Legislative assemblies of Carucere

The legislative assemblies of Carucere, commonly known as just the Assemblies (Gaullican: Assemblées, Papotement: Bann Bouga), is the hierarchical system of legislative bodies that primarily serves as the governing institutions of certain local administrative divisions across Carucere.

The system consists of a three-tier structure consisting of local, community, and the national levels. The kominote (community) is the basic unit of government, equivalent to a municipality, each governed by a local assembly. Below the community level are local or village assemblies, representing neighborhoods or rural settlements. At the national level is the National Assembly, which serves as a strictly informal body in Carucere which represents local, often Dezevauni, interests. Community assemblies are elected every two years while local assemblies are elected annually or function through direct democracy. National Assembly members are elected by community assemblies through the delegate model of representation, where each member has no autonomy and is bound to the wishes of their appointee; any member can be may be appointed or recalled at any time. Thus each assembly member is ultimately accountable to the wishes of local voters.

The legislative assembly system directly originates from assemblies established by gowsas as far back as the 1880s, making the institution older than the country itself. These assemblies were initially formed as the governing bodies of Gowsa communities. During the 1930s and 1940s, assemblies helped coordinate the independence movement alongside the Social Liberation Movement of Carucere (MLSK). The assemblies are traditionally associated with the Dezevauni community, but due to migration and changing attitudes, Bahians are participating in the assemblies in greater numbers.