This debate is not about pre-emptying who should be the Head of State of the Re-assembled Britain. In Consensual Debating nothing is precluded, which means that neither is anything excluded. That may also mean that Britain may cease to be a Constitutional Monarchy and become, for a example a Republic. If it does, and it is only one of the scenarios, it may opt for a President to be the British Head of State. In such case certain criteria for his elections might be the applied, all of which become Polis Statements (Initiating a Consensual Debating on this topic), such as:
- To become a candidate for the President the candidate must be over the age of 35
- He must be a citizen of the United Kingdom
- He cannot represent any faith
- He will be elected on a pan-Britain basis by all citizens from all four nations.
- The candidate will have to collect signatures on the future electoral website from at least 1% of the eligible votes from outside his native country. For example, if he was a Scot, he would have to collect signatures from all EU countries, apart from Scotland
- The election will be carried out in a modified Two Rounds System. In the first round, the First Past the Post system will be used, when candidates will be scored according to the percentage of the votes received. If one of the candidates receives 50% plus 1 vote, he is the winner and there is no need for the second round. If none of the candidates scores more than 50% votes then the second round of voting is carried out in two weeks’ time.
- The candidates who scored more than 20% +1 of the votes in the first round go through to the second round. Therefore, in theory, up to 4 candidates may compete in the second round. The voting in the second round will use the Alternative Vote (proportional) system
- The President’s term will be for 5 years and he/she can serve a maximum of two terms.