Senate of Chenes

The Senate of Chenes is the upper chamber of the Chenique Legislative House that represents both the governments of East Chenes and West Chenes. The Senate of Chenes comprises one of the three chambers of the tricameral Legislative House, with both the General Assembly and the Representative Assembly comprising the lower chamber.

The Senate was formed during the Augusta Assembly and gained full legislative power in the creation of the Confederation of Chenes, initially as the unicameral legislative house. The Senate is legally comprised of 72 memmbers, every state being allotted four individual members for every state, include states within the jurisdiction of West Chenes. Senatorial openings for states within East Chenes are elected on a state-level popular elections that utilizes single-transferable vote. Senatorial openings for states within West Chenes are appointed by the Quanassee Government to represent them. Senators that are elected serve for a term of six years and are allowed to be re-elected once. However, Senators who are appointed from West Chenes are able to be called back under any circumstance and can serve for life until they resign, retire or are recalled by the Quanassee Government.

The Senate is primarily tasked with overlooking bills that have been approved by either the General or Representative Assemblies, review and amending these bills. The Senate is also has the final say in any legislation that is from the Representative Assembly, whose legislation does not require ratification from either the President or the Prime Minister. Legislation from the General Assembly must be approved by the Senate before it can move onto being signed by either the President or the Prime Minister. Within East Chenes, the Senate has the powers of approving federal-level government officials, the power to appoint court judges, the power to approve both state government leaders and state judges. The Senate does not have any of these powers within West Chenes.