Minority Caucus of the National Assembly of Walneria

Minority Caucus of the National Assembly of the Confederacy of Walneria Mindŕhaitskókus Nacionálfŕzamlunkŕ Rósberisses Aidgenosënssaftes Menšinový sbor Národního shromáždění Skopiňského zpříseženství Mjeńšiny kokus Nacionalne zhromadźizny Skopinskogo pśisežeństwa Mjeńšyny kokus Narodnje zgromaźiny Skopińskogo přiseźeństwa
6th Convocation of the Minority Caucus
Type
Type	Official group within the National Assembly of Walneria
History
Founded	May 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)
Leadership
President	Andrej Młućik, LPR
Structure
Seats	≥12 Currently 12
Political groups	Government (7)   LPR (4) USLD (2) MLS (2)   ChDPR (3) KDS (1) KDPS (2) Opposition (5)   SDPR (3) USSD (2) MSSD (1)   GH (2) SZ (1) SE (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Hare quota
First election	8 May 1999 (Indirect) 26 February 2000
Last election	26 June 2020
Next election	Before 10 August 2024
Motto
Régi pravnik ai virtess strenk Panuj spravedlivě a budeš silný Knježejće prawdstnje a budźeće sylni Kněžyjće pšawje a budźeće mócni
Meeting place
Junkmenss Academy, Tyrámen
Website
www.nfras.wn/mk
Footnotes

The Minority Caucus of the National Assembly of the Confederacy of Walneria (Walnerian: Mindŕhaitskókus Nacionálfŕzamlunkŕ Rósberisses Aidgenosënssaftes; Ustokan: Menšinový sbor Národního shromáždění Skopiňského zpříseženství; Upper Malenik: Mjeńšiny kokus Nacionalne zhromadźizny Skopinskogo pśisežeństwa ; Lower Malenik: Mjeńšyny kokus Narodnje zgromaźiny Skopińskogo přiseźeństwa) is the only permanent recognized caucus of the National Assembly of Walneria, that assembles MPs elected in the electoral regions V and VI, which cover the Ustokan Settlement Area and Malenik Settlement Area respectively.

History

The Minority Caucus was established after the 1999 Walernian Constitutional Referendum, which was called for by the Union of National Minorities, which, among others, approved the formation of the two settlement areas in Walneria. The minority caucus, created to assemble MPs elected from those new areas, was given powers to control the flow of the legislation in order to ensure the sovereignity of their respective national minorities.

Convocations

The first ever assembled Minority Caucus, formed in 1999 from MPs elected in the parts that were to become the new autonomies, existed for less than a year, and is usually listed as the "0^th Convocation". After this, as of 2022, there have been 6 more convocations (numbered 1 to 6).

Convocation	From	To	Strongest party
0th Convocation	8 May 1999	26 February 2000	Union of National Minorities
1st Convocation	26 February 2000	20 March 2004	Union of National Minorities
2nd Convocation	20 March 2004	12 April 2008	Union of Civic Rights
3rd Convocation	12 April 2008	5 May 2012	Liberal Party of Walneria
4th Convocation	5 May 2012	4 June 2016	Green Movement
5th Convocation	4 June 2016	26 June 2020	Green Movement
6th Convocation	26 June 2020	Present	Liberal Party of Walneria

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Rights

The Minority Caucus has no legislative powers on its own, but in order to prevent majorization, they can impose a so-called "Minority veto" (Walnerian: Mindŕhaitsveto; Ustokan: Menšinové veto; Upper Malenik: Mjeńšine veto ; Lower Malenik: Mjeńšyne veto) if ²/₃ (8 MPs) agree to veto a piece of legislation. Besides of this, they can propose an amendment to the legislature that may be threatening the rights of the minority administration.

They elect their own president, which has the power to organize votes on vetos of the Minority Caucus and can interject the order of speech in the Assembly in order to add in a minorities' opinion (the right to interject has the President as well as all the leaders of other clubs, however, only the President and the Minority Caucus President have the highest priority).

The right to veto is delegated to the Minority caucus by the Ustokan National Council and Malenik National Council, which are in power of the Ustokan Settlement Area and Malenik Settlement Area respectively. Those settlement areas have the right to interject into the process of the Minority Caucus if they recognize it to not be representative of their will.

Composition

Party	Ustokan S.A.	Malenik S.A.	Total
Liberal Party of Walneria	2 / 6	2 / 6	4 / 12
Social Democratic Party of Walneria	2 / 6	1 / 6	3 / 12
Christian Democratic Party of Walneria	1 / 6	2 / 6	3 / 12
Green Movement	1 / 6	1 / 6	2 / 12

Past elections

Main article: Evolution of the Minority Caucus of the National Assembly of Walneria

Election	Convocation	Elected seats		Election method	Strongest party
		V - Ustokan	VI - Malenik
1999	0th Convocation	17		Indirect		Union of National Minorities
2000	1st Convocation	7	6	Hare quota		Union of National Minorities
2004	2nd Convocation	6	6	Hare quota		Union of Civic Rights
2008	3rd Convocation	7	6	Hare quota		Liberal Party of Walneria
2012	4th Convocation	6	6	Hare quota		Green Movement
2016	5th Convocation	6	6	Hare quota		Green Movement
2020	6th Convocation	6	6	Hare quota		Liberal Party of Walneria
2024	7th Convocation	6	6	Hare quota	—

See also

• Government of Walneria
• National Assembly of Walneria
• Evolution of the Parliament of Walneria
• Ustokan National Council
• Malenik National Council