Royal Assembly of Albeinland

Royal Assembly of the Kingdom of Albeinland
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Monarch	Catherine II
Speaker of the Assembly	Richard Barrow, Conservative since 11 March 2019
Leader of the Opposition	Thomas Corbyn, SDP since 10 June 2018
Chancellor	Vincent Lloyd, Conservative since 12 November 2018
Structure
Seats	160 AMs
Political groups	HM Government (87)   Conservative Party: 74 seats   Albish Nationalist League: 15 seats HM Opposition (64)   Social Democratic Party: 44 seats   Green Alliance: 13 seats   Radicals: 7 seats Other opposition (13)   Liberal Party: 13 seats
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Last election	12 November 2018
Meeting place
Orwell House, Castelby
Website
www.royalassembly.gov.ab

The Royal Assembly of the Kingdom of Albeinland, commonly known as the Royal Assembly, Albish Parliament, Albish Assembly or Parliament, is the supreme lesgislative body of Albeinland and its overseas territories, owning superiority over all Albish local authorities and town councils. According to the Common Charter, the Royal Assembly is a unicameral legislature consisting of 160 Assembly Members (AMs) elected under a party-list proportional representation system to a unlimited term of office (At Her Majesty's Pleasure) with the role of represent its constituency on the national political sphere until the Assembly's dissolution. The Parliament meets in the Orwell House on the Luffton ward in Castelby.

It's the duty of the Royal Assembly to approve laws and supervises the work of the Chancellor and its Cabinet, as well as adopt the national budget every year and approve state costs. Although having its own independence from the Albish Crown and other government branches, the Albish Sovereign still exerts a considerable amount of influence while acting as supervisor of the current political system to avoid irregularities. The Queen manages several parliamentary occasions such as the State Opening of the Parliament.

The origins of the Royal Assembly begins in the Middle Ages with the creation of the King's Advisory Council (or King's Council) in the 14th century. Although being a mere advisory body, the King's Council started to increase its power and influence over the years, managing to even rule the country in cases of absence of the monarch or regency. This caused several clashes between the council and the monarchy which led to the Albish Revolution between absolutists and constitutionalists in 1663. After the end of the war in 1665 and consequently the constitutionalist victory, many saw the necessity of reforming the old King's Council to an independent parliamentary body, culminating in the creation of the Royal Assembly in the same year. Through the years, the Royal Assembly faced diverse reforms in its numbers and internal working system, with the most recent being the Electoral Reform Act of 1987.

Since the last election on 12 November 2018, the parliamentary majority is composed by the Conservative Party of Vincent Lloyd and the Albish Nationalist League, while the official opposition is comprised of the Social Democratic Party, Green Alliance and Radicals. The next parliamentary elections is scheduled to occur in 2026. The current Speaker of the House is Richard Barrow from the Conservative Party.

Broadcasting media

Albish parliamentary debates can be viewed through ABS Parliament, a television channel from the Albish Broadcasting Service created in 1991 to accomplish and report the Royal Assembly's activities daily.

See Also

• Politics of Albeinland
• Government of Albeinland
• Chancellor of Albeinland