17-02-2003 20:23									#1
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This isn’t an amendment because I want to put the idea up for discussion first to see if people think it is a good idea.

I just noticed that Consuls can only be replaced by recall elections. Silly me, I should have noticed this before and spoken up. I guess I didn’t realize we were electing Consuls-For-Life Even the EU executive can be replaced as a whole

I am wondering whether it would be a good idea to have infinitely repeatable, and fixed, though very very long, terms for a consulate, say, every 50 or 75 or 100 turns, or two calendar months? Even if the combination of consuls is doing a good job, I would appreciate the opportunity to be able to vote them in again.

Yes, a consul can be challenged with a CoC, but after a long term in office or after winning many CoC votes, a consul may become so untouchable that no one will dare to challenge him. I don’t think that is quite a happy situation.

	17-02-2003 23:27									#2
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This was discussed when we wrote up the document. It was decided that having set term limits as long as two months would make it quite the challange to find people who would be willing to committ to that amount of time. One month is too short and two months is too long. I also suggestted during the construction of our government that if there was a person who did not like the fact that we did not have schedualed elections, they could simply call a CoC once a month if they wanted. If the incumbants continued to win, then they must be doing a good job. Worried about a Consul becomming "unbeatable"? Just think about how long US senetors and Representitives hold their positions. Sure they all face regular elections, but some have done their jobs so good that they are "unbeatable".