Clean slate (Tross)

In Trossian politics, a clean slate refers to a situation where a newly elected Chamber of Commons with a clear ideological majority passes motions of no confidence against all incumbent members of the Council of Ministers and elects a full slate of ideologically sympathetic ministers to replace them.

Background
Like the Chamber of Commons, the Council of Ministers is elected in thirds every two years. Typically, this results in an ideologically mixed Council, with members elected by different parliamentary majorities in different parliamentary terms. The Chamber generally keeps incumbent ministers in office, either out of respect for the city-state's consociational tradition of multi-party cooperation and consensus, or simply because the Chamber lacks a clear majority coalition of parties able to coordinate motions of no confidence and agree to replacement candidates. However, occasionally an election does result in a clear ideological majority, and a coalition of parties coordinates a clean slate. These coalitions are often formed prior to the election, promising a clean slate to voters in the event it wins a majority, along with a common programme. The new slate of ministers is then tasked with executing the proposals in the common programme. Thus, Trossian politics after a clean slate bears more semblance to a typical parliamentary system, with a majority coalition supporting the Council on the one hand, and an opposition on the other.

Examples
A clean slate occurred in 1918 when a newly elected majority coalition of liberals and social democrats decided that a clean slate was necessary in response to the 1915–1917 Trossian riots and the Compromise of 1917. Another one took place in 1970, when a left-wing coalition led by the Labourers' Party won a majority.