Central Committee of the Continentalist Party

  

Standing Central Committee of the Political Bureau of the Continentalist Party
Leadership
Status	Highest body of the Continentalist Party between sessions of the National Committee
Secretariat	Nathaniel Scribner
Members	Anthony Malito
Elected by	27th National Committee of the Continentalist Party
Structure
Seats	3-5 historically 5 currently
Political groups	Continentalist
Elections
Voting system	Directorial system
Meeting place
Anthony Warren Assembly Building Hall of the Central Committee

The Central Committee of the Continentalist Party, officially the Standing Central Committee of the Political Bureau of the Continentalist Party (SCC) is the committee consisting of the politically important members of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth. Its composition ranges depending on the delegation set by the National Committee, averaging around three to five members. Its officially mandated purpose it to act as the expedient decision body, to conduct policy discussions and to make decisions when the National Committee is not in secession. According to the Constitution, the Secretariat, the Chairman and the Commissioner must all be members on the Central Committee.

The National Committee, composed of 600 members from various labor unions, party locales and other influential members elect the Central Committee. During the Continental State's infancy, the Central Committee was entirely composed of the former members of the Revolutionary Committee of the Continentalist Party, and during the era of Seamus Callahan, new members were appointed by the Central Committee, although Callahan himself was known to select and expel members. Following the death of Callahan, the concentration of power within the Central Committee was diluted and the various factions, known as Registered Sections competed for the seats on the Central Committee. During the era of Rupert Garnder, the Central Committee's power was once again consolidated, and became dominated by trade unionists selected by Warren. Since the 1980s the selection process has been solidified as a power exclusive to the National Committee.

The Central Committee is responsible for carrying out the political will of the National Committee, although it acts the supreme body over the entire party system. In practice, because of the status of the United Commonwealth's single-party state, the Central Committee decisions are the de facto force of law. Its composition is seen as the face of the Continental government is the center of national and international attention. From 1947 to 1960 and 1984 to 2016 its dominance on internal party affairs was heavily diminished, with the larger National Committee taking precedence in power.

The membership of the Central Committe is ranked in a protocol sequence, where eldest members of Committee were granted precedence or were placed into precedence by the National Committee. Historically, the office of the Secretariat, the civil office in charge of the state bureaucracy has been ranked, but has occasionally switch with the party's chair. Since the early 2000s as the positions of Commissioner, Secretariat and Chairman have been condensed into the unofficial position of Superintendent, the four other members of the Central Committee have come from varied positions within the political party. Membership has ranged from Secretariat's of the various Continental Republics or influential prefectures, the Speaker of the Central Congress, various Commissaries of the various departments and bureaus known as the Commissariats of the United Commonwealth.

See Also

• List of leaders of the United Commonwealth
• Secretariat of the United Commonwealth
• Chairman of the Continentalist Party
• Commissioner of the Continental Armed Forces
• National Committee of the Continentalist Party