President of the Federal Republic
President of the Federal Republic is the title given to those elected Chief Executive of Omigodtheykilledkenny, serving both as the nation's chief of state and head of government. While the presidency is revered as a very powerful institution in the Federal Republic (mostly because the first president wanted to be a dictator but was fooled into establishing democracy), the Constitution places a number of limitations on the president's power. Presidential powers have historically been a point of contention between the executive and legislative branches of government, but under the Constitution, the president retains authority as Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic Armed Forces; originator most federal appointments, including cabinet officers, ambassadors and federal judges; granter of federal pardons; negotiator of international treaties, and (thanks to Manuelo Fernanda) "Grand Pimp Daddy." [1]
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Vice President of the Federal Republic
Serving under the president (eliciting giggles all across the nation since the first woman was elected to this office) is the vice president of the Federal Republic, who by contrast to his or her immediate superior is basically powerless. According to the Constitution, the vice president's main duties are "sitting around and waiting for the president to die or take sick, but until that time, he (or, God forbid, she) remains the president's bitch." He or she is also the president of the Federal Senate, but the legislative body has limited the duties of its presiding officer to "insulting senators' fashion sense, banging her gaval, and fielding obscene suggestions from male senators asking if she'd like to be banged by their gavals." [2] The most prominent person to hold the office is by far its current occupant, Antigone Morgan, but that's mostly due to her celebrity, and killer rack. Within the Fernanda Administration, Morgan remains out of the loop, though her tabloid scandals and paparazzi photographs have become something of an international sensation, at least in the Antarctic Oasis region.
Election of the President and Vice President
The process for electing the top two officers in the nation, under to the Constitution, is mostly ripped from that of the RL United States, though there are some differences. For one, the president and vice president are elected separately, so it is possible for the two executive officers to be from opposing parties, as in the case of Conservative President Fernanda, whose vice president is a political independent. Also, most candidates need either a buttload of personal cash, or a number of corporate sponsors to even hope to run competitively on the national stage. Electors are chosen every five years by popular election in the individual states, each of which is entitled to appoint a number of electors equal to that of its congressional delegation. Actually, two sets of electors are chosen in each state, one to elect the president and other to elect the vice president, and whichever candidate can bribe the most electors wins. Oftentimes, presidential candidates will endorse their preferred candidate for vice president (usually from the same political party), and vice versa. In the last election, Fernanda and Morgan endorsed each other.
Criticism of the Electoral College
Numerous attempts to modify or even abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a straight popular vote have not been successful, though the college has been widely criticized as archaic and undemocratic. Many of those elected president or vice president did not receive a majority of the nationwide vote, or in some cases lost the popular election. Supporters of the college maintain that the institution preserves federalism and assures that those elected to the top office are truly national leaders, and not merely bosses or puppets of sectarian political groups. And besides, Kennyites are just too fucking drunk and lazy to do anything to change the system, so it remains.
History of the Presidency
