Parliament of Llorens

Parliament of Llorens
1st Parliament of Llorens
Leadership
President	Elisabeth Harland, Socialist Party Since 24 June 2016
Vice-President	Bartolomeu Berkowitz, Socialist Party Since 24 June 2016
Structure
Seats	50
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Political groups	Socialist Party (17)      Green Party (13)      Progressive Party (9)      Democratic Party (6)      Worker's Party (3)      People's Party (1)      National Party (1)
Elections
Voting system	Approval voting
Last election	24 June 2016
Next election	June 2017

The Parliament of Llorens is the unicameral legislature of the Federal Republic of Llorens. 50 members are elected to one-year terms in Parliament through approval voting. The current Parliament is the 1st Parliament of Llorens. The most recent election was held on June 24, 2016. This election elected all 50 members of Parliament. The most successful party was the Socialist Party, with 17 seats. Consequently, Elisabeth Harland was appointed as the 1st President of Llorens, and Bartolomeu Berkowitz was appointed as the 1st Vice-President of Llorens.

Composition

The Parliament of Llorens consists of 50 members. There are 5 members that represent each of the 10 divisions. There are 2 divisions in each of the 5 states, distributed so that the population of each of these states is split in half between each of their divisions. The Parliament structure is an arch-shape, with the parties being positioned from left to right in descending number of members. The leader of the party with the most seats is appointed President, and the vice-leader of that party is appointed Vice-President. To be eligible to become a member of Parliament, an individual must be able to vote, 16 years or older.

Procedure

Procedure of the Parliament

A proposed law can be passed into the Parliament if it receives ten endorsements by sitting members, whereby all members are notified a week prior of it being discussed and voted on in Parliament. The first section is called the Discussion Session, where the Minister and Vice-Minister of the relevant ministry, in addition to an optional representative for each party, is entitled to a maximum ten-minute speech on the proposed law. The second section is called the Voting Session, whereby each member digitally enters 'for' or 'against' the proposal. 26 or more members need to vote in favour of the proposed law to pass it into legislation. If the proposed law doesn't receive the required amount of votes, the proposed law can be altered and re-enter the process from the beginning.

At the end of each day, the Cabinet engages in a process known as Question Time, where other sitting members and the press can question them on relevant issues or any discussion that came up during the day in Parliament.

Terms

Parliament is currently in its 1st term.

Election Results

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