Pactum De Singularis Caelum
Covenant of One Heaven
Objects (Supreme Collective)
Article 54 - The Council
All legislative Powers of One Heaven shall be vested in a Supreme Council (The Council), which shall consist of one house– a Supreme Council. The Council shall be made up of the Sacred Elder Saints, the elected representatives of all regional councils (regional collectives) and their members of One Heaven.
Each of the three great religions of One Islam, One Faith of God and One Spirit Tribe shall elect forty-eight thousand (48,000) saints once every one hundred and twenty eight (128) years as Spirit Members of the council of Saints at the ceremony known as Great Conclave of One Heaven.
Vested by the Covenant, the Supreme Council shall have the power to create new bills and amend existing laws of One Heaven into bills for review.
The Supreme Council shall also have the power to create new plans and actions of One Heaven as well as to review the appointments of any man, woman or higher order being by the executive to a permanent position prescribed by this Covenant.
The Supreme Council also has vested by this Covenant the power to commission a Supreme Impeachment for the forced removal of any elected official from The Unique Collective Awareness of Great Spirits to any position within any branch of government of One Heaven.
Excepting a supreme election year, every year there shall be one session of fixed days corresponding to equal divisions of the year whereby members of the Supreme Council of Saints are summonsed to attend.
A day within a session when members of the Council are summonsed to sit in Parliament shall be called a Sitting Session Day.
The timing of this session shall correspond to a feast and set of days of the faithful of each of the great religions on Earth in recognition that in the wishes of Earth it shall also be the wish in Heaven that the great Council of Saints meet.
During a year in which a election is to be called every one hundred and twenty eight years, the Parliament shall not sit and there shall be no feast or celebration.
1. Life of Council
Council shall exist for a fixed period of one hundred and twenty eight (128) years before being dissolved ahead of Supreme Elections for a new Council.
2. Office of President of The Supreme Council
Responsibility for good conduct and control of the Supreme Council and the scheduling of business within the chamber shall be vested in the Office of President of the Supreme Council.
The President of the Supreme Council shall be an independent role, free from political party preferences. The candidate shall be elected by new Council members themselves on the first day of sitting of the new parliament after a Supreme Election.
3. Supreme Council session length
The total length of a Supreme Council session shall be determined by the President and shall not be permitted to exceed 30 Sitting Session Days.
4. Supreme Council attendance
The President shall be responsible for the issuing of summons to individual Supreme Council members for their attendance to Parliament.
Excepting special leave granted by the President due to matters of security, health or extended personal matters, all members of the Supreme Council shall be required to attend the Sitting Session Days as listed in the summons.
Failure of a member of The Supreme to attend six (6) or more Session Sitting Days shall be deemed a failure to discharge the duties of their office and the President shall be responsible for immediately initiating an Council Expulsion Motion.
5. Dissolution of Parliament
The Supreme Council of Saints shall be dissolved every one hundred and twenty eight (128) years.
The instrument of dissolution shall be three writs issued by The Unique Collective Awareness of Great Spirits by their Earthly representatives as the leaders of the three great religions of One Islam, One Faith of God and One Spirit Tribe.
(i) To the leaders of the Supreme Council of Saints ordering in Heaven that the chambers be sealed until a new Supreme Council is elected; and
(ii) To the Blessed ordering the government to institute caretaker provisions which forbids the appointment of any new positions, the announcement of any new projects or the commissioning of any actions.
(iii) To the supreme director of the Fair Election Commission of each of he great religions requiring the commencement of Supreme Election provisions for the conduct of a Supreme Election to elect a new Executive Government and Supreme Council.
6. Date of Supreme Election
The date of a Supreme election shall always occur at the same time as the Great Conclave.
7. Formation of new Parliament
The formation of a new Supreme Council shall occur within 14 days after the Supreme Election day following the count and verification of all votes.
The instrument of formation of a new Supreme Council shall be declarations from the Supreme Director of the Fair Election Commission of each of the Great Religions:
(i) To the executive of each of the three great religions that successful candidate for election to the Supreme Councilconfirming their validity as the rightful representative of their constituency;
(ii) To the successful candidate for election as The Unique Collective Awareness of Great Spirits and the confirming their validity as the rightful executive to form government;
Upon receipt of the declaration, the caretaker Great Spirits shall be required to issue writs within seven (7) days for the summonsing to Parliament of successful candidates to form the new Parliament and Executive.
8. Quorum
The minimum number of members (quorum) required to be present within the chamber of a Supreme Council to permit the full exercise of its powers shall be two thirds the total number of members of the Council.
The Supreme Council shall not be permitted to undertake procedures that require a quorum if the total number of members in that House is not equal or greater to the quorum.
9. Voting
Voting in the Supreme Council shall be by open vote expressed as either Yes or No to the proposition before the chamber. No secret ballot are permitted.
Voting shall always require a quorum and shall follow the standard procedures listed in this Covenant.
Total votes shall be tallied as either Yes, or No to the proposition expressed by the Bill. A higher total number of Yes votes to No votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been passed. A higher total number of No votes to Yes votes shall deem the Bill or proposition has been defeated.
The record, attendance and vote of all members of the Supreme Council shall be recorded on the public record.
By this Covenant, the Supreme Council are authorized to forge a formal set of protocols and standards regarding its own function which relates to the detailed definition and requirements of operational procedure and function necessitated by the institution. These shall be known as the Protocols and Standards of the Supreme Council of One Heaven.
These standards themselves must embody and be consistent with the specific articles of this Covenant and in turn must be approved by a majority vote of all delegates attending a Great Conclave.
In terms of the major subject matter dealt with by the Protocols and Standards of the Supreme Council of One Heaven, the following areas must specifically provide detail and procedures consistent with the Covenant.