of persons, committees and voting do not overlap and open a window of opportunity for citizens to inform themselves and participate. An analysis evaluates the processes on the basis of the collected empirical values that users, citizens and politicians express in contributions or ratings. An analysis of the relationship between time and resources invested is produced and published in the course of the budget vote. Employees of the Ministry of State Organisation are responsible for carrying out the analysis in the Company Auditing Agency team and collect the data as part of the annual audit by the Company Auditing Agency.

The relationship between nations, nation and municipality is regulated in the chapters on cooperation procedures, state procedural law, subsidiarity and federalism.

Cooperation with other ministries or citizens in committees, is regulated in the chapters Federal Moderator’s Office, Committees and Direct Legislation. The coordination of ministries by the Ministry of State Organisation is regulated in the chapters Federal Moderator’s Office and Cooperation Procedures.

2.3 European Department

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ensures the constant transmission of the latest information on current European policy affecting the ministry concerned, applicable European Union law and all European Union funding programmes starting or in progress.20

The Ministry of State Organisation maintains a European Department to coordinate and supervise international affairs at the international political level in such a way that they comply with the applicable constitutional law and align with the system of dynamic media democracy through the three rings of integration21 . The ministries of state organisation and foreign affairs work together for this purpose.

The European Department ensures compliance with the rules of the Statute of Deputies and the electoral law for the members of the Council of Ministers, the International Council and the International Party Council. In cooperation with the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relations with European Union institutions and European political parties are cared for.

The European Department decides for the areas of Institutional Affairs22 whether current European Union law is to be adopted, adapted or rejected.23

2.4 State Department

The State Department is responsible for compliance with state law and, in cooperation with the Minister of State Organisation, for the formulation of innovations in state law. It oversees the work of the Guardians of the Constitution, the Federal Moderator’s Office and the Liability Insurance Fund. It ensures the operation of the State Directory24 and Persons Directory and cooperation with the other ministries. It pays attention to the realisation of the objectives, theories and separation of powers in the dynamic media democracy.

2.5 State Structure Department

The State Structure Department ensures that state institutions perform all their functions in accordance with the constitution. It oversees that nationals are granted their rights in town halls and on the intranet, that politicians in their ministries act heterarchically for the benefit of the people, that political parties can carry out their programme work, government work and opposition work constitutionally with adequate resources, and that councils are involved in proceedings wherever necessary. The State Structure Department supports the state institutions in organising meetings and their moderation. In cooperation with the State Organisation Minister, deficiencies in the state structure can be remedied through innovations and introduced into the legislative process.

11 Ministries of Media, Security, Justice, Finance, State Organisation - 2.1.2.1 Audit services

12 Ministry of Education - 2.1.3 Language Service

13 Ministry of Finance - 8 state revenues, 9 state expenditure

14 Ministry of Labour - 6 Procurement Office

15 Ministry of Digital Affairs - 2.1.2.1.1 Supply of Information Technology

16 Ministry of Media Affairs - 12.1 Monitoring team

17 Ministry of Media - 12 Surveillance Television

18 Ministry of Media Affairs - 2.2.1.1 Media Service

19 Ministry of Digital Affairs - 2.1.2.1 Digital Service

20 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 2.4 European Department

21 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 5.8 International Union

22https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/institutional_affairs.html?root_default=SUM_1_CODED=01

23 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 6.4 Conversion of political contents to the policy of dynamic media democracy

24 Ministry of Digital - 12 Directories

2.6 State Process Department

The State Process Department oversees compliance with procedural rules in all ordinary and extraordinary cases. It ensures the operation of the Quorum Directory, Committee Directory, Legislative Directory, Lobby Directory and Petition Directory. Keeps track of all ongoing and triggered quorums and oversees the proper execution of all subsequent proceedings. It oversees the granting of political rights and the right to vote to those entitled to vote and provides the election officer for this purpose. It is responsible for all forms of voting, whether direct, indirect or representative. In particular, it ensures that all votes are held that are mandatory.

It ensures budget votes in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and real and digital events for committees in cooperation with the Ministries of Media and Digital. It oversees the direct, indirect or representative procedures of governments, legislation and election of persons. It is responsible, in cooperation with the Minister of State Organisation, for the procedures for constitutional amendments and in extraordinary situations where state security is at risk.

2.7 Subsidiarity Department

The Subsidiarity Department coordinates the federal distribution of responsibilities. It maintains contact with all political levels and keeps track of all the different areas of application of laws and the responsible politicians. It supervises the work of the Subsidiarity Agency and the subsidiarity votes. It supports the respective political level in complying with all special procedural rules in municipal, national or international procedures. In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it coordinates efforts or refusals for international communitarisation. In cooperation with the Council of Ministers, municipal party councils, municipalities governed by municipalities, alliances of municipalities or cultural protection areas, the Subsidiarity Department organises the balance between international and national unity and municipal self-government.

2.8 Switching Department

The Switching Department organises the switch to the new system in all ministries. It drives the amendment of the constitution and all subsequent adjustments by other ministries and in codes. It coordinates all moves and changes of use of state buildings and capital city locations. It carries out retraining, dismissals and new appointments. Once the switch to the new system is completed in all ministries and the new constitution is in force, the Switching Department is closed.

3 Tasks of the Ministry of State Organisation

The task of the Ministry of State Organisation is to organise the state with its political structures and processes so that all state power emanates from the people. It is fulfilled in that the political structures and processes adapt flexibly to the population’s dynamic willingness to participate. This ranges from representative and indirect procedures in councils when voter turnout is too low, to direct participation of the citizens in committees, voting in individual cases or permanently, to taking over entire ministries or the defence of state security.

The central task of the Ministry of State Organisation is to legislate for the procedures of election of persons, government, legislation and constitution-making. All citizens, politicians, parties and ministries that have to manage these procedures are accompanied and supported by the Federal Moderator’s Office. The Ministry of State Organisation uses quorums as a central steering element. With the exception of the periodic budget vote, they are the driving forces behind the political processes. They are followed by negotiations in committees or councils and voting in polling stations or councils.

The everyday task of the Federal Moderator’s Office is to ensure cooperation between the ministries and between the state and the citizens in accordance with the constitution. For the division of responsibilities between the municipal, national and international levels, the ministry maintains the Subsidiarity Agency. The State Directory provides an overview of all organs of the state and enables contact and communication between all participants. In particular, the Ministry of State Organisation is responsible for providing opportunities for citizens to participate and for guaranteeing election and voting rights.

As guardians of the Constitution, the Minister of State Organisation and his deputies are charged with ensuring compliance with the Constitution and with reporting and preventing violations. They are supported in this by the Guardians of the Constitution. In order to prevent dangers to state security, the Ministry of State Organisation ensures that the necessary procedures are followed and practised by the population.

The Ministry of State Organisation regulates the transition of the current state system to the new system described in this volume, the Constitution and the other volumes.

4 State law25

The Ministry of State Organisation is responsible for state law, i.e. the political processes and structures in the country. Political processes are quorums and the procedures of committees, elections of persons and legislation. Political structures are ministries, parties, committees, councils and the constitution. Since state law affects all ministries, it must be fundamentally laid down in the constitution. More concrete formulations in state organisation law are made by laws of the Ministry of State Organisation. State organisation law regulates the observance and reorganisation of the applicable structures and processes so that political contents can be devised and implemented.

All 18 ministers are involved in the legislative process for state law. The text of the law must be negotiated in a committee or council. State law forms the basis for the administrative law procedures in the ministries and parties from which state services arise. State law consists of laws that oblige state agencies or citizens to act or enable them to act. The Ministry of Justice legislates on the jurisprudence in state law.26 The Ministry of State Organisation describes why the state procedures are necessary in the applicable state law in state theories.

4.1 State procedural law27

The Ministry of State Organisation ensures smooth cooperation between ministries, political levels and the state and its citizens. Cooperation is always necessary when several ministries or levels are affected by a project. The procedures are laid down in the State Procedural Law. The political contents constitute the individual cases of political decisions made within the applicable political structure and through applicable political processes. Citizens, elected ministers, elected ministry staff and party members are responsible for political contents. In individual cases, they may involve several remits and require humans to work together who have never or rarely worked together before. The Ministry of State Organisation uses state procedural law to promote cooperation through moderation and uniform procedures. The authorities responsible for this are the Federal Moderator’s Office and the Subsidiarity Agency. If conflicts of jurisdiction arise between ministries or authorities, the Subsidiarity Agency investigates the case, attempts to mediate or sends moderators. If no solution enters, the Minister of State Organisation makes the decision or it is negotiated in a committee and then voted on.

4.1.1 Lack of responsibility28

If the entrance occurs that no ministry feels responsible for a case, but the state has the mandate to act, the Ministry of State Organisation takes over the legislative process and the execution of these laws in this case until it assigns the corresponding responsibility to a ministry or a new ministry is created.

25 §247,1-3 State law

26 Ministry of Justice - 4.8.3 State law

27 §46,1,2 State, §114,5 Federal Moderator’s Office: BV Art.157, §111,5 Administration, §247,3 State law

28 §46.6 State: BV Art.173

4.1.2 Establishment and closure of ministries29

The people can establish a new ministry by introducing an initiative for this purpose, which must be approved by the people with a majority of 75% or more. Since the constitution must be amended when a new ministry is established, all procedures are treated as a partial revision of the constitution. If the initiative is introduced as a draft, the government programme for the new ministry is created in a committee. If the initiative is introduced as a template, it is voted on immediately. Counter-drafts may be submitted. The procedure otherwise corresponds to the election of persons process, in which a candidates’ committee follows. For the new remit, the new party begins its work and forms party wings.

The Ministry of State Organisation can close ministries or assign responsibilities to another ministry or divide them between several ministries. For each of these operations, all ministers and 75% of the citizens must agree. If a majority is not reached, a committee is convened, after which another voting follows. The ministers are then entitled to vote only as citizens. If 65% of the citizens vote in favour, the operation is carried out.

4.1.3 Communication

The ministries of state organisation, media and digital affairs create a communication system through which citizens are able to manage the state. The Ministry of State Organisation sets the rules of procedure for how the Ministries of Media and Digital Affairs provide the necessary communication technology and how they may use it. The Ministry of Media Affairs provides for time-saving information intake through filming and enables cooperation between viewers and performers through different formats. The Ministry of Digital Affairs provides networking and equipment with up-to-date software and hardware through which communication activities can be carried out and archived.

29 §99.5-7 Ministries

4.1.4 National language30

The national language is the language spoken by most nationals. All official business must be available to nationals in at least the national language. If states with different languages are communitarised, a new language must be developed that can contain words from all national languages. The Ministry of Integration is responsible for the official languages.31

4.1.5 National anthem

The national anthem is a song whose melody and lyrics are voted on by the people, like a law. Therefore, it is listed in the Law Directory as a law of the Ministry of State Organisation. Once the repeal quorum is reached, amendments are negotiated in a People’s Committee. A competition may be announced for which domestic musicians may submit proposals. The people vote on the negotiated amendments.

4.2 Cooperation processes32

The Ministry of State Organisation is responsible for cooperation in three cooperation processes.

The first cooperation process serves to ensure that the municipal, national and international levels cooperate with each other or clearly separate their responsibilities.

The second cooperation process serves to ensure that the four economic zones remain permeable so that nationals can decide at any time in which economic zone they would like to work or live. The Ministry of Labour assumes primary responsibility there, but is supported by the Ministry of State Organisation. The third cooperation process serves to enable ministries to offer solutions that only several ministries can manage together and no ministry alone. The Ministry of State Organisation checks whether reports by ruling or presumably affected ministers or by citizens are admissible by veto quorum. Reports are admissible if the law-making provision affected exceeds the departmental scope of a ministry. Then it is examined which of the 18 ministries are affected. The reasons given in the reports are taken into account. After a report has been examined and approved, the ministers of all affected ministries are involved in the legislative process. The Federal Moderator’s Office acts as the leader.

4.3 State Organisation Minister

The national Minister of State Organisation is responsible for monitoring whether the country’s constitution has been respected. This task cannot be shifted to the international or municipal level through a subsidiarity vote. In order to carry out this task, the Minister of State Organisation, in voting with the judges of the Constitutional Court, may give direct instructions to all state employees or veto laws. These laws must then be brought into line with the constitution or repealed. To assist the Minister of State Organisation in this task, the Ministry of State Organisation maintains a Department of Guardians of the Constitution.

4.3.1 Guardians of the Constitution

The Ministry of State Organisation is responsible for ensuring that political institutions abide by the constitution and act only within its constitutionally prescribed limits. Constitutional disputes are reported to the Guardians of the Constitution or identified by the Guardians themselves, and are heard and resolved in a committee away from court proceedings. The Guardians of the Constitution provide oversight of state enterprises and authorities through cooperation with auditors from the Company Auditing Agency33 , the Federal Moderator’s Office, the police and the Constitutional Court. Citizens can report doubts about the constitutionality of actions of citizens, companies, civil or state organisations to the police34 . The police have the duty to examine the doubts and then immediately report them to the Constitutional Court.35

At the Federal Moderator’s Office, citizens and politicians can voice complaints about state agencies. It is checked whether laws or the constitution are being violated. The moderators report the findings to the affected state agencies and set a deadline of 3 months for the violations to be remedied. If the deadline passes without the violations being remedied, the Federal Moderator’s Office reports the matter to the Constitutional Court.

If legality auditors discover violations during the Company Auditing Agency’s annual audit, they must be remedied within 3 months. If this is not the case, the matter is reported to the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Court is obliged to carry out a legal examination of all reported cases and, if violations are found, to initiate proceedings. The Constitutional Court hears reported violations of the constitution and can impose sentences or propose amendments to legislation.

4.3.2 Fundamental rights

The fundamental rights are laid down by the people in the constitution in the chapter on fundamental rights. Different ministries are responsible for the implementation of individual articles of the fundamental rights. Compliance with fundamental rights is evaluated by the Guardians of the Constitution and the distribution of responsibilities is moderated by the Federal Moderator’s Office.

30 §53 National language, §185 Languages: BV Art.70

31 Ministry of Integration - 6.1 Official languages

32 §108.5 Composition and election of the government

33 Ministry of Labour - 20.7.3 Economic auditor

34 Ministry of Security - 7 Police

35 Ministry of Justice - 5.4.6 Constitutional Court

4.4 Federal Moderator’s Office36

The Ministry of State Organisation maintains the Federal Moderator’s Office. The office is an independent agency in which Federal Moderators, as directly elected politicians, are accountable to the laws and citizens. The special duty of Federal Moderators is to conduct negotiations in a neutral manner. This means that no interest goes unmentioned, there must be no taboos based on supposed political correctness, all criticism must be examined for its cause, no ministry is valued more than another or several, and no distinction must be made between citizens on the basis of their status.

The ministers and their deputies elect a Federal Moderator as State Moderator, who becomes Chief of Internal Service. The citizens elect a Federal Moderator as Citizen Moderator who becomes Chief of External Service.

4.4.1 Internal Service37

The Internal Service is the staff unit for all governments that require a leader to moderate the cooperation of several ministries, levels or authorities. Moderation can be used in legislation, the legislature, and execution, the executive. In this Internal Service, the Federal Moderator’s Office provides moderation between state agencies. There are Federal Moderators for the municipal and national levels. Moderators at the international level are the representatives or ambassadors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.38 They receive additional training in the Internal Service.

The Internal Service is also responsible for the training of new Federal Moderators. Federal Moderators for the discussion rounds in committees and councils are trained here. If the concept of Solution Finders39 is used, the voting moderator is trained in the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the audience moderator in the Ministry of Media Affairs. Once the training is completed, the moderators can stand for election as municipal or national Federal Moderators.

4.4.2 External Service40

The External Service provides moderation of communication between citizens and state agencies. It receives all statements from citizens that citizens wish to address to a state agency. This refers to all the possibilities available to citizens through their political rights. Citizens do not need to know the details of these rights. The External Service maintains an ombudsman’s office for citizens in every town hall. Here they learn which state agencies are most suitable for asserting citizens’ interests. Citizens are presented with all possible procedures. In this way, the Federal Moderator’s Office contributes to the political education of the citizens. The election of which procedure is to be used is up to the citizen. As advice, assessments can be made on the prospects of success based on past similar cases. The statistical result of all possible procedures is calculated by the Algoracle41 and given to the citizen along with the personal assessment of the staff member of the ombudsman’s office.

4.4.2.1 Citizens’ consultation hours

The ombudsman’s office is also the contact for citizens who want to go to a politician’s consulting hour. Every politician has his or her office hours for citizens at least one working day per week. These consulting hours have open and appointmentbased consulting hours. When making an appointment, it is also possible to indicate whether the consulting hour will be held via People’s Computer. While no citizens are present, the politician is involved in the discussions in the user community on the intranet. Lobbyists are not allowed to use the citizens’ consultation hours. If they do, the meeting must be filmed in real time and published.42

36 §46.2 State, §114 Federal Moderator’s Office: KV Art.96, BV Art.157, §113,9 Media Democracy

37 §114,1,5 Federal Moderator’s Office: BV Art.179, BV Art.157

38 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 4.7 Embassies

39 Ministry of Media Affairs - 7.2.3.5 Solution Finder (Legislation Committee)

40 §114.4 Federal Moderator’s Office

41 Ministry of Digital Affairs - 15.3 Algoracle

42 Ministry of Media Affairs - 7.2.1.3 Lobby documentation

4.4.3 Federal Moderators43

Federal Moderators are considered directly elected politicians of the Ministry of State Organisation and have their own deselection quorum. They chair committees and councils. This means that they organise and moderate the events, including preparation and follow-up. They work regularly on state television as news anchors and show moderators. On the intranet, they accompany discussion rounds, stop hostilities and look for common ground and compromises.

4.4.4 Two presiding Federal Moderators

The first Federal Moderator anchors the news on Government Television44 and is the people’s ombudsman. Complaints and proposals sent to him should first be sent to the relevant state agencies responsible for the matter in the complaint. If an agreement is reached, the case is closed. If there is no agreement, the complaint is reported in the news to give citizens a chance to report similar cases, find a majority for the case and force action by the ministry by quorum. This Federal Moderator heads the External Service of the Federal Moderator’s Office.

The second Federal Moderator moderates the Solution Finder shows45