Following unanimous determination, the Ruling Council, composed of territorial governors and other relevant stakeholders, has concluded that the 2011 Constitution is no longer operable as a functional framework for governance.
In a landmark decision today, the Council determined that the 2011 Constitution, which was unilaterally suspended in 2025 by Lord Musgrave, is no longer suitable as a framework for governance. The Council identified the principal concern as the excessive concentration of authority in the office of the Monarch, without sufficient safeguards or institutional balance. Accordingly, the Council has resolved that a new constitutional settlement is required to ensure stable and accountable governance.
Acting under the emergency prerogatives of the Crown, presently vested in Lord Musgrave in his capacity as Regent during the vacancy of the Throne, the present measures are understood to constitute an exercise of those powers in response to an ongoing constitutional crisis. The Constitution’s emergency provisions provide that, in circumstances of existential threat to the state, the Monarch, or a Regent exercising the powers of the Crown, may take such measures as are necessary to restore stable governance.
In this context, the Ruling Council is not asserting an independent sovereign authority, but is instead exercising the functions of governance on an interim basis in accordance with, and in implementation of, the authority presently vested in the Crown.
The Ruling Council currently exercises the functions of Parliament on an interim basis, ensuring continuity of governance during the present period of emergency administration. It is anticipated that, following the adoption of a new constitutional framework, Parliament will resume its normal functions.
