Government of Montesayette
Gouvernement du Commonwealth | |
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| Formation | 13 May 1921 |
|---|---|
| Founding document | Constitution of Montesayette |
| Jurisdiction |  Montesayette |
| Website | gouv.sy |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Meeting place | Garumna Palace |
| Executive branch | |
| Leader | President |
| Appointer | Direct popular vote |
| Headquarters | Lumière Palace |
| Main organ | State Council |
| Departments | 19 |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Seat | Palace of Justice |
The government of Montesayette, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national government of Montesayette. It consists of three interdependent branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—whose powers are defined by the Constitution and vested in the National Assembly, the president, and the federal courts, respectively. Acts of Parliament further outline the powers and duties of these branches, including the establishment of executive departments and lower courts under the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. In Montesayette's federal system, the national government shares sovereignty with the nine provinces within their respective territories.
Contents
Name
History
Legislative branch
Senate
House of Representatives
Executive branch
President
Prime Minister
Cabinet, executive departments, and agencies
The State Council, the highest executive body of the Montesayettean federal government, comprises the president, the prime minister, ministers of state, assistant ministers, and other cabinet-level officials. The president appoints all State Council members, including the prime minister, with the consent of the National Assembly. Ministers are ranked by importance:
- Senior Ministers of State (Ministres d'État de haut rang) are the most senior, typically holding inner cabinet positions. This is an honorary rank, granted to some ministers as a sign of prestige.
- Ministers of State (Ministres d'État) are full ministers who head federal executive departments.
- Assistant Ministers (Ministres adjoints) are technically considered ministers of state, as there is no formal rank of "assistant minister" or "deputy minister" in Montesayette. A full minister can be assigned to assist another minister, effectively creating the role of an assistant minister.
State Council members are ranked in the presidential line of succession. The Constitution designates the president as the chair of the State Council and the prime minister as the vice chair. Despite this, the prime minister often presides over meetings without the president, as a meeting is valid as long as the majority of State Council members are present. While the president resides in Lumière Palace, the State Council and most of the federal executive branch operate from Garumna Palace, where they share the building with the National Assembly. Although the State Council is nominally an advisory body to the president, section TBA of the Constitution requires the president to seek its "advice and consent" on budgetary and military matters. In addition to the ministers, high-ranking government officials, such as presidential staffers, top ambassadors, heads of independent agencies, statutory boards, and, in some administrations, heads of state-owned enterprises, also attend State Council meetings, despite not being formal members. As of 24 August 2024, there are 19 departments of the Montesayettean federal government.
- Department of Internal Affairs
- Department of Finance
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Department of Civil Service
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Social Services
- Department of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- Department of National Education and Youth
- Department of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Department of Media, Information and Digital Development
- Department of Sustainability and the Environment
- Department of Territorial Development
- Department of Culture
- Department of Tourism
