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Revision as of 18:17, 26 February 2007
- This article explains the legislative body in the Re-imagined Series. For information on its Original Series counterpart, see Quorum of Twelve (TOS).
The Quorum of Twelve is a unicameral deliberative body[1] that grants each of the Twelve Colonies one elected representative, who votes on and brings issues to be discussed. The scope of these issues, in the aftermath of the Cylon attack, is likely to be quite broad due to the lack of any other organized political bodies.
It is believed that the Quorum was instituted by the Articles of Colonization; 52 years prior to the final Cylon Attack. After the loss of the Quorum under President Adar, President Laura Roslin reestablished a new Quorum on Colonial Day. Its representatives included:
- Tom Zarek of Sagittaron
- Marshall Bagot of Virgon
- Sarah Porter of Gemenon
- Robin Wenutu of Canceron
- Safiya Sanne of Picon
- Gaius Baltar of Caprica (born on Aerelon)
- Eladio Puasha of Scorpia
One of the primary issues of the new Quorum was the election of a Vice President as the Quorum is responsible for the confirmation of the successor to that office. If there is a tie, as was the case during the campaign of Tom Zarek and Gaius Baltar, the President is the one who casts the tie-breaking vote (Colonial Day).
The Fleet's Quorum of Twelve previously assembled onboard Cloud 9.
With Cloud 9's nuclear destruction moments after Gaius Baltar's swearing-in as President of the Twelve Colonies (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II), an undetermined number of Quorum members are killed[2]. The Quorum's existence is not explained during Baltar's administration and its surrender to the Cylon Occupation Authority a year later on New Caprica.
President Tom Zarek oversees the appointment of a new Quorum, who later approves the transition of presidential powers from Zarek to Laura Roslin after the Second Exodus (Collaborators).
References
- ↑ The Quorum combines features from the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Senate and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (a leadership body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some other Mormon sects).
- ↑ Laura Roslin asks President Zarek: "So, Mr. President, how long before the new Quorum of Twelve can be sworn in?" in the episode, "Collaborators." This suggests that the Quorum was dissolved after Cloud 9's destruction or sometime in the Baltar admiinistration, before or after the Cylon occupation.