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The Sletharine Thringat (Sletharine: Σλεθαρη Θρινγατ) is the unicameral parliament of the Empire of Slethar. It is the official legislative body, but is in effect only an advisory political body subservient to the Imperial Circle. Some people raise issues with how the system on elections and the functionality of the parliament is established, sometimes classifying the legislature as a toy parliament. Elections are held once per 6 years. Most of the seats are elected by the general populace with the candiates being selected by parties participating in the Political Quorum (447), the rest is appointed by the Imperial Quorum.Out of the 447 elected seats, 440 are elected through first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, while the remaining 7 are elected through party bloc voting. Those seven seats are elected by a populace with recognized citizenship outside of Slethar, as well as it covers the military forces and employees and workers at bases under the command of the Sletharine military and the Soltrōs deployed outside of their home constituency. Thringat meets at least once every 6 months, usually meeting about once every 4 to 6 weeks. During the Easter, Christmas and in the Summer break (mid-to-late July to early-to-mid September), the Thringat enters a recess as mandated by the Emperor. The Emperor has the right to call for the Thringat to meet, to push the Thringat into the recess and to disband the Thringat and call for early election. The Parliament holds two "readings" about each proposal given by one or more of the bureaus.(See more...)