Interim Constitution of Granderia

Provisional Constitution of the Kingdom of Granderia
Overview
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of Granderia
Created	27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)
Date effective	30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)
Chambers	Unicameral
Executive	Prince Regent
Judiciary	Supreme, Districts
History
First legislature	30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)
First executive	30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)
Amendments	1
Location	National Institute of Granderian History
Author(s)	Prince Regent, Mahadevaraya I
Signatories	50 of the 50 delegates to the Simhavati Conference

The Provisional Constitution of the Kingdom of Granderia, formally the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Kingdom of Granderia, was an agreement in the Kingdom of Granderia that served as its first constitution. Its drafting by a committee appointed by the State Regency Council began on April 27, 2022. The Provisional Constitution was formally adopted on April 30.

Background and context

On April 27, 2022, in Simhavati, deputies to a "Constituent Assembly" met to set about creating a new form of government. Their efforts resulted in, among other achievements, the drafting of a provisional constitution for what came to be known as the Kingdom of Granderia.

Before the Constituent Assembly could accomplish anything, it required a set of guidelines to follow. On April 27, Christopher Memminger proposed the creation of a Drafting Committee to draft a provisional constitution to grant congressional power to the convention. The committee appointed John Davis who had arrived at the convention with a draft already prepared, as their chair.

Key points and differences

All committee members were well educated and had extensive legislative experience. The necessity of a constitution made them work with considerable speed and report to the convention on April 27. Copies were then made and distributed to the convention's members, who spent relatively little time on debate. The key changes to the committee's draft were an inclusion of the phrase "Invoking the favor of Almighty God" into the preamble, the addition of an executive line-item veto, a removal of a congressional restriction of 15% on import tariffs, and the combination of the circuit and district court systems into one district system in which each state comprised one district. The Provisional Constitution was then unanimously ratified around midnight on April 27, 2022. It was signed by all members present at noon on the day of Prince Regent's Inaugural Speech as Acting Prime Minister, April 27, 2022. There are 50 signatures in all.

Since the framers of the Provisional Constitution used the US Constitution & the Spanish Constitution as a basis for their own, there are many similarities. Large sections were copied without any change, and others had only cosmetic changes (such as replacing "United States" with "Kingdom of Granderia". In its haste, the Committee neglected to include important features such as a ratification process and decided to omit any mention of issues that were to be decided in the permanent constitution.

However, the most significant difference from the US Constitution was that under the Provisional Constitution, the the Constituent Assembly was a unicameral legislature, with only one chamber, and voting was by states. That was changed to the more-familiar bicameral legislature in the permanent constitution, with senators and representatives voting individually.

Signers

The signers and the states they represented were:

Mahadevaraya I signed as the sole authority.