"Your Majesty,
"I am fully of the opinion that the most liberal and appropriate position would be to have two bodies: one for the nobility and appointments as they presently hold seats in the Assembly, and another for those who most accurately represent the voice of your subjects. It is wrong on a fundamental level that the Assembly is not wholly comprised of individuals who are elected with the confidence of the people, that they might express their beliefs, attitudes, and positions in the manner most appropriate.
"Similarly, the Cortz ought to exist as the advisory body of Your Majesty's choice, as it is ultimately through the Crown's discretion that they are given mandate to sit in that Chamber. Ultimately, the matter of whether the voice of the Nobility will be diluted would only fall upon Your Majesty's decision on whether to appoint such a number of limited-term members that their voice could become crowded out. Certainly, it is important to note that there would likely be a smaller percentage of the Cortz who would sit under a direct appointment than currently exist within the Assembly, largely shielding them from the crowding caused by these unrepresentative individuals in my own Chamber.
"The bill makes plain that their movement from one chamber to the other will be a simple re-positioning, and I intend for it to exist precisely in that manner. As it stands, Your Majesty already holds the power to make hereditary appointments to the Cortz, so all this shall be doing is bringing together all those who are appointed by Your Majesty and do not sit in the Assembly. Fundamentally, there is not a significant distinction between who the Crown chooses to appoint for a temporary term, a lifetime, or for countless generations, so I do not believe there to be a significant issue in this matter.
"As for the matter of separating the Committee of Religious Affairs from the Council of Churches, I believe that separate institutions express not a redundancy, but the most appropriate and necessary separation of religion and administration. By granting a committee - which is not subject to the flighty emotions of certain Church leaders - power in the secular concerns of religious institutions, there will be a proper and adequate separation of powers within the government.
"Thank you."
Cibran Arceo
MA for Galicia