After one week, question still remains...Where is the Teacher?

Titulia City - It's official, 7 full days and still no word on the whereabouts of The Teacher. The Republic is balanced on a constitutional crisis. Currently there are several proposals being pushed that deal specifically about this issue, and answers better be coming soon.

It was assumed that William Money would be in fact assuming the roll as President in Teachers absence. But some question by Mr. Tom Norton as to the legality of this issue has resulted in a constitutional change request in the form of a proposal.

Amendment to Article III (5)

It is proposed that Article III: The Presidency be amended, as follows:

WHEREAS Article III, Section 5 states:

"The President will be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors".

It is moved that the existing section be RENAMED as subsection 'A'; and the ADDITION of a subsection 'B', to include:

"that the citizens of Titulia have the authority to call a 'Bill of Impeachment' of the President of the Republic or any member of the Executive Branch such as the Vice President of the Republic, Attorney General, Minister or any other public servant serving in the Executive Branch who either abandons their post, or does not report to work for a period of five (5) days or more.

For the purpose of defining "report to work" such definition shall be given to these officials, as listed:

i) performing work as elected or confirmed by the citizens to undertake; and

ii) are required to perform said work and publish such through blog, forum or public medium".

NOTICE IS GIVEN that this amendment only refers to the stated amendment within the context of Article III (5) of the Constitution of the Republic and is not intended to impede upon the Judicial Branch, which is governed by the General Court Reform Act 2009

This proposal is authored by Tom J Norton, and is an attempt to rectify any future questions as to who takes over the presidency when the president abandons their post. It's now almost a foregone conclusion that The Teacher has abrogated her responsibilities in the most egregious way possible. There still has been very little in terms of communication from her Vice President as well on this issue.

At this point The Herald is recommending that citizens support this initiative so the Republic is restored to order.