FCT Executive

The Fœderal Capital Territory Government, also referred to as the FCT Government, is the executive authority of the Fœderal Capital Territory, one of the territories of the United States. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the FCT Legislative Council forms Government. Unlike the the States and the other Territories, the Governor of the Fœderal Capital Territory appoints a member of the Legislative Council who can command the confidence thereof to be the Administrator as the head of the Government.

Constitutional framework
The FCT has internal self-government, but the United States Constitution does not afford the territorial government the full legislative independence provided to States. Government for the Fœderal Capital Territory is outlined in federal legislation establishing and organizing the FCT, the “Fœderal Capital Territory (Organic Law) Act, 1722”. Nonetheless, the FCT is governed primarily according to the principles of the Westminster System, a form of parliamentary government based on the model developed by the United Kingdom.

Legislative power rests with the unicameral FCT Legislative Council.

Executive power rests formally with the Governor, albeit exercised in his name by Cabinet, which consists of an Administrator as chief minister and twenty-three Commissioners (Department Heads, equivalent to cabinet Ministers).

Judicial power is exercised by the FCT Court of Appeal and a system of subordinate courts, but the US Federal Court and other federal courts have overriding jurisdiction on matters which fall under the ambit of the United States' federal Constitution.

The FCT does not have a separate system of local government such as that seen in the other States and Territories in the United States. In the FCT, government functions that would usually be handled by local government are instead directly handled by the Territory government.

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