The Legislative Power
Le Congrès Nationale
The National Congress || Tricameral Federal Legislature
The National Congress is a tricameral legislative body which sits in the federal capital city Roisbourg. The three chambers of the Congress are called the Popular Assembly, the Legislative Assembly, and the Senate of the Republic, which are known as the lower house, the upper house, and the superior house, respectively. Established in the first title of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Candill, the Congress is granted the following responsibilities: To establish and maintain roads, rails, bridges, and other infrastructure; to establish and maintain museums, monuments, and parks for the preservation of natural and cultural heritage; to establish and maintain a navy and air forces for the security of the nation; to levy taxes; to support the Postmaster General, Surgeon General, and Attorney General in the establishment and maintenance of their services and institutions; to establish a code of laws for the safety of the public and protection of their natural rights; to establish and mint currency, and to establish the value of the same; to raise and levy men and support and arm the same in times of crisis and war; ratify treaties between other nations; regulate commerce between provinces domestically, and between the nation and the world externally; and to promote investments in youth education, the health and well-being of the people, and the progression of the sciences and the arts.
The Superior House
Le Sénat de la République
The Senate of the Republic
The Senate of the Republic is composed three Senators from each Province and the three from the Federal Capital Territory. Senators are selected by the Provincial Magistrate, the Senate's Provincial-level equivalent, and serve in the Senate until death, resignation, impeachment, or incapacitation. When a seat becomes vacant the Premier of the province which owns the vacant seat will nominate a candidate for the Provincial Magistrate to vote on. If the Magistrate approves the candidate they will then be sworn in as a Senator by the Consul. If the candidate isn't approved by the Magistrate the Premier must then nominate another candidate until the Magistrate accepts one to fill the Senate vacancy.
Presiding over the Senate is the Consul of the Senate who is always the Senator of oldest age. There is no oath of office of the Consul, so the next oldest Senator will automatically become the Consul of the Senate upon a vacancy of that title.
In addition to the Senators, the Senate of the Republic has two ex officio members without voting power: The Censor of the Legislative Assembly, and the Censor of the Popular Assembly. The Censors are nominated by their respective houses of Congress and both approved to their positions by the Senate and serve in the office until death, resignation, impeachment, or incapacitation. In their respective assemblies the Censors sit above the Speaker and will have the power to break ties, to censure members for conduct, and will administer the oaths of office to the incoming members of their respective assemblies.
Once a Bill passes the Legislative Assembly, the Bill is then voted on by the Senate who examines the constitutionality of the proposed law. If the Bill passes the Senate, it is sent to the President of the Republic to be signed into law or vetoed. If the Bill does not pass the Senate it is sent back to the Legislative Assembly who will then decide further what to do with it. When either the Popular Assembly or Legislative Assembly votes to impeach a public official, the impeachment resolution is then examined by the Senate for the constitutionality of the charges and evidence against the public official, and then will vote on whether or not to execute the impeachment or discard it. In order for a Senator to be impeached both the Popular Assembly and Legislative Assembly must vote to impeach the Senator.
The Upper House
L'Assemblée Législative
The Legislative Assembly
Introduction:
The Legislative Assembly is the upper house of the National Congress and functions to pass legislation proposed by the Popular Assembly into law. Typically, the Legislative Assembly is composed of intellectuals, scholars, and specialists, though these are not required qualities for candidacy or membership. The Legislative Assembly is composed of Assemblymen and Assemblywomen who represent their respective provinces with the number of Assembly Members being proportional to the provincial population they're representing, with no Assembly Member representing more than eight hundred thousand citizens. Additionally, the Federal Capital Territory receives one seat in the Assembly.
Election:
Members of the Legislative Assembly are, like Republican Senators, not popularly elected and instead are elected by provincial legislatures. When it comes time to elect Members to the Assembly the local political parties recognized by the provincial government will nominate candidates, at least twenty five years of age, residents of the province and citizens of the republic, to the provincial Tribunate. Candidates which pass the Tribunate will then be forwarded to the provincial Senate which shall vote them again before they are finally sent to the provincial Magistrate for a final vote.
In the case a vacancy arises in the Legislative Assembly the provincial Premier will right a writ of election appointing a person of proper qualifications to serve for the remainder of the term.
Impeachment:
Legislative function:
