Parliament of Eothasia

Courts of the Union Corts d'la Unión
(LXXXIX Corts)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Congress of the Union
Leadership
Premier of the Union	Priscilla Poriér since Election: January 1st, 2004
Chancellor of the Union	Chellick Coltys since Election: April 1st, 2007
First Secretary of the Union	Valerius Eäron since Election: January 1st, 2011
Speaker of the Congress of the Union	Deputy Miguela Romà since May 5th, 2017
Structure
Seats	605 Deputies
Congress of the Union political groups	Left Wing Tendency [428]   Centrist Tendency [113]   Right Wing Tendency [64]
Elections
Congress of the Union last election	May 4, 2017
Last election	May 4, 2017
Meeting place
Capitolium, Elidani, Eothasia

The Courts of the Union [Eothasi: Corts d’la Unión] are the legislative branch of the Allianz d'Repúblics Eothasi. It is a unicameral organism composed exclusively by the Congress of the Union.

The Congress of the Union is a uninominal constituencies system. The entire country is divided into 605 constituencies; each constituencies proposes one candidate to the Congress of the Union, which will act as that constituencies’ particular representation in the Congress of the Union. As such, all members are independents and there are no parties in the Eothasi political system. In order to ensure that not only higher-class individuals are able to attempt election due to the costs of the electoral campaigns, the federal government has ensured the following rules: (1) candidates for elections must not draw funds for their campaigns from personal accounts, but exclusively from donations of members that must reside within the region that they represent; (2) the ruling government of the Repúblic to which a specific constituencies belongs must ensure that local debates are conducted to ensure visibility of all candidates; (3) small subsidies are provided to candidates in a second consecutive candidacy.

Members of the Courts of the Union are voted directly by the citizens of the country. These elections occur once every four years and the entirety of the Congress is up for vote at the same time. In order to become a representative of either house of the Courts of the Union, it is necessary for an individual to be of Eothasi birth and to have obtained, at minimum, the Vexian Citizenship Tier.

History

Following the end of the Civil War and the rise of power of the future Empress Duvaineth, it was decided that the only way to truly advance united was precisely to undo the union of the Aterni Empire that had conquered all of modern-day Eothasia, instead creating a new government that would equally represent all Eothasi citizens. This government would be a democratic and meritocratic organization that would only permit those with valuable work ethics and meritable achievements to ascend the ranks.

As such, the government was established with a clear separation of powers between executive, legislative, and judiciary powers officially in 1681. The Courts of the Union took on the mantle of the legislative branch of government. Since then, there have been 89 different compositions of the Courts, including the presently active.

In the late 17th Century, after the official selection of Elidani as the capital of the newly formed Union of Eothasi Socialist Republics, the construction of the Capitolium — the building where, to this day, the Courts of the Union convene for sessions — began. It was completed by 1701 and the first session was held in May 10, 1701 by the 6th Courts of the Union.

Privileges and Pay

Privileges

Members of the Courts of the Union have a series of privileges due to their position within the Eothasi government. These include freedom from arrest except in cases of treason, felony, and disturbance of the peace

Pay

The gross salary of all members of the Courts of the Union is 53.956,18ℭ. This does not include commissions (such as those for Congress Speaker, which receives an amount close to 30.000,00ℭ). There are also a series of indemnizations for distance (the members of the Court that are from regions farthest away from Elidani receive more than those closer to the capital).