Constitution of Corinth

The Constitution of Corinth is the Supreme Law of Corinth. The Constitution of Corinth refers specifically to the Constitution of Corinth of 2098 colloquially known as the Keane Constitution along with the 2218 Amendments.

History
The first document known as the Constitution of Corinth was drafted in 1940 with the dissolution of the Parliament of Corinth by King Thomas III Raffles. A majority of the members of the old Parliament reconvened in Ikikki, forming the Ikikki Parliament, led by Paul Lysander and Lyon Hart. The official name of the document was the Articles of Government of 1940 which was passed by the Ikikki Parliament and send to the provinces for ratification by the individual Provincial Legislatures. It was ratified by High Desert, Low Desert, Sampander, and Garea Dora in 1940, and by Iskudar, the Islands, and the Corinth Independent Legislative Assembly in 1941. It was nearly ratified by Asperia until the overthrow of the Raffles.

The Articles of Government governed Corinth until the ratification of the Constitution of 1944.

Cor Constitution
During the Constitutional Convention of 1944, headed by Elric Cor, the convention drafted the Cor Constitution. The Constitution placed heavy powers in the President along with a lax constitutional amendment process given to Parliament. It placed the military completely under control of the President.

Kirke Constitution
The Constitution of Corinth of 2049 was ratified by Parliament and the individual Provincial Assemblies in 2049 in the years following the Corinthian Civil War. The Constitution was spearheaded by the war hero of the civil war, Amadeus Kirke. Due to the abuse of the Cor Constitution by President Samuel Baudoin, the new constitution took powers away from the President. The Executive Council of Corinth, which consisted of the President, Senior Minister, and three permanent members was established covertly to advise the President as well as maintain a veto power over major pieces of legislation. This veto power was never used.

While the President was still the commander-in-chief of the military, the military was deeply independent, under the direction of the Council of Generals, which was appointed by the President. The constitution also separated the military from the police, creating the Minister of Internal Security, who was the chief of law enforcement within the interior of the nation. Most matters of domestic affairs would be handled by Parliament, with much power delegated to the provinces. The provinces also had a stronger say in the constitutional amendment process.

The Constitution also had an emergency provision which would activate the Executive Council of Corinth. This activation would give the Executive Council complete control over the country in order to streamline decision making in times of absolute crisis. This crisis power was only used in 2092 during the invasion of Corinth while President Wallace Crick was absent from Corinth. A 4/5s of Parliament voted to allow the council minus Crick to lead the government to expunge the invading Wylian Army.

Keane Constitution
The Constitution of Corinth of 2098 colloquially known as the Keane Constitution, after its main supporter, Petros Keane, is the current constitution of Corinth.

This Constitution laxed the command economy of Corinth, taking away Parliament's power to maintain state corporations leading to the privatization of many of the country's state industries and state universities. It empowered the individual provinces to legislate more and weakened the power of the military, eliminating the Council of Generals. The Constitution also finally allowed for the direct election of Members of Parliament.

Tate Amendments
The Amendments of 2218 were an important series of amendments to the Keane Constitution that did not necessarily scrap the original document. The amendments took power away from the provinces, re-empowering the national government's ability to control social services. The move weakened the national economy but increased availability of social serves to poorer provinces.

Most significantly, the Amendments changed the office of the Senior Minister, changing it from an office appointed by the President to an office that was elected by the Members of Parliament.