Parliament of Tarper

Parliament of Tarper Parlement de Tarper
6th Parliament of Tarper
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Federal Council Federal Assembly
History
Founded	September 10, 2002 (2002-09-10)
Preceded by	Legislative Assembly of the Republic (Second Republic of Tarper)
New session started	26 October 2021
Leadership
Speaker of the Federal Council	Joseph McClellan, CDSF since 30 March 2024
Speaker of the Federal Assembly	Olive Deacon, CDSF since 08 December 2021
Structure
Seats	858 voting members 125 Councillors 733 Assembly Members
Federal Council political groups	Government (78)   CDSF (48)   GLU/ULV (20)   NLP (16) Opposition (37)   SP (31)   CNP (6)   CPT (2)   CRC (2)
Federal Assembly political groups	Government (419)   CDSF (206)   GLU/ULV (122)   NLP (91) Opposition (314)   SP (197)   CNP (77)   CPT (28)   CRC (10)   NVA (2)
Elections
Federal Council voting system	Appointed by State legislature
Federal Assembly voting system	Single transferable vote
Federal Council last election	1 March 2024
Federal Assembly last election	26 September 2021
Meeting place
People's Grand Assembly Building, Guude, Whylsental

The Parliament of Tarper, or simply known as the Tarperti Parliament or Federal Parliament, and legally known as the Federal Legislatures of Tarper as Parliament United, is the supreme legislative body in Tarper. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the Tarper. The two houses meet in seperate buildings in Terraum but in case of emergency its seat is the People's Grand Assembly Building in the city of Guude, the a former capital of the Platesan Empire.

The Parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the Federal Council of Tarper) and a lower house (the Federal Assembly of Tarper).

The Assembly is a democratically-elected chamber with elections held at least every four years. By constitutional convention, all government ministers, including the Chancellor, and the President are members of the Assembly (ministers & Chancellor) and the Council (President) and are thereby accountable to the respective branches of the legislature. Most cabinet ministers are from the Federal Assembly, whilst junior ministers can be from either House.

Meeting place

The Parliament does not meet in one specialized building but instead its two houses meet in two seperate structures in the capital but, the People's Grand Assembly Building has been reserved as the official meeting place for the parliament. Parliament may only meet in the Assembly Building if a special occasion has been called by joint declaration by the Chancellor and President.

The Assembly Building has been used twice by Parliament. Serving as its home during the years of 2002 & 2003 and during the 2008 Constitutional Convention.