Second Senate of the KhAnubian Republic

The Second Senate of the KhAnubian Republic was the name of the Senate from 4 June, 2020 until 3 August, 2020. Its members were Prometheus, Erate, Happyboi, Sarah, and Stuff. Following the resignation of Sarah, Widoghastly stepped in as replacement Senator.

Announcement
With the Senate's position cemented within the server, people already knew what to expect. The elections were conducted from 3 April to 4 April, 2020. Once again, PFK candidates ran in the election. However, two new parties, the AND and the MAP, were formed and while the AND did not win any seats in this senate, that would change in the next senate. The MAP secured two seats, which increase to three when the PFK senator sarah resigned and was replaced by Widoghastly.

This was also the first election where mods were forbidden from running in the senate. Therefore, members of the previous senate like Kanji and Briny were forbidden from running again. In addition, a 3-member cap was imposed on parties, hence letting more members from small parties be elected.

The results came from Artificial Gravitas on 4 June, 2020. Erate retained his charisma and was the most voted Senator once again. With Kanji and Briny no longer able to represent the PFK, an up and coming figure of the server, Prometheus, secured enough votes to feature on the Senate. Happyboi also secured a seat in the senate by representing the MAP.

Fundamental Functionality Change
Within a day of entering the senate, Senator Prometheus came forward with a bold proposal: to create a bot specifically for the server. This suggestion, Suggestion 371, would be passed and soon enough, Prometheus would make KhAnuBot, a dedicated in-server bot. Though he had the idea for quite some time, commitments to schoolwork and other issues pushed back such plans until then.

On 15 June, 2020, Prometheus came with Suggestion 387, in which he expressed his desire to let KhAnuBot take over the suggestion system used thus far by the server. This suggestion would also pass in the senate, and would turn out to be one of the most complicated pieces of coding Prometheus had worked on until then. It took close to an entire month, but on 9 July, 2020, Prometheus unveiled the KhAnuBot suggestion system, after weeks of dedicated work.

In addition to replicating Carl-bot in functionality, it also automated the presenting of suggestions to senators directly. Before then, Princeps had to copy the suggestion text and paste it in the senate headquarters before adding emojis that let senators signify their approval. After getting feedback from senators, the system was tweaked slightly such that Senators would get automatically pinged when a new suggestion was presented to them. In addition, suggestions without action taken were pinned in order not to be buried within the extensive chatting in the senate headquarters.

Notable suggestions to be passed

 * Suggestion 370 was proposed by Prometheus, and involved the creation of an Event Committee, which would focus on organizing in-server events.
 * Suggestion 371 was proposed by Prometheus, and involved the creation of KhAnuBot, the special in-server bot.
 * Suggestion 390 was proposed by Theroman, and made way for the creation of the daily stuff channel, which would go on to be a significant source of community interactions over interesting facts and questions.
 * Suggestion 401 was proposed by Erate and involved the creation of a podium channel, which would go on to be a staple in future elections.