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General Assembly
5th General Assembly
Leadership
Secretary	Losinia
Prime Minister	Atealia
Structure
Seats	9

The General Assembly is the legislative body for the government of The Leftist Assembly. It consists of nine members, and laws and amendments may be proposed by any member.

For a proposal to be ratified, it must undergo the formal legislative process before voting. This consists of creating an Act (including a description, any existing law being affected, and the alternative law being proposed), submitting it for General Assembly discussion, and then opening the discussion for public feedback. Following this, a vote may be held on the proposed legislation. For it to be passed in the General Assembly it must receive five votes with the endorsement of the Secretary or seven votes without the endorsement of the Secretary. For it to be passed by referendum it must receive a simple majority of the votes with the endorsement of the Secretary or two-thirds of the vote without the endorsement of the Secretary.

Each of the positions is elected through the alternative voting system. Terms last for 3 months and voting in elections begins at the end of the respective month (March, June, September, or December).

History

Party system

Upon its founding, the region functioned with a multi-party system. This system was complicated and details were often disputed between editors and interpreters. Essentially, candidates were nominated to different positions by their party. Once these were elected, an additional vote was held to determine the number of seats each party received out of the total 100 in the General Assembly. Rather than there being 100 individual nations each representing their party, each party would put forward a single stance on each legislation. For example, the 1st General Assembly required any two parties to vote for a piece of legislation to pass it. In late August 2016, the members of the region democratically chose to change the government to an independent system in the form of a 9-member council, as proposed by Llorens.

Terms

The General Assembly is in its 5th term.

Ministries

There are five ministries, in addition to the Secretary and Prime Minister, that are each headed by a Minister, except for the Ministry of Law, which has a Chief Justice and two Minor Justices. A new ministry can be formed or deactivated should the need arise with the approval of at least 60% of the General Assembly and an endorsement by the Secretary. The following are the nations that currently fill these positions:

Secretary

The responsibilities of the Secretary:

• Serves as the head of the region for all legislative, diplomatic and military action
• Declares States of Emergency
• Appoints the heads of ministries that serve under them

Prime Minister

The flag of Prime Minister Atealia

The responsibilities of the Prime Minister:

• Briefing the Secretary
• Acting as an assistant to the Secretary
• Holding the authority to make decisions in the Secretary's absence

Ministry of Archives

The responsibilities of the Minister of Archives:

• Unbiasedly documenting any major political or historical event of the region
• Running a state-run periodical to inform the public and maintain government interest

Ministry of Defence

The responsibilities of the Minister of Defence:

• Leading the United Armed Forces as Field Commander
• Dealing with foreign incidents involving R/D gameplay
• Co-authorising military raids with the Secretary
• Independently authorising defence of allied regions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The responsibilities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

• Handling relations with allied and enemy regions
• Establishing embassies
• Encouraging interregional cooperation and peace
• Co-authorising Declarations of War with the Secretary

Ministry of Immigration and Customs

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Immigration and Customs:

• Recruiting nations to the region
• Ensuring that newly-joined nations are in accordance with all law
• Notifying unlawful nations so that they can correct any discrepancies

Ministry of Law

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Law:

• Determining laws and bills as unconstitutional
• Studying and further defining all legislation
• Managing arguments on constitutional interpretation
• Hosting court cases should laws be broken

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