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Because the Malentine government in its current state has only really existed since 1987, as well as the tension between the largely poor indigenous groups and the largely wealthy foreign groups, with many mixed-race peoples being within the latter group, the government currently suffers from a lack of popular legitimacy in the eyes of approximately two-thirds of its populace. The actions of previous governments have also soured Malentina's relations with many Occidental nations, which it has only recently began attempts at repairing these relations since the late 2000s; Malentina has instead resorted to closer ties with its fellow Cronan nations such as [[Kelekona]] and [[Tierrador]] as well as non-Levantine powers such as [[Daxia]] and [[Caphiria]]. | Because the Malentine government in its current state has only really existed since 1987, as well as the tension between the largely poor indigenous groups and the largely wealthy foreign groups, with many mixed-race peoples being within the latter group, the government currently suffers from a lack of popular legitimacy in the eyes of approximately two-thirds of its populace. The actions of previous governments have also soured Malentina's relations with many Occidental nations, which it has only recently began attempts at repairing these relations since the late 2000s; Malentina has instead resorted to closer ties with its fellow Cronan nations such as [[Kelekona]] and [[Tierrador]] as well as non-Levantine powers such as [[Daxia]] and [[Caphiria]]. | ||
===Executive=== | ===Executive=== | ||
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===Legislature=== | ===Legislature=== | ||
The | {{main|Trissembly of Malentina|Malentine Senate|Trissembly of Malentina}} | ||
The Malentine legislature is split between the [[Malentine Senate|Senate]], serving as the collective upper house for the three republics, and the [[Trissembly of Malentina|Trissembly]] which itself consists of the legislatures of the three confederated republics; the [[Gathering of the West]] for the western republic, the [[Malentine House of Commons|House of Commons]] for the eastern republic, and the [[Malentine Northern Assembly|Northern Assembly]] for the northern republic. Each of the three confederated legislatures work separately and independent from one another in domestic legislation for each of the confederated republics, but they may meet up together to form the Trissembly which is when they work together to handle legislation on the national level; the Trissembly serves as the lower house counterpart to the Senate, and is formed once every spring and once every fall for a span of one month for each session. | |||
The Senate consists of highly important and powerful citizens who hail from either the old aristocracy, the so-called "Starlit families" in reference to these political dynasties having emerged during the Starlit era, and noted academics and businessmen. Although the Senate was originally intended by the Treaty to be a largely ceremonial legislative house with great limitations to their power and ability to propose and pass new laws and resolutions, their association with the political elite of Malentine society has allowed for it to steadily grow influence over time through the manipulation of the Presidency and the use of corruption. Although the Constitution stipulates that laws proposed by the Senate should be debated upon by the Trissembly in order to be passed, it has become a common trend for many of these proposals to by duly approved without prior discussion or debate. Indeed, proposals that have been drafted by the Trissembly have largely been rejected by the Senate in recent decades, which is in stark contrast to the early years of the confederacy when proposals drafted by the Trissembly were largely approved without further issue. | |||
The | The member legislatures of the Trissembly consist purely of elected positions, itself through a proportional voting system, and each of them have their own number of seats and domestic responsibilities. However, because there is no set equilibrium for the amount of seats for each of the member legislatures of the Trissembly thanks to the Treaty explicitly stating the amount of seats each of them should get, there is an immense power imbalance within the Trissembly as all three members must have equal voting power, thus leading to the scenario where the western and northern legislatures each technically hold more power than the eastern legislature does even though the latter has more seats than either the western or northern legislatures. This in turn has led to many issues arising over the perception of a seemingly clear bias in legislative decisions and the counting of votes. This problem is further exacerbated by the length of terms within each of the member legislatures of the Trissembly; the House of Commons holds an election every two years, the Gathering of the West holds an election every five years, and the Northern Assembly holds an election every seven years. The variation in legislative term lengths has increased the chances of there being a confederated president whose legislature is controlled by an opposing party, with the northern president most likely to have a legislature that is not as likely to be held by an opposing party. | ||
===Local governance=== | ===Local governance=== | ||
Malentinan municipalities hold a great deal of local power and create even more complications which has allowed the spread of sever corruption in some of these local jurisdictions. | Malentinan municipalities hold a great deal of local power and create even more complications which has allowed the spread of sever corruption in some of these local jurisdictions. | ||