The Assembly of the Republic
The Assembly has two hundred members in one chamber, elected for five years by open list in twenty sub-regional districts, with proportionality computed across the whole territory.
Humanist Socialist Party48 Environment and Justice43 Shelter and Provision36 Democratic Socialists29 National Traditionalists13 Movement for Democracy10 Highlands Federation8 Docklands Alliance7 Social Democrats6
Composition upon the ordinary election of 4 July 2027 as projected from the register of lists. The interim National Council of one hundred members sits until that Assembly convenes.
Article 119(1): the Assembly is the sole legislative organ of the Republic and consists of one chamber.
Article 119(3): the Assembly legislates, executes through the committees constituted under Title VI, appoints and dismisses the holders of the offices this Constitution assigns to it, ratifies treaties under Title XI, and declares and terminates states of emergency under Title X.
Article 119(4): the Assembly does not itself adopt the economic plan or allocate resources, which belong to the organs of Title IV.
Bills before the Assembly
Every bill is accompanied by a published assessment stating its effect on the rights of Title III, its effect on the ecological budgets, the resources its execution requires in physical units, and the persons and territories it affects. Under Article 134(2), no vote may be taken on a bill whose assessment is missing or clearly incomplete.
One bill is presently halted on that ground. The register of bills states each assessment.
Sixty days of public comment
Article 134(3): bills are open to public comment for sixty days between the first and second readings, and the committee publishes the comments received together with its answer to each substantiated objection.
Comment is open to any person and requires no interest in the bill. Comments arrive at any communal office, by letter, or through the public information system. The committee answers each substantiated objection in writing and publishes both.
Recall
The residents of a district may recall the member they have elected. A petition opens on the signatures of five per cent of the registered residents, collected within ninety days. The Electoral Commission conducts the vote.
One member has been recalled since the Constitution came into force. The register of recalls states each petition.
Immunity for words and votes
Article 127(1): a member may in no case be prosecuted, detained or held liable at any time, including after the end of the mandate, for an opinion expressed or a vote cast in the exercise of the office. This immunity admits no exception.
Article 127(2): prosecution for any other act proceeds under the ordinary law, and authorisation is required in no case for an offence committed in flagrancy or for an offence of corruption.