Supermajority Controversy

The Supermajority Controversy was a controversy surrounding the election of the Fifth Grand Council of the Praesides.

Name
"Supermajority" is a misnomer. The term was used as shorthand to describe a restriction implemented in the election during the Grand Council Act June 2021.

Catalyst
The Grand Council Act contained a restriction of the same nature as the earlier elected bodies of the server, in that a single party could not have more than two Praesides at one time. This was implemented to prevent the Council from being dominated by one party, forcing compromise.

Controversy
During the election of the Fifth Council, Vita Nova was increasingly gaining popularity. However, due to the rules of the election, only two of their members could become Praeses. To circumvent this, party leader Agoven kicked two of the party's members from the party temporarily, then reinstated them after the election. This was initially noticed by Kanji, who pointed out that the laws were still violated. The VN quickly proposed and passed legislation abolishing this rule, but the Staff vetoed this. The Praesides tried to overturn this veto, but the Staff pointed out that this was illegal and the overturning was illegitimate. Eventually, the Staff agreed to hand the decision to the people, and the limit was abolished. However, with it, a new voting system was implemented requiring four Praesides to approve any bill.

Revisiting
One of the first acts of the Sixth Council was to undo the initial act. This was supported by the Staff and the limit was reinstated. However, there remained ambiguity as to the voting change.

Resolution
When the long unwritten rules of the KhAnubian Republic were finally codified into one place, the Staff approved a new method which would require multiple parties to support a bill for it to pass. This is how the system exists today.