Sekidean Parliament: Difference between revisions

Parliament
of the Inner Sekidean Union
Parliament ; of the Inner Sekidean Union
	Logo of the Sekidean Council
	Logo of the Sekidean Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Structure
Seats	40 (Council); 500 (Assembly)
Council political groups	State representatives Independent (30) Canton River Delta (3); Hondonia (3); Kentalis (3); Kistolian Union (3); Mustelaria (3); Moldanovica (3); Prei Meas (3); Speke (3); Tiskaiya (3); Torvon (3); ; Autonomy representatives Independent (10) Union of Autonomies (10); ;
Assembly political groups	DS-SD (154); Green (105); SUCP (67); PULL (42); UPSMR (26); SCA (25); PSFMP (24); PFSC (21); PNS (15); AMPP (10); SCI (9);
Elections
Council voting system	Indirect
Assembly voting system	Siedem method
Assembly first election	21 July 1984 (Indirect); 18 January 1992 (Direct)
Assembly last election	22 January 2022
Assembly next election	Before 22 January 2027
Meeting place
	Council building, Tropponz, Grad Autonomy, Zhousheng, Mustelaria
	Parliament Building, Gimyeong, Prei Meas

Latest revision as of 13:23, 19 August 2022

Logo of the Sekidean Tribune

The Parliament of the Inner Sekidean Union, also known simply as the Sekidean Parliament is the international legislature of the Inner Sekidean Union. It is bicameral, consisting of the Sekidean Assembly, elected directly by the populace, and the Sekidean Council, elected by the legislatures of members states and autonomies.

History

Original parliament

With the foundation of the Sekidean Union in 1983, the discussion quickly became, if there should be a joint legislature. It was agreed, that parliaments of each of the states would appoint a set number of MSPs to an institution named the "Sekidean High Congress", which is considered to be the predecessor to both the Sekidean Assembly and the Sekidean Council. With first indirect elections taking place in the summer of 1985, the body went through two convocations before being renamed to the "Sekidean Parliament". First direct elections took place in 1992.

Qualified chambers

With the 1992 reform, along with direct elections, three more bodies were formed to help divide the power of the Sekidean Union. The body proposing the laws was known as the "Sekidean Commission", which also served as a sort of an executive body. Laws proposed by such entity were then discussed and either approved or rejected in the Sekidean Parliament (which had 750 members), which in turn sent the laws to the Sekidean Council, which again either approved or rejected the proposal. This system was highly impractical for quick reaction.

Unified upper house

With the 2012 establishment of the Inner Sekidean Union, a new system was devised. The legislative initiative of the Sekidean Commission (renamed to the "Sekidean Cabinet") was ceded to the Sekidean Parliament, which consisted of the "Sekidean Assembly", which is a constinuation of the original Parliament, and the Sekidean Commission, whose membership was expanded to include representation of the Sekidean Tribune. Since then, no election has been carried out in the Outer Sekidean Union states. Because of that it was agreed to lower the number of deputies to the Sekidean Parliament from 750 to 500. At the same time, Siedem method was implemented as the voting system, in time for the 2012 Sekidean legislative election.

Sekidean Assembly

The Sekidean Assembly (Before 2012 called the "Sekidean Parliament") has a number of seats fixed at 500 and is directly elected by the populace of the Inner Sekidean Union. It uses a special distribution method, to favor less populous countries, while the more populous need more people per single duputy. Current number of deputees is:

Canton River Delta - sends 102 deputies
Hondonia - sends 21 deputies
Kentalis - sends 37 deputies
Kistolian Union - sends 34 deputies
Mustelaria - sends 70 deputies
Moldanovica - sends 31 deputies
Prei Meas - sends 91 deputies
Speke - sends 27 deputies
Tiskaiya - sends 43 deputies
Torvon - sends 39 deputies

Deputies are elected using party-list proportional representation, with approval voting being applicable candidates on the ballot. If a member of the parliament dies, its replacement is automatically picked as the best ranking person on the ballot from the country he was from, that didn't make it into the parliament. The assembly can be dissolved, if ³/₄ of members vote for it (this has never happened as of 2022), else the term is 5 years. There have been 7 elections so far:

1992 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 3^rd Convocation
1997 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 4^th Convocation
2002 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 5^th Convocation
2007 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 6^th Convocation
2012 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 7^th Convocation
2017 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 8^th Convocation
2022 Sekidean legislative election - elected the 9^th Convocation

First two convocations were indirectly elected by the state legislatures.

Elections to the Assembly

Elections to the Sekidean Assembly are carried out using the Siedem method, using an electoral threshold of 4%, 15 reserved seats per constituency and 500 total seats.

Sekidean Council

The Sekidean Council is elected by the legislatures of member states. Each state sends three deputies, allowing for a representation of more than a single political view. Despite this, the Sekidean Council is defined to be strictly non-partisan. Organs voting in deputies are:

Canton River Delta - The Blue Parliament
Hondonia - Vorbirea
Kentalis - Estates-General
Kistolian Union - Legislative Congress
Mustelaria - Federal Council
Moldanovica - Parliament
Prei Meas - United Chamber
Speke - Parliament
Tiskaiya - National Parliament
Torvon - Parliament

Outside of state legislatures, one quarter of the chamber (that means 1 seat for each member state) is reserved for nominations from the Sekidean Tribune, which serves as an advisory board, that represents autonomous and other sub-national entities. Although not specified by law or any regulation, it is generally assumed, that most of those seats would be reserved for people representing autonomies and other semi-autonomous regions, whose interests can not be sufficiently represented by the national delegates.

Appointment to the Council

Representants from each country are either replaced or reelected after a new government cabinet is formed, usually after a legislative election to a lower house of a national parliament. State legislature can replace a representant from the Sekidean Council by a simple majority, if at least two of the following conditions have been met:

The Deputee is openly standing in opposition to the government of the country that nominated him
The Deputee has violated a law set by the home country
The Deputee has served for more than 5 years
The Deputee has been nominated by a party, that does not participate in the government
The Deputee did not show up for at least 5 meetings in a row
The Deputee is incapable of carrying out the duty due to a boycott
The Deputee is incapable of carrying out the duty due to an illness
The Deputee has been reprimanded for misconduct by the Council

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-| seats = 36 ([[Sekidean Council|Council]])<br>500 ([[Sekidean Assembly|Assembly]])
+| seats = 40 ([[Sekidean Council|Council]])<br>500 ([[Sekidean Assembly|Assembly]])
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 | political_groups1 =
 '''State representatives'''
-*{{color box|#DEDEDE}} ''Independent'' (27)
+*{{color box|#DEDEDE}} ''Independent'' (30)
 **{{color box|#ca342d}} [[Canton River Delta]] (3)
 **{{color box|#002076}} [[Hondonia]] (3)
 **{{color box|#005D00}} [[Kentalis]] (3)
-**{{color box|#013161}} [[Kistolia]] (3)
+**{{color box|#013161}} [[Kistolian Union]] (3)
 **{{color box|#B6E741}} [[Mustelaria]] (3)
 **{{color box|#0039A6}} [[Moldanovica]] (3)
 **{{color box|#8ACE29}} [[Prei Meas]] (3)
 **{{color box|#DDDD22}} [[Speke]] (3)
+**{{color box|#FFCD02}} [[Tiskaiya]] (3)
 **{{color box|#79AAD8}} [[Torvon]] (3)
 '''Autonomy representatives'''
-*{{color box|#DEDEDE}} ''Independent'' (9)
+*{{color box|#DEDEDE}} ''Independent'' (10)
-**{{color box|#a62835}} Union of Autonomies (9)
+**{{color box|#a62835}} [[Sekidean Tribune|Union of Autonomies]] (10)
 | committees1 =
 | house2 = [[Sekidean Assembly|Assembly]]
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 | voting_system2 = [[Siedem method]]
 | first_election1 =
-| first_election2 =
+| first_election2 = [[1984 Sekidean legislative appointment|{{date|1984-07-21}}]] ''(Indirect)''<br>[[1992 Sekidean legislative election|{{date|1992-01-18}}]] ''(Direct)''
 | first_election3 =
-| last_election1 = [[2022 Sekidean legislative election|{{date|2022-01-22}}]]
+| last_election1 =
 | last_election2 = [[2022 Sekidean legislative election|{{date|2022-01-22}}]]
 | last_election3 =
-| next_election1 = ''Before {{date|2027-01-22}}''
+| next_election1 =
 | next_election2 = ''Before {{date|2027-01-22}}''
 | next_election3 =
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 ==History==
+{{See also|Sekidean Council#History|Sekidean Assembly#History|l1=History of the Sekidean Council|l2=History of the Sekidean Assembly}}
 ===Original parliament===
-TBA
+With the foundation of the [[Sekidean Union]] in 1983, the discussion quickly became, if there should be a joint legislature. It was agreed, that parliaments of each of the states would appoint a set number of MSPs to an institution named the "Sekidean High Congress", which is considered to be the predecessor to both the [[Sekidean Assembly]] and the [[Sekidean Council]]. With [[1984 Sekidean legislative appointment|first indirect elections]] taking place in the summer of 1985, the body went through two convocations before being renamed to the "Sekidean Parliament". First direct elections [[1992 Sekidean legislative election|took place in 1992]].
+===Qualified chambers===
+With the 1992 reform, along with direct elections, three more bodies were formed to help divide the power of the [[Sekidean Union]]. The body proposing the laws was known as the "Sekidean Commission", which also served as a sort of an executive body. Laws proposed by such entity were then discussed and either approved or rejected in the Sekidean Parliament (which had 750 members), which in turn sent the laws to the Sekidean Council, which again either approved or rejected the proposal. This system was highly impractical for quick reaction.
 ===Unified upper house===
-TBA
+With the 2012 establishment of the [[Inner Sekidean Union]], a new system was devised. The legislative initiative of the Sekidean Commission (renamed to the "Sekidean Cabinet") was ceded to the Sekidean Parliament, which consisted of the "Sekidean Assembly", which is a constinuation of the original Parliament, and the Sekidean Commission, whose membership was expanded to include representation of the [[Sekidean Tribune]]. Since then, no election has been carried out in the Outer Sekidean Union states. Because of that it was agreed to lower the number of deputies to the Sekidean Parliament from 750 to 500. At the same time, [[Siedem method]] was implemented as the voting system, in time for the [[2012 Sekidean legislative election]].
 ==Sekidean Assembly==
-TBA
+The Sekidean Assembly (Before 2012 called the "Sekidean Parliament") has a number of seats fixed at 500 and is directly elected by the populace of the [[Inner Sekidean Union]]. It uses a special distribution method, to favor less populous countries, while the more populous need more people per single duputy. Current number of deputees is:
+*{{flag|Canton River Delta}} - sends 102 deputies
+*{{flag|Hondonia}} - sends 21 deputies
+*{{flag|Kentalis}} - sends 37 deputies
+*{{flag|Kistolian Union}} - sends 34 deputies
+*{{flag|Mustelaria}} - sends 70 deputies
+*{{flag|Moldanovica}} - sends 31 deputies
+*{{flag|Prei Meas}} - sends 91 deputies
+*{{flag|Speke}} - sends 27 deputies
+*{{flag|Tiskaiya}} - sends 43 deputies
+*{{flag|Torvon}} - sends 39 deputies
+Deputies are elected using [[wikipedia:Party-list proportional representation|party-list proportional representation]], with [[wikipedia:Approval voting|approval voting]] being applicable candidates on the ballot. If a member of the parliament dies, its replacement is automatically picked as the best ranking person on the ballot from the country he was from, that didn't make it into the parliament. The assembly can be dissolved, if <sup>3</sup>/<sub>4</sub> of members vote for it (this has never happened as of 2022), else the term is 5 years. There have been 7 elections so far:
+*[[1992 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 3<sup>rd</sup> Convocation
+*[[1997 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 4<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+*[[2002 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 5<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+*[[2007 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 6<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+*[[2012 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 7<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+*[[2017 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 8<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+*[[2022 Sekidean legislative election]] - elected the 9<sup>th</sup> Convocation
+First two convocations were indirectly elected by the state legislatures.
 ===Elections to the Assembly===
-{{See also|Siedem Method}}
+{{See also|Siedem method}}
-Elections to the Sekidean Assembly are carried out using the [[Siedem Method]].
+Elections to the Sekidean Assembly are carried out using the [[Siedem method]], using an [[wikipedia:Electoral threshold|electoral threshold]] of 4%, 15 reserved seats per constituency and 500 total seats.
-{| class="wikitable<!-- sortable-->" style="text-align: center;"
-!rowspan="2"|Constituency !!DS-SD !!Green !!SUCP !!PULL !!PSFMP !!UPSMR !!SCA !!PFSC !!PNS !!AMPP !!SCI !!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Total
-|-
-|style="background:#E00000"| ||style="background:#18b000"| ||style="background:#002d72"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#ffcd00"| ||style="background:#993366"| ||style="background:#dcff00"| ||style="background:#a62835"| ||style="background:#274885"| ||style="background:#00cbf0"| ||style="background:#880000"|
-|-
-![[Canton River Delta]]
-| || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!114
-|-
-![[Hondonia]]
-| || || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||<!--2--> ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!22
-|-
-![[Kentalis]]
-| ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || || || ||<!--4--> ||
-!40
-|-
-![[Kistolia]]
-| ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||<!--4--> ||
-!36
-|-
-![[Mustelaria]]
-| ||<!--style="background:#18b00044"|'''--> || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!79
-|-
-![[Moldanovica]]
-| ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || || || || || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!33
-|-
-![[Prei Meas]]
-| || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!103
-|-
-![[Speke]]
-| || || || || || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!29
-|-
-![[Torvon]]
-| || || || || || || || || ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A ||style="background:#EAEFF0"|N/A
-!44
-|-
-!Total
-!154 ||105 ||67 ||42 ||26 ||25 ||24 ||21 ||15 ||10 ||9
-!500
-|}
 ==Sekidean Council==
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 *{{flag|Hondonia}} - [[Vorbirea of Hondonia|Vorbirea]]
 *{{flag|Kentalis}} - [[Estates-General of Kentalis|Estates-General]]
-*{{flag|Kistolia}} - [[Kistolian Legislative Congress|Legislative Congress]]
+*{{flag|Kistolian Union}} - [[Kistolian Legislative Congress|Legislative Congress]]
 *{{flag|Mustelaria}} - [[Federal Council of Mustelaria|Federal Council]]
 *{{flag|Moldanovica}} - [[Parliament in Moldanovica|Parliament]]
 *{{flag|Prei Meas}} - [[Parliament of Prei Meas|United Chamber]]
 *{{flag|Speke}} - [[Parliament of Speke|Parliament]]
+*{{flag|Tiskaiya}} - [[National Parliament of Tiskaiya|National Parliament]]
 *{{flag|Torvon}} - [[Parliament of Torvon|Parliament]]
-Outside of state legislatures, one quarter of the chamber (that means 1 seat for each member state) is reserved for nominations from the [[Sekidean Tribune]], which assembles autonomous and regional parliaments.
+Outside of state legislatures, one quarter of the chamber (that means 1 seat for each member state) is reserved for nominations from the [[Sekidean Tribune]], which serves as an advisory board, that represents autonomous and other sub-national entities. Although not specified by law or any regulation, it is generally assumed, that most of those seats would be reserved for people representing autonomies and other semi-autonomous regions, whose interests can not be sufficiently represented by the national delegates.
 ===Appointment to the Council===
-TBA
+Representants from each country are either replaced or reelected after a new government cabinet is formed, usually after a legislative election to a lower house of a national parliament. State legislature can replace a representant from the Sekidean Council by a simple majority, if at least two of the following conditions have been met:
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+*The Deputee is openly standing in opposition to the government of the country that nominated him
-!Caucus !!colspan=2|Group !!Seats !!colspan=2|Total
+*The Deputee has violated a law set by the home country
-|-
+*The Deputee has served for more than 5 years
-!rowspan=9|Member states
+*The Deputee has been nominated by a party, that does not participate in the government
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#ca342d"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Canton River Delta}} ||3 ||rowspan=9|27
+*The Deputee did not show up for at least 5 meetings in a row
-!rowspan=10|36
+*The Deputee is incapable of carrying out the duty due to a boycott
-|-
+*The Deputee is incapable of carrying out the duty due to an illness
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#002076"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Hondonia}} ||3
+*The Deputee has been reprimanded for misconduct by the Council
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#005D00"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Kentalis}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#013161"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Kistolia}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#B6E741"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Mustelaria}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#0039A6"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Moldanovica}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#8ACE29"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Prei Meas}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#DDDD22"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Speke}} ||3
-|-
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#79AAD8"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|{{flag|Torvon}} ||3
-|-
-!Autonomies
-|style="border-right:none; text-align:center;background:#a62835"| ||style="border-left:none;text-align: left;"|[[Sekidean Tribunal|Union of Autonomies]] ||colspan=2|9
-|}
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