Alathing of Finium
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General Assembly of Finium π°π»π°πΈπΉπ½πΎ ππ°π½π³π΄πΉπ Alathing Randeis | |
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| 30th Alathing | |
 Alathing Seal | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Preceded by | Thing-in-Court |
| Leadership | |
Antharhian | Aories Fuller, ππ°πΏππ°ππ°πΏπ»π (Faurasauls) since 2016 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 106 |
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Political groups | List
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The General Assembly of Finium (Fritergic: π°π»π°πΈπΉπ½πΎ ππ°π½π³π΄πΉπ, Alathing Randeis) is the primary deliberative body of Finium. Its 106 members are elected in a proportional party-list form every five years. It's members are called "Hanareis" (π·π°π½π°ππ΄πΉπ) for their cockades, which were once worn as a badge that allowed members onto the palace grounds.
History
The Alathing was originally a thing that was composed of all of the free men of the realm. As the state expanded and modernized, however, the thing was limited to senior free men living in the vicinity of the king's primary palace. This thing appointed the lawspeakers, consulted with laws that affected the freemen, and later also paid the pensions of free veterans. The thing appointed its own members during this time and lawspeakers were forbidden to join.
As the region around the capitol became more ennobled, the most prominent freemen were also nobles. Nobles replaced commoners on the thing and it was eventually included in the regular Finium. The nobles used this new Thing-in-Court to press for the protection of their feudal rights, which was reflected in the types of Lawspeakers they appointed. The thing continued to appoint its own members, but since they now participated in court, they required royal assent and the king capped the number of members at 100, primarily because of a lack of space.
One of the concessions made under the Proclamation of Duress was to disenfranchise the thing from the court and to give it legislative powers over commoners and veterans. Now having power to change its own membership, the Alathing added six new members, but ultimately stopped adding new positions. The Alathing was initially limited to active or former members of the military and continued to appoint its own members, but two petitions were later accepted to allow members to be elected and be any commoner.