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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.
 
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.
  
===Justices===
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===Tiered Justices===
 
The Legal Standard Act was proposed by Llorens in the 5th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 21 May 2017. As per its changes, the positions of Chief Justice, First Justice and Second Justice, held at the time by New Lonopolian Empire, Rathfarnham and Llorens respectively, were each renamed to Justice and given equal voting power on all legal proceedings of the Ministry of Law.
 
The Legal Standard Act was proposed by Llorens in the 5th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 21 May 2017. As per its changes, the positions of Chief Justice, First Justice and Second Justice, held at the time by New Lonopolian Empire, Rathfarnham and Llorens respectively, were each renamed to Justice and given equal voting power on all legal proceedings of the Ministry of Law.
  
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The Equal Vote Act was proposed by Llorens in the 6th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 18 July 2017. As per its changes, the Secretary was stripped of their power to change the required vote to pass a bill if they were not in favour of it and instead established standard requirements for all bills to be passed, irrespective of the Secretary's approval of it. These changes would not have affected any bills ever previously passed by the General Assembly.
 
The Equal Vote Act was proposed by Llorens in the 6th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 18 July 2017. As per its changes, the Secretary was stripped of their power to change the required vote to pass a bill if they were not in favour of it and instead established standard requirements for all bills to be passed, irrespective of the Secretary's approval of it. These changes would not have affected any bills ever previously passed by the General Assembly.
  
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===Nine members===
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The Legislature Reduction Act was proposed by Llorens in the 6th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 12-5, on 25 July 2017. As per its changes, the Minister of Immigration and Customs was merged into the Minister of Foreign Affairs as of the [[The Leftist Assembly election, September 2017|September 2017 election]]. In effect, this change would reduce the number of members of the General Assembly from nine to eight, but not alter the required number of five votes to pass legislation.
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The General Assembly is in its 6th term.
 
The General Assembly is in its 6th term.
  
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Revision as of 05:45, 1 August 2017

The General Assembly
6th General Assembly
The Leftist Assembly.png
Leadership
Secretary Llorens
Prime Minister Obiristan
Structure
Seats 9
3rd General Assembly.svg

The General Assembly is the legislative body for the government of The Leftist Assembly. It consists of nine members, including the Secretary and the heads of all five ministries, and laws and amendments may be proposed by any member. Bills affecting the Constitution go to a referendum and require fifty percent plus one vote in favour to pass, and bills not affecting the Constitution go to a General Assembly vote and require five votes in favour to pass. Each position is elected using the alternative voting system. Terms last for three months and elections begin at the end of every third month coinciding with March, June, September and 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.

Tiered Justices

The Legal Standard Act was proposed by Llorens in the 5th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 21 May 2017. As per its changes, the positions of Chief Justice, First Justice and Second Justice, held at the time by New Lonopolian Empire, Rathfarnham and Llorens respectively, were each renamed to Justice and given equal voting power on all legal proceedings of the Ministry of Law.

Secretary voting power

The Equal Vote Act was proposed by Llorens in the 6th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 18-3, on 18 July 2017. As per its changes, the Secretary was stripped of their power to change the required vote to pass a bill if they were not in favour of it and instead established standard requirements for all bills to be passed, irrespective of the Secretary's approval of it. These changes would not have affected any bills ever previously passed by the General Assembly.

Nine members

The Legislature Reduction Act was proposed by Llorens in the 6th General Assembly and passed by referendum, 12-5, on 25 July 2017. As per its changes, the Minister of Immigration and Customs was merged into the Minister of Foreign Affairs as of the September 2017 election. In effect, this change would reduce the number of members of the General Assembly from nine to eight, but not alter the required number of five votes to pass legislation.

Terms

The General Assembly is in its 6th term.

Term Election Secretary
1st March 2016 Atealia
2nd - Atealia
3rd September 2016 Cedoria
4th December 2016 Cedoria
5th March 2017 Losinia/Atealia
6th June 2017 Llorens

Procedure

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.

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 Obiristan

The responsibilities of the Prime Minister:

  • Being the representative of all elected positions
  • Briefing and acting as an assistant to the Secretary
  • Holding the authority to make decisions in the Secretary's absence

Minister 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

Minister of Defence

The responsibilities of the Minister of Defence:

  • Leading the regional military
  • Dealing with foreign incidents involving R/D gameplay
  • Authorising enemy invasion and allied defence operations

Minister 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

Minister 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

Justices

The roles and responsibilities of the Justices:

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