Supreme Council of the Republic
Supreme Council of the Revolution بىرېن ئىنقىلاب ئالىي كېڭىشى Biren Inqilobining Yuqori Kengashi | |
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
Great Leader | Erkin Sabir since 5 September 2002 |
Premier | Anvar Almas since 18 June 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
| File:Birenstan Council seating.svg | |
Political groups | Presiding: Leader with Honor: 1 seat
Serving: Centrists: 15 seats
Old Guards: 13 seats
Reformists: 9 seats
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| Elections | |
| Appointment by the Great Leader on advice of the Secretary-General | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Taglikend, Birenstan Capitol, Birenstan | |
The Supreme Council of the Revolution (Biren: بىرېن ئىنقىلاب ئالىي كېڭىشى, Biren Inqilobining Yuqori Kengashi, lit. Supreme Council of the Biren Revolution) is the consitutional court of Birenstan, that also serves as a de facto upper house for the Great People's Assembly and as an executive council appointing members of the Service Sector and the courts. Created to ensure that Birenstan continues to follow the principles of the peoples' state, the Council wields significant power and influence in the country's government.
The Council consists of the Leader with Honor and 39 serving members who serve until mandatory retirement at age 75. While the Leader is technically the highest ranking member, it is largely a presiding position; instead the Premier wields the most power. As the nation's consitutional court, it is tasked with ruling on whether laws and actions by the Peoples' Sector are in fact constitutional, with the power to strike down them down if it decides they are not. In addition the Council has legislative powers in the form of a limited veto against laws passed by the Great People's Assembly. Although the Assembly can override the veto with a two-thirds majority, doing so is a major obstacle and vetoes usually stand. Finally, the council has the power to appoint high ranking members of the Service Sector and judges of the courts, although all appointments must be approved by the Assembly by a majority vote.
Before consitutional reforms were passed in 1993, the Council held an absolute veto and made appointments without approval from the Assembly. Along with the end of the Old Guards' dominance of the Council in the late 1990s, the body has become sigificantly less obstructionist to ruling governments in the Assembly. Despite the reforms it is still considered by many to be the institutional heart of the peoples' state.