National Assembly (Ainin)

National Assembly of the Aininian Republic Assemblée nationale de la République aininienne
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Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Censure House of Deputies
History
Preceded by	Popular Assembly
New session started	8 October 2015
Leadership
President of the House of Censure	Jean de Finistère, Ind.
Speaker of the House of Deputies	Renia Leokadia, SDP
Government Leader	Marc-Henri Barthélemy, SDP
Deputy Government Leader	Julie Lambert, AC
Leader of the Opposition	Anna Barési, D
Structure
Seats	648 196 censors 452 deputies
House of Censure political groups	President: 1   Pro-government: 94   Anti-government: 97   Separatists: 4
House of Deputies political groups	Government (311)   Social Democrats: 169   Citizens' Alliance: 130   Bloc for Rural Development: 12 Opposition (141)   Communist: 17   Radical Rally: 1   Mouvement Risagnois: 17   Green Party: 10   Rally of the Democrats: 61   National Alliance: 28   WAIM: 7
Elections
House of Censure voting system	Appointment by President on premiers' advice
House of Deputies voting system	First past the post
House of Deputies last election	23 July 2015
House of Deputies next election	On or before 23 January 2020
Meeting place
Palace of the National Assembly Huimont, Isle-Royale

The National Assembly of the Aininian Republic (French: Assemblée nationale de la République aininienne) is the bicameral legislature of Ainin, meeting at the Palace of the National Assembly in Huimont, Isle-Royale. It consists of an upper house composed of 196 censors, the House of Censure, and a lower house composed of 452 deputies, the House of Deputies. Deputies are elected in single-member constituencies through a first past the post voting system and usually sit as members of organised political parties, while censors are appointed by the President of Ainin on the advice of the provincial premiers and represent the provincial government to which they owe their appointment. While censors are legally non-partisan, they are usually classified as part of the government or opposition caucus depending on the party affiliation of the premier that appointed them.

The National Assembly wields legislative power in the tripartite republican government of Ainin, and has a wide array of responsibilities that include legislative initiative, budgeting and electing the President of Ainin. The upper house is led by the President of the House of Censure, currently Jean de Finistère, and the lower house by the Speaker of the House of Deputies, currently Renia Leokadia of the Social Democratic Party. Tradition dictates that the House of Censure is not allowed to obstruct the government's agenda that does not directly pertain to issues of national-provincial relations, although censors have sometimes broken the custom, causing controversies.