Popular assembly
Popular Assembly Senblèa Popolà | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | approx. 900,000 (Citizens aged 20 and older) |
Political groups | Non-partisan |
| Elections | |
| Non-elective | |
| Website | |
| senblea.go.mc | |
The Popular Assembly (Montecaran: Senblèa Popolà) is the lower house of the legislature of Montecara. Unlike almost all other extant nations, Montecara is governed mainly as a direct democracy and has no formal political parties. Instead, every citizen aged 20 and older is a member of the legislature, which is responsible for passing all laws, ratifying all treaties, and appointing all government officials. This arrangement results in Montecara, one of the smallest states in the world by population, having by far the largest legislature, with approximately 900,000 members.
Constitutionally, the Assembly is called into being by the Gonfalonièr. There are normally two Assemblies per year, one each during the last full workweeks of March and September. Extraordinary sessions may be called on the request of the Colegio and Senate with the agreement of the Gonfalonièr. The sessions are a five-day open period for voters to receive and return their ballots.
The name "Popular Assembly" originates in the practice of citizens assembling in person to propose and pass laws, a long-standing tradition in Montecara.
Sessions
2021 March
| Eligible voters | Turnout | % turnout |
|---|---|---|
| 912,445 | 592,176 | 64.9% |
| № | Question | For | Against | Invalid/ blank |
Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Allowing online gambling | 58,510 | 9.88% | 533,573 | 90.10% | 93 | Rejected |
| 2 | Limits on cruise ships | 385,108 | 65.03% | 206,607 | 34.89% | 461 | Approved |
| 3 | Ban on the cultivation of genetically modified cereals | 507,462 | 85.69% | 84,284 | 14.23% | 430 | Approved |
| 4 | Ban on chick culling | 305,321 | 51.56% | 286,699 | 48.41% | 156 | Approved |
| 5 | Extending daycare operating hours | 291,160 | 49.17% | 300,579 | 50.76% | 437 | Rejected |
| 6 | Adjustment of price controls on fish | 278,706 | 47.06% | 313,228 | 52.89% | 242 | Rejected |
| 7 | Subsidies for commercial solar panel installation | 421,965 | 71.26% | 169,779 | 28.67% | 432 | Approved |
| 8 | Improvements to reduce sewage outfall pollution | 423,054 | 71.44% | 168,822 | 28.51% | 300 | Approved |
| 9 | Extending daycare operating hours | 121,506 | 20.52% | 470,469 | 79.45% | 201 | Rejected |
| 10 | Reducing the term of national service | 556,874 | 94.04% | 35,191 | 5.94% | 111 | Approved |
| 11 | Increasing the value of bottle return | 549,086 | 92.72% | 42,610 | 7.20% | 480 | Approved |
| 12 | Airport noise abatement infrastructure | 193,260 | 32.64% | 398,806 | 67.35% | 110 | Rejected |
| 13 | Reduced quotas for certain fish | 281,847 | 47.60% | 309,908 | 52.33% | 421 | Rejected |
| 14 | Upgrades to civil defense infrastructure | 477,286 | 80.60% | 114,664 | 19.36% | 226 | Approved |
| 15 | Flood control measures | 460,723 | 77.80% | 131,129 | 22.14% | 324 | Approved |