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General Assembly
3rd General Assembly
Leadership
Secretary	Cedoria
Prime Minister	Auven
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 3rd 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 two Minor Justices and a Chief Justice. 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
• Declares action against regions and states of emergency
• Appoints Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs

Prime Minister

The flag of Prime Minister Auven

The responsibilities of the Prime Minister:

• Serves as the head of all non-appointed ministers
• Acts as an assistant to the Secretary
• Becomes de-facto Secretary if the position is vacated

Ministry of Archives

The responsibilities of the Minister of Archives:

• Preserves and documents any major regional event with no bias

Ministry of Defence

The responsibilities of the Minister of Defence:

• Commands the United Armed Forces
• Deals with foreign raider/defence incidents
• Authorises raids and defences

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The responsibilities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

• Commands The Diplomatic Corps
• Handles relations with allied and enemy regions, including Declarations of War
• Establishes embassies

Ministry of Immigration and Customs

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

• Recruits nations to the region
• Ensures newly joined nations are in accordance with all laws

Ministry of Law

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Law:

• Leads the regional judicial body
• Determines legislation as constitutional or not
• Approves of General Assembly banjection rulings

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