Parliament of Siconia

The Siconian Parliament is the governing body of Siconia. The Siconian Parliament is a bicameral legislature but both chambers meet in one chamber and debate the issues together. The Senate is the upper house of Parliament. 9 senators are elected for each constituency which there are about 1,001 of, the lower house is the House of Politicians with 900 politicians 9 per county. The senate nominates the cabinet and jury. All of Parliament chooses the Chancellor, passes laws and taxes, declare’s war, and if 50% MPs hate the President or Chancellor, then call a vote of no confidence in the President or Chancellor. The voting is majority rule voice vote. All discussion is verbal.

Description
Parliament is elected every five years through MNTV. Siconia has two house that meet together. The Siconian Parliament is extremely representative of the people. Sometimes the people can petition for parliament to be reelected if they are unhappy with what parliament is doing. Parliament is overseen by the Chancellor, the head of Gov. who is elected by Parliament. Each MP is dictated by their constituency or county. The people can petition for their represented MP(the one that they voted for or their vote got transfered to) to do something in parliament, this is called Parliamentary Dictation. Anyone Siconia as a semi-direct democracy can propose a new law. People can propose a new law by speaking in the chamber, sometimes viewers will speak from the galleries and propose a law. These democratic processes are not practiced in the United Socialist Province of Falkland.

Elections
Siconia elects its MPs through Multiple Non Transferable votes. MPs are elected to five year terms. There are five seats if five candidates do not get to or pass 20% of the votes then eliminate the candidate with the least votes. Also eliminate any candidates who have passed 11.1111111111% because they are in Parliament. Continue until nine candidates are elected to Parliament. Using this method Parliament well represents the people.

Powers
Parliament has many powers such as, passing laws and taxes. Managing foreign affairs in ways such as, declaring war, ratifying treaties, and mandating negotiations. Picking the Chancellor. The Senate nominates the cabinet, approves nominations for the Grand Jury and Judges, ratify treaties, and can reform the nation. If the President vetoes a law they can pass it over and over again.