The Curia

[The Celtic Viking]

""Damage anyone's reputation"?! By pointing out the facts?" Pvblivs laughs. "So if I committed a crime right here in front of all of you in the senate", Pvblivs looked around as he said it, "you would be wrong to "damage my reputation" by calling me a criminal? My dear Cotta, what I'm saying is that the moment Blasio accepted the position of dictator instead of reforming this back to a republic, he damaged his own reputation. I am just doing my duty as a senator to remove the blinkers other senators so gladly seem to wear."

[/Bean\]

So what do you propose, Legatus? What do you wish Blasio and Cicero to do now? How will they stand in the future of the Republic?

[The Celtic Viking]

"I would at first suggest that Blasio renounce the title of dictator, and not only in name but in action as well. There shall be no difference between him and the rest of us, we shall truly be equals. Finances and military matters should not be the province of the king and his prince, but by the two senators that the senate elects through regular votes, and the senate should be able to impeach either of those at any time they choose.

It is quite simple what I'm asking of them: to step off the throne, and never set foot on it again. I want them to reinstall our old Res Publica."

Pvblivs sighs rather loudly.

"But if you'll excuse me, I have to leave for my army now. I have lingered here far too long already, and I've said my piece. I hope that when I come back, this will have been done."

Pvblivs storms out the Curia.

[/Bean\]

Cotta calls after his retreating form.

I see your point, but what will happen to the practicallity that the Dictatorship offers us? The figurehead of which the republic, the man who does not make the decisions by himself, but carries them out. Perhaps we need to keep the postion of the dictatorship, though obviously change some of his powers, and make him the Senate clerk or secretary, that physically makes sure the actions proposed by the Senate are carried out.

(OOC: Kind of like the Speaker in the House of Commons, and whatever the American equivalent is...we're going to need someone to speal to, if you like, and someone to carry out the decisions we make.)

[The Celtic Viking]

Pvblivs, slightly annoyed, runs one hand across his head.

"I've already addressed that. There would be two senators appointed by the senate itself at each meeting, who would carry them out and answer directly to the senate. If the senate feels that either of them is mistreating his position, isn't doing his job or have simply lost their trust in him, they should at any time be able to impeach him and elect a new one to take his place for the remainder of the term.

Unless there is anything else, I must leave."

[/Bean\]

Can't the Consuls do such a thing, Legatus? The consuls change every two and a half years (12 turns), meaning they would hold office in the Senate long enough to carry out the meetings and make the necessary changes.

[The Celtic Viking]

"Yes, but at this point they're not elected, as the law calls for. They're illegally appointed by the king. This must of course change, and the rule that you must be at least Dux must be removed, since we must have options to choose from. That too is broken as it is anyway."