IWO Council

The Council of the International Wiki Organization, unofficially the IWO Council, is the directly elected assembly of the International Wiki Organisation. The first council election will take place in 2016 to determine the 70 deputies. It will be elected by universal suffrage yearly within each member nation.

The council is composed of national political parties forming supranational groups and headed by a Secretary-General.

Elections
Elections for the council will be held every year in the fourteen member states of the IWO. Some members contest for as many as nine seats, but some smaller members only have two seats. These elections are comparable to those held in Lovia for the Congress or Brunant for municipal governments.

A Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General will be elected by votes from each group in the council. The proposed candidate with most votes will become Secretary-General and the candidate with the second-most votes the Deputy Secretary-General.

Powers and functions
All proposals for changes to the organization, the declaration and inclusion of new members or change to their status must pass through and be approved by the council. That said, the council does not possess legislative initiative (ie. the ability to propose and pass changes to the organization on its own accord) unless the governments of each member nation are in agreement.

Council departments
The council has seven departments subordinate to it, which are Culture, Justice, Trade and Travel, Establishment of Embassies, Translation, Development and Aid, and Defence. Each council will have a secretary, to be elected and selected from among the deputies of the council.

Parties
Possible/likely parties to be elected. It is not exhaustive nor covers all the major parties, so if you want to add more, feel free.