Great National Assembly
Great National Assembly Marea Adunare Naţională | |
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The ninth legislature | |
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Leadership | |
Gori Jucărescu, United Republicans since 25 December 2022 | |
Ursache Libereanu, Moderates since 9 April 2023 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 165 members |
Political groups |
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Meeting place | |
Palatul Marii Adunări Naţionale (Palace of the Great National Aseembly) | |
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Great National Assembly |
Juclandia |
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The Great National Assembly (Romanian: Marea Adunare Națională), often called the Parliament of Juclandia is the sovereign power of the Juclandian Pragma.
It meets in the Palace of the Great National Assembly in Jucărești the last Sunday of every month, but the constitution also provides for the possibility of the Assembly meeting outdoors, in the Piața Marii Adunări Naționale (Great National Assembly Square) in Ihrașcodar (formerly Paradissi), a neighbouring municipality of Jucărești.
It is a unicameral legislature based on principles of direct democracy: the Constitution automatically grants membership in the assembly to every 'national citizen' of Juclandia. National citizens are non-human (cuddly toys), whereas the human citizens are defined as 'federally-sanctioned citizens'.
When the 2012 amendment to the 2011 Constitution was in force, it was a bicameral legislature of 37 members (25 deputies and 12 senators), elected for an yearly term, but between 2008 and 2012 the Great National Assembly was unicameral and had 30 members elected for an yearly term.
On 29 November 2014, the Great National Assembly was dissolved in its entirety and was replaced with a National Constituent Assembly that drafted Juclandia's 2015 Constitution, which entered into force on the 1st of May.
History
The parliamentary history of Juclandia starts in 2001, when the nation was founded. Although the country had no constitution or legislative organisation at all, the Country of Toys was run by the "Sfatul Țării" (lit. Counsultative Assembly of the Country), which was made out of citizens of Juclandia.
The first Constitution of Juclandia, adopted in 2006, paved the way for a legislative assembly, and the People's Consultative Assembly was in place for some months, after it was replaced by the bicameral legislature of Juclandia that lasted until 2008.
Between 2008, when the Constitution of 2006 was revised, and August 2012, when the Constitution of 2011 was revised, the Parliament (after the adoption of the 2011 Constitution called the Great National Assembly) was unicameral. Prior to the 2008 Constitutional Amendment, the Parliament of Juclandia was bicameral and consisted of the Senate and the People's Assembly. From the Revision of 2008 until the Revision of 2012, the attributes of the Senate were taken by the State Council of Juclandia, and the attributes of the People's Assembly were taken by the Great National Assembly.
The Constitutional Revision of 2012 has once again brought bicameralism to Juclandia. The Great National Assembly was transformed in a bicameral legislature, with the Council of State (which has taken the attributes of the State Council) as the upper house and the Assembly of Deputies (which has taken the attributes of the Great National Assembly) as the lower house.
Composition of the Great National Assembly before 2015
From 2008 to 2015, the Great National Assembly functioned under the principles of representative democracy. Direct elections were organised for the lower house, while the upper house would be in part elected directly, in part nominated by the King of Juclandia.
First legislature (August 2008 - August 2009
45%
10%
5%
5%
5%
10%
20%
Second legislature (August 2009 - February 2010)
32%
12%
12%
12%
4%
8%
20%
Third legislature (February 2010 - February 2011)
3.85%
30.77%
11.5%
7.7%
7.7%
11.5%
26.9%
Fourth legislature (February 2011 - January 2012)
6.7%
23.3%
10%
10%
23.3%
26.7%
Fifth legislature (January 2012 - January 2013)
36.6%
16.7%
6.7%
20%
20%
Sixth legislature (January 2013 - January 2014)
16%
28%
20%
24%
12%
Seventh legislature (January 2014 - December 2014)
32%
16%
20%
4%
20%
8%
Members of the Seventh and last legislature
Council of State
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Assembly of Deputies
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Composition of the Great National Assembly since 2015
The new Constitution of 1 May 2015 abolished the representative Great National Assembly, made up of a bicameral system, and replaced it with a profoundly different Great National Assembly, based on the idea of sovereign power developed in Juclandian legal thought.
Since 2015, therefore, the Great National Assembly has been made up of the entirety of the nationals of Juclandia. Everyone who gets the status of national automatically becomes a member.
The powers of the Assembly have evolved: as sovereign power, the GNA can change the Constitution without the need of a referendum.
Last election
Council of State
Assembly of Deputies
Current composition and political parties
Party | Logo | Short name | Leader | Foundation Date | Position (Juclandian) |
Colours | Great National Assembly |
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Popular Front & Liberals | FUP / FRUNIP | Ovia Bogi | February 23, 2014 | The Left | purple | 62 / 165
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United Revolutionary Front | FRU / FREVUN | Gori Jucărescu | June 3, 2013 | The Right | dark red | 45 / 165
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Moderate Group | FRD / FREDEM | Leo Libereanu | August 8, 2012 | The Centre | green | 33 / 165
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FLOU. The Miscellaneous Movement | FLOU | Kusch Niedlich | June 11, 2018 | Syncretic | light gray | 18 / 165
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Union of Independent Citizens | Independents | N/A | January 15, 2015 | N/A | light gray | 7 / 165
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The number of members is equal with the number of seats in the Great National Assembly.