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| leader2_type      = Deputy Speaker
| leader2_type      = Deputy Speaker
| leader2          = Tomás Ocanas
| leader2          = Tomás Ocanas
| party2            = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|National Salvation]]
| party2            = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|NS]]
| election2        = 23 January 2017
| election2        = 23 January 2017
| leader3_type      = [[President of Carloso|President of the Executive Council]]
| leader3_type      = [[President of Carloso|President of the Executive Council]]
| leader3          = [[Cárlos Tobón]]
| leader3          = [[Cárlos Tobón]]
| party3            = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|National Salvation]]
| party3            = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|NS]]
| election3        = 11 February 2011
| election3        = 11 February 2011
| leader4_type      = Government Chief Whip
| leader4_type     = [[President of Carloso|Deputy President of the Executive Council]]
| leader4           = Noel Sabater
| leader4          = [[Estebán Santander]]
| party4           = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|National Salvation]]
| party4            = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|NS]]
| election4         = 5 July 2021
| election4        = 11 February 2011
| leader5_type     = Leader of the Opposition
| leader5_type     = Government Chief Whip
| leader5           = Mariah Contreras
| leader5           = Noel Sabater
| party5           = [[Socialist Republicans (Carloso)|Socialist Republicans]]
| party5           = [[National Salvation (Carloso)|NS]]
| election5         = 11 February 2021
| election5         = 5 July 2021
| leader6_type     = Opposition Chief Whip
| leader6_type     = Leader of the Opposition
| leader6           = TBD
| leader6           = Mariah Contreras
| party6           = [[Socialist Republicans (Carloso)|Socialist Republicans]]
| party6           = [[Socialist Republicans (Carloso)|SR]]
| electi6n4         =  
| election6         = 11 February 2021
| leader7_type     = Opposition Chief Whip
| leader7           = TBD
| party7           = [[Socialist Republicans (Carloso)|SR]]
| election7         = 11 February 2021
| members          = 859<br>430 (or 429 plus the Speaker) for a majority
| members          = 859<br>430 (or 429 plus the Speaker) for a majority
| house1            =
| house1            =
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| term_length      = Five years
| term_length      = Five years
| salary            = [[Carlosian dero|D£]]44,695 annually<br><small>($97,163)</small>
| voting_system1    = {{wpl|Single transferable vote}} with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO)
| voting_system1    = {{wpl|Single transferable vote}} with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO)
| last_election1    = [[2020 Carlosian general election|11 November 2020]]
| last_election1    = [[2020 Carlosian general election|11 November 2020]]
| next_election1    = [[2025 Carlosian general election|11 November 2025]]
| next_election1    = [[2025 Carlosian general election|11 November 2025]]
| redistricting    = Confirmation by the President on the {{wpl|Advice (constitutional law)|advice}} of the boundary commissions.
| redistricting    = Advisory recommendations made by Constituency Commissions.
| meeting_place    = [[Monrentera Palace]], [[Madrigal (circuit)|Madrigal]], [[Carloso]]
| meeting_place    = [[Echegaray Palace]], [[Madrigal (circuit)|Madrigal]], [[Carloso]]
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  | Defence
  | Health
  | Foreign Affairs
  | Justice
  | Environment
  | Science
  | Religious Affairs
  | Energy & Natural Resources
  | Intelligence
  | Education
  | Carlosian Language
  | Business
  | Communications
  | Rules
  | Provincial Government
  | Assembly Archives
  | Social Affairs
  | Public Accounts
  | Statutory Instruments
  | Finance
  | Industrial Relations
  | Constitutional Reform
  | Maternal Affairs
  | Agriculture & Fisheries
  | Culture & Sport
  | Home Affairs
  | Presidential Conduct
}}
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{{Politics of Carloso}}
{{Politics of Carloso}}
The '''National Assembly of Carloso''' (Spanish: ''Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso'') is the unicameral legislature of [[Carloso]]. While its current form dates to the enactment of the 1956 Constitution of Carloso, the National Assembly was founded in 1860 as the Imperial Assembly of the Carlosian Empire.
The '''National Assembly of Carloso''' (Spanish: ''Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso'') is the unicameral legislature of [[Carloso]]. It meets at [[Echegaray Palace]] in Madrigal. It is presided over by a Speaker. The National Assembly is composed of 859 deputies, known as National Assemblymen (NAs); or alternatively National Assemblywomen if the member is female, who are directly elected every five years under universal suffrage. NAs are drawn from three-member constituencies, with an extra NA allotted to the constituency which the Speaker from the previous term was elected. Vacancies are filled via by-elections, held within six months of the seat being vacated, provided it is more than year until the next general election. Elections are held on the 11 November of years divisible by five, with the new National Assembly commencing business on 11 February of the following year. All citizens over the age of 18 may vote in these elections, while candidates must be at least 30 years old by election day. A form of proportional representation is utilised, in the form of a simplified version of the single transferable vote (STV) known as the single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO).
 
While its current form dates to the enactment of the 1956 Constitution of Carloso, the National Assembly was founded in 1860 as the Imperial Assembly of the Carlosian Empire.


The last general election in Carloso was held in 2020. The next will be held in 2025.
The last general election in Carloso was held in 2020. The next will be held in 2025.
A member of the National Assembly is called a '''National Assemblyman''' (NA). The term '''National Assemblywoman''' can be used if the individual is female.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
==History==
==History==
===Precursors===
From its independence in 1581, Carloso was governed as a stratocratic directorial republic, with legislative authority vested in the National Directory, a committee composed of nine members elected by the officers of Carloso's military forces. The President of the National Directory, until the tenure of Cárlos Mostodra, was considered ''{{wpl|Primus inter pares|primus inter pares}}'', with proposed legislation only needing a simple majority in the National Directory to be enacted, with no offcial have the power to veto them.
===Carlosian Empire===
===Carlosian Empire===
{{Infobox legislature
{{Infobox legislature
  | name          = Imperial Assembly
  | name          = Imperial Assembly of Carloso
  | native_name    =  
  | native_name    =  
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The original 1826 Constitution invested legislative power soley in the Imperial Council, the predecessor to the modern Executive Council. This body was led by a President, who was directly appointed and served at the pleasure of the Emperor. Any legislation passed by the Imperial Council could be approved or vetoed for any reason by the Emperor, effectively making Carloso an absolute monarchy. As the years progressed, it became apparent that such an autocratic system of government would be difficult to maintain as the increasingly more educated public called for greater participation in political life. There was also the matter of reconciliation with the hundreds of thousands of English-speaking Carlosians who had a non-existent degree of representation within the exclusively Carlosian-speaking government, compounded by the fact that many of the former British institutions and civil service had been absorbed by the new Carlosian Empire. Fearing that the present situation may result in revolution if pre-emptive action wasn't taken, President Cristián Fegúndes, supported by former President [[Baltasár Escarcega]], put forward a proposal to Cárlos I for the formation of a Westminster-inspired parliament in the form an Imperial Assembly, with 301 seats and an electorate composed of all male heads of households.  
The original 1826 Constitution invested legislative power soley in the Imperial Council, the predecessor to the modern Executive Council. This body was led by a President, who was directly appointed and served at the pleasure of the Emperor. Any legislation passed by the Imperial Council could be approved or vetoed for any reason by the Emperor, effectively making Carloso an absolute monarchy. As the years progressed, it became apparent that such an autocratic system of government would be difficult to maintain as the increasingly more educated public called for greater participation in political life. There was also the matter of reconciliation with the hundreds of thousands of English-speaking Carlosians who had a non-existent degree of representation within the exclusively Carlosian-speaking government, compounded by the fact that many of the former British institutions and civil service had been absorbed by the new Carlosian Empire. Fearing that the present situation may result in revolution if pre-emptive action wasn't taken, President Cristián Fegúndes, supported by former President [[Baltasár Escarcega]], put forward a proposal to Cárlos I for the formation of a Westminster-inspired parliament in the form an Imperial Assembly, with 301 seats and an electorate composed of all male heads of households.  


Initially refusing to yield, Cárlos I ultimately yielded upon the insistence of Escarcega, convinced that there was now a need to give his rule some semblance of democratic legitimacy. Coinciding with the creation of the Imperial Assembly, English was made a co-official language of Carloso. Under the so-called 1860 Compromise, elections would be held with constituencies returning three members each, with an extra seat reserved for future elections for the constituency from which the speaker would be elected from, to make up for the loss in representation. The {{wpl|Single non-transferable vote|single non-transferable vote}} (SNTV) system would be utilised. Members of the Imperial Council would be drawn from the Imperial Assembly, however the Emperor would ultimately have the powered to appoint the President of the Imperial Council, and would retain his veto on legislation. The first general election was scheduled for 11 November 1860, and the first at least partially democratically elected Imperial Assembly took their seats on 11 February 1861. Despite the death of Cárlos I earlier in the year, the 1865 election was held under similar circumstances.
Initially refusing to yield, Cárlos I ultimately yielded upon the insistence of Escarcega, convinced that there was now a need to give his rule some semblance of democratic legitimacy. Coinciding with the creation of the Imperial Assembly, English was made a co-official language of Carloso. Under the so-called 1860 Compromise, elections would be held with constituencies returning three members each, with an extra seat reserved for future elections for the constituency from which the speaker would be elected from, to make up for the loss in representation. The {{wpl|Single non-transferable vote|single non-transferable vote}} (SNTV) system would be utilised. Members of the Imperial Council would be drawn from the Imperial Assembly, however the Emperor would ultimately have the power to appoint the President of the Imperial Council, and would retain his veto on legislation. The first general election was scheduled for 11 November 1860, and the first at least partially democratically elected Imperial Assembly took their seats on 11 February 1861. Subsequent elections in 1865 through 1915 were held under similar circumstances. Shortly before his death, Sébastien I approved legislation which enfranchised all males over the age of 21, as well as all females over the age of 30 who owned property, while also changing the system to a form of the {{wpl|Multiple non-transferable vote|multiple non-transferable vote}} known as the multiple non-transferable {{wpl|Limited voting|limited vote}} (MNT-LV), introducing semi-proportional representation. In 1930, the female voting age was equalised with men at 21.


His successor, Cárlos II, though in poor health, was more more open to reform, and agreed to new measures which enfrancised men over the age of 25, taking effect at the 1870 election. The liberally minded Empress Marianne approved legislation to give women over the age of 40 the right to vote in 1888. Sébastien I initially agreed to reduce the voting age for men to 21 and for women to 35 in 1915, however his sudden death, and the ascension of the more belligerent Sébastien II, delayed this until 1922.
Following the election of Javier Fonseca as President in 1931, there was a state of nearly constant friction between his government and [[Sébastien II of Carloso|Sébastien II]], President Fonseca having campaigned on a promise to hold a plebiscite on the future of the Carlosian monarchy, which had become historically unpopular due to the scandal surrounding the infidelity of Sébastien II's younger brother, Isander, Prince of Mercurea, as well as the imperial family's lavish lifestyle, widely perceived as excessive amidst the stagnant economic situation in Carloso. The attempt by Fonseca to pass the Status of the Empire Act 1932 through the Imperial Assembly would trigger Sébastien II's attempt to arrest him, and ultimately start the 1932 Carlosian crisis, which would ultimately end in the Emperor's abdication and the dissolution of the Carlosian Empire.


===Republic===
===Republic===
===Federal Republic===
===Federal Republic===
==Salary and benefits==
===Salaries and pensions===
===Travel and accommodation expenses===
===Staff and administrative expenses===
===Titles===
==Officers==


==Elections==
==Elections==
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|Right-wing
|Right-wing
|[[Cárlos Tobón]]
|[[Cárlos Tobón]]
|{{Composition bar|507|859|hex=#010720}}
|{{Composition bar|446|859|hex=#010720}}
|-
|-
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|{{wpl|Liberal conservatism}}
|{{wpl|Liberal conservatism}}
|Centre-right
|Centre-right
|[[Ferdinand Casares]]
|TBD
|{{Composition bar|183|859|hex=#00326B}}
|{{Composition bar|22|859|hex=#00326B}}
|-
|-
!style="background-color: #E3BC00" |
!style="background-color: #E3BC00" |
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|Centre-left
|Centre-left
|Elon Básaran
|Elon Básaran
|{{Composition bar|68|859|hex=#E3BC00}}
|{{Composition bar|115|859|hex=#E3BC00}}
|-
|-
!style="background-color: #57000E" |
!style="background-color: #57000E" |
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|Left-wing
|Left-wing
|Mariah Contreras
|Mariah Contreras
|{{Composition bar|30|859|hex=#57000E}}
|{{Composition bar|149|859|hex=#57000E}}
|-
|-
!style="background-color: #000000" |
!style="background-color: #000000" |
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|Far-right
|Far-right
|Damián Torrero
|Damián Torrero
|{{Composition bar|24|859|hex=#000000}}
|{{Composition bar|52|859|hex=#000000}}
|-
|-
!style="background-color: #8F0000" |
!style="background-color: #1B4D3E" |
|[[Communist Party (Carloso)|Communist Party]]
|Green Alternative
|{{wpl|Marxism-Leninism}}
|{{wpl|Green politics}}
|Far-left
|Left-wing
|Tómas Batias
|Benjamín Lacasa
|{{Composition bar|18|859|hex=#8F0000}}
|{{Composition bar|18|859|hex=#1B4D3E}}
|-
!style="background-color: #367588" |
|[[Republican Union (Carloso)|Republican Union]]
|{{wpl|Liberal conservatism}}
|Centre-right
|[[Járed Felgueiras]]
|{{Composition bar|27|859|hex=#367588}}
|-
|-
!style="background-color: {{Independent politician/meta/color}}" |
!style="background-color: {{Independent politician/meta/color}}" |
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|''N/A''
|''N/A''
|''N/A''
|''N/A''
|{{Composition bar|29|859|hex={{Independent politician/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|30|859|hex={{Independent politician/meta/color}}}}
|}
|}


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==Role==
==Role==
==Committees==
==Committees==
==Proposals for reform==
===Proposed upper house===
In 2019 a report presented to the Constitutional Reform Committee proposed the formation of a senate, with five senators representing each province of Carloso.
==See also==
{{Current NAs of Carloso}}
{{Current NAs of Carloso}}
[[Category:Carloso]]
[[Category:Carloso]]

Latest revision as of 01:05, 16 August 2024

National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Carloso
44th National Assembly of Carloso
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesNational Assembly
Term limits
None
Leadership
Jorge Moran
since 11 February 2011
Deputy Speaker
Tomás Ocanas, NS
since 23 January 2017
Cárlos Tobón, NS
since 11 February 2011
Estebán Santander, NS
since 11 February 2011
Government Chief Whip
Noel Sabater, NS
since 5 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition
Mariah Contreras, SR
since 11 February 2021
Opposition Chief Whip
TBD, SR
since 11 February 2021
Structure
Seats859
430 (or 429 plus the Speaker) for a majority
2018 Parliament of Carloso.svg
Political groups
Government (445)
  •   National Salvation (445)
Opposition (413)
Committees
28
  • Whole
  • Defence
  • Health
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Justice
  • Environment
  • Science
  • Religious Affairs
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Intelligence
  • Education
  • Carlosian Language
  • Business
  • Communications
  • Rules
  • Provincial Government
  • Assembly Archives
  • Social Affairs
  • Public Accounts
  • Statutory Instruments
  • Finance
  • Industrial Relations
  • Constitutional Reform
  • Maternal Affairs
  • Agriculture & Fisheries
  • Culture & Sport
  • Home Affairs
  • Presidential Conduct
Length of term
Five years
Salary44,695 annually
($97,163)
Elections
Single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO)
Last election
11 November 2020
Next election
11 November 2025
RedistrictingAdvisory recommendations made by Constituency Commissions.
Meeting place
Façade du British Museum.svg
Echegaray Palace, Madrigal, Carloso

The National Assembly of Carloso (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Cárloso) is the unicameral legislature of Carloso. It meets at Echegaray Palace in Madrigal. It is presided over by a Speaker. The National Assembly is composed of 859 deputies, known as National Assemblymen (NAs); or alternatively National Assemblywomen if the member is female, who are directly elected every five years under universal suffrage. NAs are drawn from three-member constituencies, with an extra NA allotted to the constituency which the Speaker from the previous term was elected. Vacancies are filled via by-elections, held within six months of the seat being vacated, provided it is more than year until the next general election. Elections are held on the 11 November of years divisible by five, with the new National Assembly commencing business on 11 February of the following year. All citizens over the age of 18 may vote in these elections, while candidates must be at least 30 years old by election day. A form of proportional representation is utilised, in the form of a simplified version of the single transferable vote (STV) known as the single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO).

While its current form dates to the enactment of the 1956 Constitution of Carloso, the National Assembly was founded in 1860 as the Imperial Assembly of the Carlosian Empire.

The last general election in Carloso was held in 2020. The next will be held in 2025.

Etymology

History

Precursors

From its independence in 1581, Carloso was governed as a stratocratic directorial republic, with legislative authority vested in the National Directory, a committee composed of nine members elected by the officers of Carloso's military forces. The President of the National Directory, until the tenure of Cárlos Mostodra, was considered primus inter pares, with proposed legislation only needing a simple majority in the National Directory to be enacted, with no offcial have the power to veto them.

Carlosian Empire

Imperial Assembly of Carloso
Type
Type
History
Disbanded29 May 1932
Succeeded byNational Assembly
Seats301
Elections
Single non-transferable vote (SNTV)
First election
1860
Last election
1930

The original 1826 Constitution invested legislative power soley in the Imperial Council, the predecessor to the modern Executive Council. This body was led by a President, who was directly appointed and served at the pleasure of the Emperor. Any legislation passed by the Imperial Council could be approved or vetoed for any reason by the Emperor, effectively making Carloso an absolute monarchy. As the years progressed, it became apparent that such an autocratic system of government would be difficult to maintain as the increasingly more educated public called for greater participation in political life. There was also the matter of reconciliation with the hundreds of thousands of English-speaking Carlosians who had a non-existent degree of representation within the exclusively Carlosian-speaking government, compounded by the fact that many of the former British institutions and civil service had been absorbed by the new Carlosian Empire. Fearing that the present situation may result in revolution if pre-emptive action wasn't taken, President Cristián Fegúndes, supported by former President Baltasár Escarcega, put forward a proposal to Cárlos I for the formation of a Westminster-inspired parliament in the form an Imperial Assembly, with 301 seats and an electorate composed of all male heads of households.

Initially refusing to yield, Cárlos I ultimately yielded upon the insistence of Escarcega, convinced that there was now a need to give his rule some semblance of democratic legitimacy. Coinciding with the creation of the Imperial Assembly, English was made a co-official language of Carloso. Under the so-called 1860 Compromise, elections would be held with constituencies returning three members each, with an extra seat reserved for future elections for the constituency from which the speaker would be elected from, to make up for the loss in representation. The single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system would be utilised. Members of the Imperial Council would be drawn from the Imperial Assembly, however the Emperor would ultimately have the power to appoint the President of the Imperial Council, and would retain his veto on legislation. The first general election was scheduled for 11 November 1860, and the first at least partially democratically elected Imperial Assembly took their seats on 11 February 1861. Subsequent elections in 1865 through 1915 were held under similar circumstances. Shortly before his death, Sébastien I approved legislation which enfranchised all males over the age of 21, as well as all females over the age of 30 who owned property, while also changing the system to a form of the multiple non-transferable vote known as the multiple non-transferable limited vote (MNT-LV), introducing semi-proportional representation. In 1930, the female voting age was equalised with men at 21.

Following the election of Javier Fonseca as President in 1931, there was a state of nearly constant friction between his government and Sébastien II, President Fonseca having campaigned on a promise to hold a plebiscite on the future of the Carlosian monarchy, which had become historically unpopular due to the scandal surrounding the infidelity of Sébastien II's younger brother, Isander, Prince of Mercurea, as well as the imperial family's lavish lifestyle, widely perceived as excessive amidst the stagnant economic situation in Carloso. The attempt by Fonseca to pass the Status of the Empire Act 1932 through the Imperial Assembly would trigger Sébastien II's attempt to arrest him, and ultimately start the 1932 Carlosian crisis, which would ultimately end in the Emperor's abdication and the dissolution of the Carlosian Empire.

Republic

Federal Republic

Salary and benefits

Salaries and pensions

Travel and accommodation expenses

Staff and administrative expenses

Titles

Officers

Elections

Constituencies

Single transferable vote

The system of the single transferable vote with elimination transfers only (STV-ETO) often penalises parties who field popular candidates in a constituency, as if their votes exceed the quota and they are elected, any surplus votes beyond that quota cannot be redistributed to other candidates running under that party. This resulted in the largely three-party system (Conservative, Democratic, Socialist Republican) that dominated Carlosian politics up until relatively recently. There is a fierce tradition in Carlosian politics of transfer pacts and complex political strategy in almost every constituency. If a party wishes to run two candidates in a constituency, posters and other election literature will direct voters to vote for a particular candidate depending on their geographic location. As such, the strength and discipline of the grassroots are vital to electoral success.

Carloso uses the Hare quota method.

Composition

Party Ideology Position Leader Seats
National Salvation National conservatism Right-wing Cárlos Tobón
446 / 859
Conservative Party Liberal conservatism Centre-right TBD
22 / 859
Democratic Party Liberalism Centre-left Elon Básaran
115 / 859
Socialist Republicans Democratic socialism Left-wing Mariah Contreras
149 / 859
Synarchist Union Neo-fascism Far-right Damián Torrero
52 / 859
Green Alternative Green politics Left-wing Benjamín Lacasa
18 / 859
Republican Union Liberal conservatism Centre-right Járed Felgueiras
27 / 859
Independent N/A N/A N/A
30 / 859
  NS
  Con
  Dem
  SR
  SU
  Com
  GA
  PC
  Ind
1995–2000
463 186 79 46 16 2 67
2000–2005
302 293 126 52 29 14 7 36
2005–2010
349 255 95 79 41 40
2010–2015
423 122 87 77 26 18 106
20152020
507 183 68 30 24 18 29
20202025
446 149 115 52 49 18 30

Role

Committees

Proposals for reform

Proposed upper house

In 2019 a report presented to the Constitutional Reform Committee proposed the formation of a senate, with five senators representing each province of Carloso.

See also