you are here: > The One Heaven > Article 64
 
Regional Belief Collective
 
  Article 64-Saint  
64.1 Executive regional government  
  The executive and regional power of One Heaven shall be vested in an executive government comprising the Saint and the Collective Board of Directors (the Board).  
64.2 Saint  
  The Saint is the supreme regional leader of One Heaven, its regional representative to the world. The office of the Saint is the highest regional elected office of One Heaven and at all times should be considered with the greatest dignity and respect.  
  It is from one of the Saint come our great Spirits to represent the whole as one. They are our most respected, our most esteemed, our most holy.  
64.3 Power of the Saint  
  By virtue of this constitution and covenant, the Saint of a regional collective is vested with regional authority to manage the needs and affairs of One Heaven for their region through the selection or dismissal of wise counsel in the form of their Collective Board of Directors, the agencies, officials and administration of the national government.  
  The Saint shall have the authority of official spokesman for the word of One Heaven for the nation during their time of office and all faithful must obey his command.  
  The Saint shall have the authority over all agencies and Regional Collective Directors as Chairman of the Collective Board of Directors. As Chairman of the Collective Board of Directors, the Saint may choose to overrule motions of the Board and select the agenda and minutes of the Board meetings.  
  The Saint shall have the power by and with the advice and consent of the Regional Collective Council to make statements of faith that once accepted may then become the basis of new regional collective law.  
64.4 Regional Collective and a Great Faith  
  By this constitution, there are total possible of 144,000 positions of Saints and Regional Collectives of One Heaven. Each Regional Collective is therefore assigned to an association to one of the three Great Faiths, namely One Faith of God, One Islam or One Spirit Tribe.  
  In turn, the three great faiths represent all the previous, current and future faiths of humanity as one.  
  Approximately 48,000 positions of Saints and regional collectives are assigned to each of the three (3) great faiths. A saint may not be elected to more than one regional collective at one time.  
64.5 Geographic association of saints to sovereign nations  
  In addition to association of the office of saints and regional collectives to one of the three (3) great faiths, all positions of saint and regional collectives are assigned to a maximum of one nations according to the following criteria:  
 
(i) Every faith must have at least one (1) office of saint/regional collective existing for each sovereign nation;
(ii) Once an office of saint/regional collective has been allocated to each nation, the remaining positions out of a total of 48,000 for each great faith shall be divided by the total population at the time of every Great Conclave to determine the quota.
(iii) All remaining offices shall then be allocated according to the quota by geographic area.
 
64.6 Eligibility for election as Saint  
  Only individuals recognized as having the status of an Ascended Master, through previous election to such a position, or having been officially sanctified by one or more of the great faiths at least twelve (12) months before a Great Conclave are eligible for election to a saint.  
  Historic records claiming a person to be a saint is ineligible criteria to justify a person's qualification to such a position as a potential candidate.  
64.7 Term of Saint  
  The Saint shall hold their Office during the term of one hundred and twenty (120) years corresponding to the term of the Supreme Council of Saints and a Great Conclave for the election of Saints and Great and Holy Spirits.  
  All citizens of One Heaven in a regional collective may vote for the election of the Saint through secret ballot. The organisation of the election process shall be handled by the Supreme Director for Fair Elections of One Heaven.  
  All living citizens of Earth may also vote for the election of a saint for a regional collective on the following basis:  
 
(i) The individual is a member of a great faith;
(ii) The individual lives within the same region defined as the area associated with the particular office of saint and regional collective;
(iii) The individual has not voted in any other area or for any of the other two great faiths.
 
64.8 The Collective Board of Directors (Regional Collective Board)  
  In the good management of One Heaven, its affairs and requirements can be compared to the good conduct of a corporation with its citizens as shareholders.
 
  The Regional Collective Board of Directors shall be a board of individuals selected by the Saint to head the permanent statutory authorities and uphold the laws regarding the critical systems of One Heaven in the regional collective. The tenure of a Director shall be at the sole discretion of the Saint.
 
  Given the importance of each system within our society functioning to its optimum, the position of a Regional Collective Director should reflect the very best of the community with the knowledge, experience and respect relating to the system they manage.
 
  Because of the importance and honour of such positions, national directors shall also be collectively known as "the Honoured ".  
     
     
 
 

Copyright © 0-2006 One-Heaven.Org. All rights reserved.