Rokthing

Pharexian Legislature Síðari
9th Court
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Quorum House of Delegates
History
Founded	March 4, 1721 (1721-03-04)
Preceded by	Almighty Quorum of the Most Divine
New session started	January 1, 2015
Leadership
Superintendent (Quorum)	Gríma Ólafsdóttir (Non-partisan)
Prime Minister (House)	Aemilia Signý Argyris (AUfC)
Structure
Seats	500 voting members
Ward Assembly political groups	Official   Non-partisan (50) De facto breakdowns:   Retentionists (AUfC/IDP/Ind.) (31)   Reformists (NF/Ind.) (5)   Democrats (Science/LJP/Dignity) (14)
National Assembly political groups	Government of Pharexia (278)   Ilyçisian (41)   Conservatives (198)   New Future (42) Official Opposition (140)   Science (140) Other Opposition (79)   Liberal (28)   Écologists (21)   Dignitiy (17)   Bloç Waldénsicois (13)
Elections
Ward Assembly voting system	Appointment
National Assembly voting system	Party-list proportional representation
National Assembly last election	December 1st, 2014
National Assembly next election	December 1st, 2018
Meeting place
Breíddalsvík, Pharexia
Website
leg.gov.phx

The Federal Legislature of Pharexia (Pharexian: Síðari, Lilledic: Félagið) is the national governing body of Pharexia. It meets in the Holafsosan Building located in central Breíddalsvík.

The body has two chambers: the upper house, known as the Quorum, and the lower house, known as the House of Delegates. The fifty members of the upper house are known as Prelates and are appointed by members of the Church of Pharexia. The House of Delegates has 500 members and are elected every five years based on party-list proportional representation. Pharexia is split into 10 constituencies called wards that each elect between 12 and 90 Parliamentarians. The apportionment of Parliamentarians depends on the size of the electorate, meaning a larger population equates to more representation.

The Legislature meets regularly between January and September for regular session, but a special session can be called in order to complete unfinished business or to continue negotiations on the government's budget for the following year. Floor sessions are held in the House of Nobility in Brichard. Members are called Parliamentarians, or PL's for short.

Upper house

The Quorum of Ministers, also known as the Quorum of Advisors and domestically usually referred to simply as the Quorum, is the upper house of the Síðari.

Unlike the elected House of Delegates, members of the Quorum of Ministers are appointed. A majority of ministers have been appointed by the leadership of the Church of Pharexia and subsequently approved by the President of Pharexia. The approval by the President had always been interperated as nothing more as a procedural manner, similar to royal assent in modern constitutional monarchies. This precedent was overturned, however, during the presidency of Liberal president Spartaco Arcuri in 2012 after the party adopted an abolitionist position on the Quorum. During his time in office, President Arcuri rejected twenty-five appointments by the Church of Pharexia, saying he would only appoint those who "supported either major reform [or] the outright abolition of this utterly undemocratic body".

Members of the Quorum

Name	Portrait	Affiliation (Party)		Seat	Year Appointed	Notes
Name	File:Valérie Bazin-Malgras (cropped).jpg		Retentionist (Non-partisan)	1	1987
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	2	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	3	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	4	XXXX
Name			Reformist (New Future)	5	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Ilyçisian)	6	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	7	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	8	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	9	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	10	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Non-partisan)	11	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	12	XXXX
Name			Reformist (New Future)	13	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Liberal Justice)	14	XXXX
Name			Reformist (Non-partisan)	15	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	16	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	17	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	18	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	19	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	20	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	21	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	22	XXXX
Name			Reformist (New Future)	23	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Dignity)	24	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	25	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Non-partisan)	26	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Ilyçisian)	27	1987
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	28	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	29	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	30	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Ilyçisian)	31	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Ilyçisian)	32	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	33	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Non-partisan)	34	XXXX
NAME			Retentionist (Conservative)	35	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Liberal Justice)	36	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Non-partisan)	37	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	38	XXXX
STOP			Reformist (New Future)	39	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	40	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	41	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	42	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	43	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Ilyçisian)	44	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	45	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	46	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Science)	47	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Conservative)	48	XXXX
Name			Retentionist (Non-partisan)	49	XXXX
Name			Democrat (Liberal Justice)	50	XXXX

Lower house

Functions

The House of Delegates is the main chamber of the Síðari, where the introduction and discussion of proposed legislation and review of the actions of the cabinet takes place. Both the Cabinet and the House of Delegates itself have the right to propose legislation; the House discusses it and, if adopted by a majority, sends it on to the Quorum.

The House of Delegates is also responsible for the first round of selection for judges to the Constitutional Tribunal of Pharexia (Pharexian: Lagâleg). It submits a list of three names for every vacant position to the Quorum, who are responsible for making the final decision.

Elections and parties

Voters elect candidates to the House of Delegates who stand either as independents or as members of political parties. Seats in the House are apportioned among the wards by population. Prior to election day, parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives. As of 2019, eight parties are currently represented: the conservative and religious democratic Union for Conservatives, the right-libertarian and agrarian New Future party, the right-wing theocratic Ilyçisian Delegation, the centrist and technocentric Science Party, the social and economically liberal Liberal Justice Party, the left-wing and green Écologists, the progressive socialist, Dignity Party, and the liberal-conservative, New Waldensia nationalist Bloç Waldénsicois.

Ward	Political parties in the Síðari
	Conservatives		Science		New Future		Ilyçisian		Liberal		Écologists		Dignitiy		Bloç		Total
	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's	%	PL's
Apror	15	30%	19	38%	12	24%	0	0%	3	6%	1	2%	0	0%	N/A	N/A	50
Brichard Proper	13	14%	29	58%	0	0%	2	2%	6	7%	5	6%	9	13%	N/A	N/A	90
Clayp Thines	26	34%	36	47%	1	1%	0	0%	9	11%	1	2%	4	5%	N/A	N/A	77
Dalvuk	18	38%	11	23%	14	27%	0	0%	3	6%	2	4%	1	2%	N/A	N/A	48
Holmavíke	35	64%	6	11%	0	0%	10	19%	1	2%	3	5%	0	0%	N/A	N/A	55
New Waldensia	32	46%	7	10%	2	3%	6	9%	2	3%	7	10%	0	0%	13	19%	69
Ruscya	26	72%	0	0%	8	22%	2	6%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	N/A	N/A	36
Stavíxs	10	83%	2	17%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	N/A	N/A	12
Uxbridbury	1	5%	0	0%	0	0%	19	95%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	N/A	N/A	20
Victorium	22	51%	7	16%	6	14%	2	5%	4	9%	2	6%	0	5%	N/A	N/A	43
Total	AUfC		S		NF		IDP		LJP		É		DP		BW		Total
	198 (39.6%)		140 (28.0%)		42 (8.4%)		41 (8.2%)		28 (5.6%)		21 (4.2%)		17 (3.4%)		13 (2.6%)		500

Members of the House of Delegates

Name	Portrait	Party		Ward (Seat)	Year Elected	Notes
Ajas Večerina			New Future	Apror (1)	2004
Anastazija Silaj			Science	Apror (2)	1998
Nedjan Tanasič			New Future	Apror (3)	2004
Emeran Suvajac			Conservative	Apror (4)	2014
Šaćir Bon			Conservative	Apror (5)	2014
Bora Gjud			Science	Apror (6)	2004
Steinunn Jónsdóttir			Conservative	Apror (7)	2004
Dželadin Ostanek			New Future	Apror (8)	2004
Jože Stanislav Aljija			Science	Apror (9)	1998
Katrín Sigþórsdóttir			Conservative	Apror (10)	1998
Bergsveinn Vilhjálmsson			Science	Apror (11)	2004
Hilmir Bertelsson			New Future	Apror (12)	2004
Hrund Hallmundsdóttir			Liberal Justice	Apror (13)	2014
Aemilia Signý Argyris			Conservative	Clayp Thines (22)	2004