Parthenian Senate

Parthenian Senate Senatus Partheniae
Logo of the Parthenian Senate
Type
Type	De facto upper house
Structure
Seats	40 voting members 12 non-voting members
Political groups	Nonpartisan (40)
Length of term	varying
Elections
Voting system	Indirect
Meeting place
Parthenia Building

The Parthenian Parliament is the 40-members large assembly representing national governments of the Parthenian Economic Union. It, along with the Parthenian Parliament constitute the legislature of the said union.

Members

Candidate		Senators
	Senators of national parliaments of the member states	26
	Senators of national governments of the member states	13
	Senator of the Association of Parthenian Overseas Lands	1
Total		40
	Non-voting members	12
Total		52

Each member state of the Union nominates three members, two are elected within the national parliament and one is appointed by the national government. If the national parliament is bicameral, each chamber elects one member; if the national parliament is unicameral, the single chamber elects both members apportioned to the nation. With 13 member states, a total number of members in the Senate is equal to 40.

Besides the voting members, the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee both elect non-voting members. Each chamber appoints a number of members equal to one sixth of all voting senators. Currently, there are 12 non voting members, 6 from the Committee of the Regions and 6 from the Economic and Social Committee.

Senators' terms are synchronised with that of the organ nominating them. An election must take place to nominate a new senator once the chamber which appointed them starts a new convocation. If there are no seperate convocations or terms in the nominating chamber, senators terms is limited to 5 years, however the terms can be renewed indefinitely. The term of the government-nominated senator is tied to the term of the governmental cabinet. If there are no seperate terms of the cabinet, the term of the senator is tied to that of the prime minister.

Besides this, the senators are subject to possible recalls and replacements if the nominating chamber passes a vote of no confidence on them, allowing the organ to replace them if they oppose the interests of the said organ.

Outside of this, there is one mandate reserved for the Association of Parthenian Overseas Lands, which is appointed by the Ministerial Conferrence of APOL on their annual meeting.

Rights

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Legislative process

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History

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See also

• Parthenian Parliament