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<blockquote data-quote="Nzld" data-source="post: 2682068" data-attributes="member: 37407"><p>Valeria speaks:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"Though I agree with the underlying intent of your words, Gorgamesh, and, in principle, strive for just such a stucture for the governance of our covenant, I feel that you view the matter too simply."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"It is all fine and well that the leader be expected to consult the Council when he is unsure of matters, or when there is an issue of high importance, but those statements alone leave much to ambiguity. Who shall decide what is and is not of high importance? The leader?"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"Nay, my sodales, as I stress and must stress again, any chosen leader must rule at the sufferance of the Council, and the leader must be beholden to the Council, not the Council beholden to the leader."</span></p><p></p><p>She continues.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"Electing the leader is a simple enough endeavor. As Gorgamesh and I have stated, a three-fourths majority vote can see to that. But what mechanism shall be in place to allow the Council to remove this leader, should his leadership prove counter to the vision and glory of Teneo? What procedure shall we employ to allow the Council to revoke or reverse the decisions of the leader, should those decisions prove detrimental to the well-being of Teneo?"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"Titus advocates the need for a strong leadership in order that Teneo project a sense of unity to those who might be our enemies, and this is comendable, but unity does not require blind obedience nor submission."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"I am less concerned with how long a leader holds his title,"</span> she says, acknowledging Gorgamesh's previous words. <span style="color: MediumTurquoise">"If the leader is effective and brings benefit to Teneo, then, as far as I am concerned, he may hold the position in perpetuity. But the Council must have a means to review and, if necessary, replace the leader."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nzld, post: 2682068, member: 37407"] Valeria speaks: [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"Though I agree with the underlying intent of your words, Gorgamesh, and, in principle, strive for just such a stucture for the governance of our covenant, I feel that you view the matter too simply."[/COLOR] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"It is all fine and well that the leader be expected to consult the Council when he is unsure of matters, or when there is an issue of high importance, but those statements alone leave much to ambiguity. Who shall decide what is and is not of high importance? The leader?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"Nay, my sodales, as I stress and must stress again, any chosen leader must rule at the sufferance of the Council, and the leader must be beholden to the Council, not the Council beholden to the leader."[/COLOR] She continues. [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"Electing the leader is a simple enough endeavor. As Gorgamesh and I have stated, a three-fourths majority vote can see to that. But what mechanism shall be in place to allow the Council to remove this leader, should his leadership prove counter to the vision and glory of Teneo? What procedure shall we employ to allow the Council to revoke or reverse the decisions of the leader, should those decisions prove detrimental to the well-being of Teneo?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"Titus advocates the need for a strong leadership in order that Teneo project a sense of unity to those who might be our enemies, and this is comendable, but unity does not require blind obedience nor submission."[/COLOR] [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"I am less concerned with how long a leader holds his title,"[/COLOR] she says, acknowledging Gorgamesh's previous words. [COLOR=MediumTurquoise]"If the leader is effective and brings benefit to Teneo, then, as far as I am concerned, he may hold the position in perpetuity. But the Council must have a means to review and, if necessary, replace the leader."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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