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{{Template:Fhainnin Politics}} | {{Template:Fhainnin Politics}} | ||
=History= | =History= | ||
=Structure= | =Structure= | ||
The National Assembly is composed of three houses: the Peoples' Council, the Party Council, and the National Administrative Council. Each is progressively smaller than the last and has different powers; the lower houses have the authority to propose bills and possess various veto and legal powers, while the NAC passes bills into law. The NAC also performs informal functions vital to the running of the state. | |||
When hosting a joint session, only the Peoples' and Party Councils are required; attendance of the National Council is voluntary but customary, as the lower two houses have greater legal power during a joint session. During such a joint session, however, the Taoisteach, who normally heads the NAC, will head the entirety of the Assembly, with the other Council speakers assisting. | |||
==Peoples' Council== | |||
===Election and Terms=== | ===Election and Terms=== | ||
The | The Peoples' Council is elected through a simple {{wp|Electoral system#Plurality systems|Plurality}} vote, with each seat linked to one county. It is the only government position in the country that native or naturalized residents without citizenship may vote for. Each county is given a Councilor with a term of three years, and while party figures typically win, there is nothing stopping a write-in candidate or a private citizen from joining in and being elected. This has resulted in one case of a small shrub being elected to office for an electorate in [[Connsmonan]] from 2004-07, which was humored by the government, which considered it a forfeiture of the electorate's representation. The bush died in 2007 before the next routine election and was replaced by a snap election. In cases of serious candidates, the term limit is three terms. | ||
===Legal Powers=== | ===Legal Powers=== | ||
The Peoples' Council may propose bills and motions, veto bills and motions of the Party Council by a 3/4 vote, call for an Audit of a law by a simple majority vote or an executive order by a 3/4 vote, and request specific budget amendments by a 2/3 vote. It may vote to impeach a Minister by a 3/4 vote, which is one of the few circumventions of the Audit Council available to the legislature. | |||
===Political History === | ===Political History === | ||
- brawls common | - brawls common | ||
- uses legislature courtyard sometimes | - uses legislature courtyard sometimes | ||
- most often the most chaotic and 'battlefield' house in the Concord | - most often the most chaotic and 'battlefield' house in the Concord | ||
==Council | ==Party Council== | ||
===Election and Terms=== | ===Election and Terms=== | ||
Party Council members are selected through a {{wp|Electoral system#Proportional systems|Proportional}} method, and are based on the number of registered citizens across the country. Total votes are tallied by party, and the relevant party organizations are given a certain number of seats to fill at the party's discretion based on their portion of the vote. There is roughly one Councilor in the CoW per million registered citizens, and the term is five years, with a maximum of two terms. | |||
===Legal Powers=== | ===Legal Powers=== | ||
The Party Council, like the Peoples' Council, may propose bills and motions. It also has the power to veto motions of the Peoples' Council by a simple majority vote. The Party and People's Councils have the power to veto executive orders made by the Director of the Republic with a collective 3/4 vote, and failing that majority, force an Audit of the order if a 2/3 majority is achieved. This does mean that the Peoples' Council has more power in such a situation. Uniquely to the Party Council, it may propose an entirely alternative budget if the NAC and Director cannot agree on a budget for the year as well as suggesting budget amendments. | |||
===Political History=== | ===Political History=== | ||
==National Administrative | ==National Administrative Council== | ||
===Appointment and Terms=== | ===Appointment and Terms=== | ||
The NAC is a board of the ten most powerful people in Faneria's government other than its executive - the Taoisteach, the two Speakers of the Councils, one representative from the Audit Board, and the head of each of the major six offices of the administrative arm of government. This structure means that elections and terms as normally imagined do not apply to the National Council, but instead are conferred naturally with its constituent positions, and the NAC's makeup changes as the Speakers and Ministers do. The NAC is headed by the Taoisteach. | |||
===Legal Powers=== | ===Legal Powers=== | ||
The NAC approves bills passed by the lower houses of the Assembly; as it has ten members, the Audit Council member has the tiebreaking vote. Passing a law through the NAC is a simple majority vote. Just as important is the NAC's informal role as a forum for communication between the Director of the Republic and the major figures of the Assembly and the Administration, since it effectively forms a 'small council'. As a result, meetings are frequently attended by other ministers, and are used as a forum for establishing clear goals and programs between all four branches of government. The NAC may propose an impeachment of a sitting Director by an 8/10 vote, after which a simple majority vote in the joint Party and Peoples' Councils will confirm or reject the impeachment. | |||
===Political History=== | ===Political History=== | ||
=Notes= | =Notes= | ||