National Assembly of the Istalian Republic

National Assembly of the Istalian Empire Assemblea Nazionale dell'Impero Istaliano
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Seal of the National Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House of the Congress of the Istalian Empire of Istalia
History
Founded	9, 4571 (4571-01-09)
Preceded by	National Congress of the Istalian Republic
Leadership
President of the National Assembly	Giovanna Piaggio, LA since 4820
Leader of the Majority	Omar Mastrotta, La since 4820
Leader of the Opposition	?, S&D since 4820
Structure
Seats	681
Political groups	Government (341)       LA (341) Opposition (340)       S&D (256)       PNI (84)
Length of term	48 months
Elections
Voting system	Proportional system
Last election	February 4820
Meeting place
National Assembly Chamber Palace of the Res Publica Romula Istalian Empire
Website
www.assembleanazionaledistalia.gov.ist
Constitution
Imperial Constitution of Istalia Amendement to the Imperial Constitution: Title I,Article 5. Amendement 4740 to the Constitutional Law on the President of the National Assembly and Regional Governors

The National Assembly of the Istalian Empire (Istalian: Assemblea Nazionale dell'Impero Istaliano), often simply called National Assembly or just "The Assembly", is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Istalian Empire. It consist of a 681 member usually called Deputati (Luthorian: Deputies).

Together with the upper house, the Senate of the Empire (istalian: Senato dell'Impero Istaliano), as mentioned it forms the Istalian legislature, the Congress of the Istalian Empire. Due to the fact that the National Assembly retains most part of the legislative powers, being the the Istalian Parliament an imperfect bicameral system, it has a preminence role into the Istalian political system.

History

The Assembly succeeded to the National Congress of the Fifth Istalian Republic as unicameral legislature of Istalia when the Istalian Empire was founded in 4571. The first term of the National Assembly followed the third and last one of the Congress.
During the development of the Imperial reform, it was discussed the maintainment of the unicameral system adopted by the Fifth Republic or the reintroduction of a second chamber to balance the sostantially increased importance of the National Assembly, and thought by the most fanaticals of the imperial reform also as an upper chamber in support of the Imperial Authority. These proposal were abandoned due to the opposition of most part of the other political forces and it was approved an unicameral parliamentary system.
After almost two hundred years, however, in the light of the increased responsabilities devolved to the regions and feeling the need of a second house to give adeguate representation to the local instances, in 4747 a Constitutional Law was approved in order to turn the legislature into an imperfect bicameralismit with the creation of an upper house, the Senate. The new framework of the reformed parliament was drafted on the example of the bicameral Parliament of the Fourth Istalian Republic.

Powers

The Assembly, since 4575 elections, is a 681-members house and it is the only government body which can approve the laws, the budget laws, the treaties and which can declared war. However, for the laws interesting selectioned matters, issues related to the subnational divisions and for the Constitutional laws, it is required a vote also by part of the Senate.
The National Assembly, furthermore, shall elect and approve through a vote of confidence the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, which the Head of State shall then appoint. The Assembly can proceed with a motion of no-confidence through both a costructive or destructive vote of no-confidence against the Prime Minister and the whole cabinet or single Ministers.

Election

The members of the National Assembly are elected through a proportional system by voluntary, universal, direct suffrage by all citizens of age (18) on election day. The territory of Istalia is divided into 5 large constituencies, corresponding to the 5 Regions of Istalia.
The current electoral system provides a proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions. The seats are then allocated on a proportional representation basis per region via the D'Hondt method.
The electoral system forecast the correction given by an electoral law coming from the time of the Fourth Republic, never sostantially modified, called "Honoris Electoral Law", which allows and promotes the formation of pre-electoral coalition for the parties, especially those which support a common candidate to the role of Head of Government, a system which tendiencially could promote increased coalition responsability and thus stable majority governments.

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Elections in Istalia

Officers

President of the National Assembly

He is the speaker of the National Assembly, it is the second-highest ranking office of the Italian Empire, after the Emperor. The main function of the president is to ensure that the National Assembly functions correctly, to guarantee the application of the Assembly's rules of procedure, and oversee the proper functioning of its administrative apparatus. The president judges the admissibility of evidence, maintains order and directs the discussion. The task of directing sessions of the Assembly belongs to the President and to accomplish this he can undertake disciplinary actions like: calling a deputy to order, ordering a deputy to leave the Assembly, and in serious cases, censuring a deputy and suspending them from the Assembly for two to fifteen days.

The President of the National Assembly second most important duty, consist in consulting the political forces of the National Assembly to determine to whom enthrust the duty to form a new Government after each elections.

Finally, the President of the National Assembly must also be consulted by the Emperor before the dissolution of the legislature.

Election

The President of the National Assembly is elected at the beginning of the legislature for the duration of the term. The first sitting is chaired by the oldest member of the Assembly who organizes the election of the President from among the deputies. The election is made by secret ballot at the tribune of the hemicycle. To be elected, an MP must have an absolute majority in the first two rounds, or a relative majority in the third. If there is still a tie, the oldest candidate is elected.

Vice-President

The President of the National Assembly appoints one or more Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly who collaborate with the President and replace him in case of absence by presiding over the meetings of the Assembly. The President, although he has the sole power and authority whether to appoint any Vice President and to dismiss him, or them, at any time, as per gentle parliamentary convention the Vice-President of the National Assembly is appointed among the Assembly's members belonging to the opposition after consultation with its leader, or leaders. Usually are appointed more than a vice president in case of more opposition parties, however, if there are already three vice president from the opposition, a fourth is appointed among the majority parties.

Membership

The current membership of the National Assembly after the latest political election of 16 February 4820:

Membership of the National Assembly (4820)

Coalition		Party		Ideology	Status	Seats	Seats Coalition
			L'Alleanza	Center-right	Government	341 / 681
			Socialisti & Democratici	Center-left	Opposition	256 / 681
			Partito Nazionale Istaliano	Center-right	Opposition	84 / 681

Government seats into the National Assembly (4820)
Government		341 / 681		Opposition		340 / 681

Electoral Records of the National Assembly

       See: Electoral results history of the Istalian Empire

Term of office		Chamber
4571	4575	635
4575	4580	413 268
4580	4584	349 332
4584	4586	238 266 177
4586	4590	533 148
4590	4594	528 153
4594	4598	535 146
4598	4602	110 266 83 222
4602	4606	395 67 219
4606	4610	96 305 58 125 97
4610	4614	203 258 75 145
4614	4618	55 117 202 140 167
4618	4621	111 91 141 90 129 119
4621	4625	145 97 23 90 129 117 80
4625	4629	83 76 64 120 95 68 107 68
4629	4631	90 105 61 53 129 102 141
4631	4635	129 115 75 84 138 140
4635	4639	55 92 68 120 2 105 129 110
4639	4642	56 97 63 89 118 130 128
4642	4646	71 98 65 94 173 180
4646	4650	62 98 63 145 168 145
4650	4654	64 114 103 64 212 124
4654	4658	71 55 84 108 246 117
4658	4662	106 121 152 118 44 140
4662	4666	101 130 155 105 68 122
4666	4670	118 97 56 78 33 164 135
4670	4674	138 108 100 25 177 133
4674	4678	155 118 108 46 111 143
4678	4680	135 215 141 61 129
4680	4684	196 214 57 214
4684	4688	187 144 34 44 100 172
4688	4692	92 75 36 80 42 40 162 154
4692	4696	144 135 51 37 59 109 146
4696	4699	147 126 54 70 63 50 74 97
4699	4703	92 90 85 40 90 108 57 119
4703	4705	116 123 39 74 55 78 97 99
4705	4709	149 120 28 74 93 112 105
4709	4712	118 92 67 45 66 111 131 51
4712	4716	86 92 73 51 43 254 82
4716	4720	109 107 108 61 144 152
4720	4724	88 156 43 41 111 103 51 88
4724	4727	103 103 97 74 107 94 41 62
4727	4730	119 159 114 77 108 54 50
4730	4734	176 117 85 131 35 137
4734	4735	194 129 125 81 152
4735	4739	265 165 98 153
4739	4743	180 81 178 89 153
4743	4747	202 169 48 71 88 202
4747	4749	119 78 88 62 112 137 85
4749	4753	170 118 123 128 142
4753	4757	143 133 125 85 195
4757	4761	213 159 123 73 113
4761	4765	182 183 112 93 111
4765	4769	136 152 79 127 187
4769	4773	87 125 66 84 36 283
4773	4777	73 106 84 57 91 111 192
4777	4780	132 111 55 167 25 191
4780	4784	205 79 153 10 234
4784	4788	111 185 73 59 253
4788	4792	64 202 60 18 337
4792	4793	114 104 89 82 292
4793	4797	164 146 118 253
4797	4800	190 141 152 198
4800	4804	293 388
4804	4808	311 370
4808	4812	375 214 92
4812	4816	175 448 58
4816	4820	325 306 50
4820		256 341 84

Location

Since its creation in 4571, the National Assembly met in the Palace of the Res Publica, in Romula, in the larger of the two halls housed into the Palace, where also the National Congress of the Fifth Republic and the Chamber of Deputies of the previous Fourth Republic previously met.
The Palace was built at the beginning of 43th under at the time Fourth Republic when the previous parliamentary location was judged in critic condition and in need of serious restructuring. The Republic took instead the decision to buil a totally newly building also to bring back together the two Houses, which previously had different meeting places. The new Palace became an iconic building in the landscape of Romula and of the politic culture of the country.