Earlier today, political party registrations were suspended by myself on behalf of the Hokorian Assembly following the discovery of a legal issue with the process that we use for these registrations.
The issue relates to Chapter 3 Part 4.1 of the Constitution of the Hokorian State, which states that “Hokorian nationals may form, have membership within and contribute to a political party without authorisation, as specified by law”.
Following a consultation of my Royal Advisors and an informal discussion with the Legislative Councillors, I have made the decision to keep political party registrations suspended. The current political party registrations service has set requirements and allows the Hokorian Assembly to deny a registration. This is considered to be a kind of authorisation.
Further, the current political party membership process requires political parties to contact the Hokorian Assembly and gain approval for new members. This again, is considered to be a kind of authorisation.
I will be working closely with political parties, citizens and Legislative Councillors to reform the current process so that political parties are able to register their party and confirm members in a way that is fully compliant with the Constitution.
As part of these reforms, I hope to change the structure of the Hokorian Assembly to include a ‘general administration’ consisting of myself, Assembly staff and the Speaker of the Legislative Council. This general administration will handle the oversight of the Hokorian Assembly.
A STATEMENT FROM THE KORU.
