Lovinian National Council

Lovinian National Council Sangguniang Pambansa ng Lovinia
First National Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	A year, renewable five times
History
Preceded by	Lovinian Interim Assembly
Leadership
Captain-General	John Nobleza, Sulong Lovinia Party
Speaker of the National Council	Elena Navidad, Sulong Lovinia Party
Majority Bloc Leader	Josephine Nobleza, Sulong Lovinia Party
Minority Bloc Leader	Gerardo Corpuz, People Power Party
Structure
Seats	9
Political groups	Sulong Lovinia Party (5)   People Power Party (2)   Independent Politicians Group (1)   Vacant Seats (1)
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation (for local positions), First-past-the-post voting (for reserved seats)
Last election	December 1st, 2022
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
Thru virtual conferencing platforms (such as Zoom, Google Meet, or any platform agreed upon by members)

The Lovinian National Council is the Captaincy of Lovinia's unicameral legislature. The present members are previous members of the Lovinian Interim Assembly, who were elected last year as members of the then-Lovinian Federal Congress on April 20, 2021.

The Members of the Lovinian National Council have been elected and took their oath on January 1, 2023.

History

The Legislature from 2016 to 2019

Lovinia has a variety of legislatures for the previous sorts of administrations. From 2016 to 2018, Lovinia did not have elections, and the executive branch exercised legislative authority.

In 2019, the then-Lovinian Federal Republic elected its first legislature, the Lovinian House of Representatives as the upper chamber and the Lovinian Juniors' Congress as the lower house. However, the scheduled meeting of both chambers has been postponed until 2020. When the pandemic struck, both houses of the Lovinian Congress were rendered ineffective, resulting in the dissolution of Lovinia.

Lovinian Federal Congress

The Lovinian Federal Congress was given legislative powers upon the establishment of the Federal Peoples' Democratic Republic of Lovinia and its constitution. On April 20, 2021, the Lovinian Federal Congress was elected. The following are the members of the Lovinian Federal Congress, which were Independents:

MEMBERS OF THE LOVINIAN FEDERAL CONGRESS, 2021

No.	Residence	Representative to the Lovinian Federal Congress	Notes
1	Narra Residence	John Nobleza	Elected President of the FPDRL by the LFC.
2		Josephine Nobleza	Appointed as Prime Minister.
3	Catmon Residence	Gerardo Corpuz
4	Banaba Residence	Felicia Torres	Resigned before the start of the LFC Session.
5	Dao Residence	Elena Navidad	Elected as Speaker of the LFC.
6	Molave Residence	Archie Orquia
7	Valdez Special Residence	Sonia Valenzuela
8	Mangga and Pinya Residence	Loreta del Mundo	Mangga and Pinya Residence are merged to form one representation due to its population.

The Lovinian Federal Congress had its first and only session from July 15 to August 6. Elena Navidad was elected as its Speaker. Following its session, fourteen laws, namely;

• FL #1 - National Symbols Code of Lovinia Act
• FL #2 - FPDRL-GCR Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #3 - FPDRL-RH Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #4 - FPDRL-Robe Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #5 - FPDRL-FDL Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #6 - FPDRL-KOB Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #7 - FPDRL-RDS Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #8 - Lovinian Social Network and Broadcasting Act
• FL #9 - Lovinian Foreign Policy Act of 2021
• FL #10 - Lovinia-Belcity Recognition Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #11 - Lovinia-Centumcellae  Recognition Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #12 - Lovinia-Arlandica  Recognition Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #13 - FPDRL-UOW Treaty Ratification Act
• FL #14 - Lovinian Constitutional Reform Act

Lovinia declared its transition phase following the session of the Lovinian Federal Congress in September.

Lovinian Interim Assembly

The Lovinian Interim Assembly only convened on the 25th and 28 June. They merely needed to ratify the new constitution. The Lovinian Interim Assembly was composed of John Nobleza, Josephine Nobleza, Elena Navidad, Gerardo Corpuz, and Sonia Valenzuela.

Lovinian National Council

The Lovinian National Council is given legislative authority under Article 17, Section 1 of the Captaincy of Lovinia's Constitution. Additionally, they will be part of the Captain-General's Cabinet.

Members of the Lovinian National Council will serve on an interim basis beginning July 1. The Lovinian National Council will be known as the Interim Council for the meantime.

On January 1, the new members of the Lovinian National Council were sworn into office, with the Sulong Lovinia Party, gaining 5 seats. The People Power Party got 2 seats, while the Independent Politician's Group got a seat. On the same day, Elena Navidad was elected again as the Speaker, but in a permanent capacity. The election for the reserved seat is not yet done, thus a seat is vacant.

The Lovinian Elections Commission set the elections for the youth representative on 9 April, using the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. People aged ten (10) to twenty-one (21) are allowed to run and vote for the position.

Powers and Functions

According to the Lovinian Constitution, the Lovinian National Council shall perform the following;

• to support the nation's defense;
• ratifying treaties, which is voted by the 2/3rds of the Lovinian National Council;
• to govern immigration, emigration, naturalization, and citizenship;
• to levy import-based taxes, duties, and tariffs;
• to levy income taxation;
• to regulate and issue currency;
• to confirm the appointments created by the Captain-General;
• to establish a national postal service;
• to seize and/or cease territory;
• jo remove and impeach the Captain-General, and members of the National Board of Peacemakers;
• to define national crimes and impose punishments in accordance with local customs and traditions;
• to amend the constitution; and
• other duties set by legislation, decrees, orders, or memorandums.

All members of the National Council will hold specific Standing Committees and shall serve as the Head of its' equivalent to the Cabinet.

Speaker of the National Council

According to Article 17, Section 20 of the Captaincy of Lovinia's Constitution, the National Council shall have a Speaker who is elected by at least 70% of the National Council. He or she will be the first in the Captaincy Line of Succession. In the absence of the Speaker, the National Council must designate who would serve as Speaker Pro Tempore. In the event that a Speaker resigns, they must elect a new Speaker to serve for the remainder of the term.

Composition

According to Article 17, Section 5 of the Constitution of the Captaincy of Lovinia, at least nine members will be in the Lovinian National Council, and two more seats will be designated for young people and Lovinians who live abroad. They will be chosen using closed-list proportional representation, with the exception of reserved seats, which will be elected using the first-past-the-post system.

Political Parties

Currently, there are three parties composing the Interim Council;

Party			Logo	LNC Leader	Ideologies	Political Spectrum	Seats
	Sulong Lovinia Party	SLP		Josephine Nobleza	Progressivism democracy	Centre-left	5 / 8
	People Power Party	PPP		Gerardo Corpuz	populism Conservatism	[[w:Centre-right_politics Centre-right] to right|wing]	2 / 8
	Independent Politicians Group (Independents)	IPG		Sonia Valenzuela	Tent		1 / 8

List of Current Members

The following are members of the First National Council. One seat is still vacant.

Member	Party	Bloc
Elena Navidad, Speaker	SLP	Majority
Josephine Nobleza, Majority Bloc Leader	SLP
Teresita Obenita	SLP
Tirso Nobleza	SLP
Jose Navidad	SLP
Gerardo Corpuz, Minority Bloc Leader	PPP	Minority
Julieta Corpuz	PPP
Sonia Valenzuela	IPG

Previous Legislatures

Lovinia have many legislatures during its' existence. The table below shows the list of legislatures created.

Government	Name of Legislature		Leader	Session	# of Laws Passed
Abayalandia	no legislatures created
Kingdom of Lovinia
Republic of Lovinia
Lovinian Federal Republic	Lovinian Congress	House of Representatives	Josephine Noveno	May 5, 2019 - March 1, 2021	none
		Juniors' Congress	Princess Aira Noveno
Federal Peoples' Democratic Republic of Lovinia	Lovinian Federal Congress		Elena Navidad	July 15, 2021 - August 6, 2021	14 Federal Laws
Provisional Transferral Government of Lovinia	Lovinian Interim Assembly		John Nobleza	June 25 and June 28, 2022	1 Resolution
Provisional Government of Lovinia