Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Ours is appointed by the Queen.
But who i was asking was Emma... how her GG/President would be appointed/elected if they break off from Britain.
At the moment, it's as Aquaman says, 'appointed by the PM to represent the Queen'
But answering the above question, well that is the sticking point to us becoming a republic. RE my first post; there are quite a few possibilities. We had a referendum defeated because of it. That referendum put forward the proposition that the President be appointed by the PM, who had been selected by a group of individuals. I can't remember the specifics, it was a few years ago now.
We'd like to get rid of the queen because we want to truly stand on our own two feet. Symbolic reason mainly.