Standing Committee of the Sletharine Thringat

Standing Committee of the Sletharine Thringat Περμανεντη Κομισια Σλεθαρηι Θρινγατ
9th Convocation of the Standing Committee of the Sletharine Thringat
Logo of the Thringat
Type
Type	Standing committee
Leadership
Speaker of Thringat	Tadeash Polėtōs, HRP
Prime Minister	Iudias Qotrōs, HRP
Structure
Seats	80
Political groups	Political Quorum (65)   His Majesty's Party (32)   People's Party (11)   Social Monarchists (7)   Patriotic Party (5)   National Party (5)   Independent (5) Imperial Quorum (15)   Imperial Quorum (15)
Length of term	2 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect modified block combined approval voting
First election	October 2007
Last election	October 2021
Next election	October 2023
Meeting place
Eshtarine Castle, Lōpsus

The Standing Committee of the Sletharine Thringat (Sletharine: Περμανεντη Κομισια Σλεθαρηι Θρινγατ), usually referred to by its initials PKSTh (Sletharine: ΠΚΣΘ), is the standing committee of the Sletharine Thringat. It is the official standing legislative body, taking care of the legislative affairs at the times when the parliament at large is at recess, but in fact, it shares this fucntion with the Imperial Circle of Slethar, an informal body of the Imperial Quorum.

Elections

The Standing Committee is elected in an indirect elecction, using a modified modified block combined approval voting. The members of the Standing Committee are elected from among the members of the Thringat. A total of 60 members is elected by the Political Quorum's representation in the Thringat, 15 members are elected by the Imperial Quorum's representation in the Thringat. The remaining 5 seats are reserved for the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Thringat and 3 vice-speakers, which are guaranteed membership in the Standing Committee ex officio.

The elections take place three times in a regular convocation. The Standing Committee has a term of 2 years, while the Thringat has a term of 6 years. That means, that per each one convocation of the Thringat, three convocations of the Standing Commitee happen. Past convocations include:

Thringat		Order	From	To
—		1st	November 2006	October 2009
1st	1st	2nd	October 2007	October 2009
	2nd	3rd	October 2009	October 2011
	3rd	4th	October 2011	October 2013
2nd	1st	5th	October 2013	October 2015
	2nd	6th	October 2015	October 2017
	3rd	7th	October 2017	October 2019
3rd	1st	8th	October 2019	October 2021
	2nd	9th	October 2021	October 2023
	3rd	10th	October 2023	October 2025

Legislative process

The legislative process used by the Standing Committee is almost identical like the Thringat. The main difference is, that all decisions undertaken require an absolute majority (41 members) instead of the majority of just those present to pass a bill into a "provisional law".

In order for the provisional law to become a permanent law, it must be approved on a session of the Thringat at large in a yes-or-no vote by a simple majority. If it is rejected, the provisional law is considered overwritten and is no longer in effect.

First reading

During the first reading, the proposal as worded by the proposing party (usually one of the bureaus, but it can also be one of the quorums or the Emperor himself) and discussed the wording of the proposal. The discussion serves to amend and update the bill in order to solve any problems with the bill. The first reading ends after the Standing Committee votes with a simple majority in favor of a new wording, or rejects all amendment proposals.

Second reading

The second reading consists of a simple discussion about the fruition of the proposal, and is followed by a simple yes-or-no vote, using absolute majority oéf 41 seats. If the bill is passed, it has to be marked with the Imperial seal in order to become a law. This seal is owned by the Emperor, giving him the right to veto any piece of legislation. Besides this, the members of the Imperial Quorum present in the Standing Committee have the right to veto a piece of legislation if at least 10 of them (of 15 total) vote against a proposal.