42nd Council of Trade Unions

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42nd Union Council
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Overview
Legislative body	Council of Trade Unions
Jurisdiction	Durakia
Term	11th October 2020 – 3rd October 2022
Government	Second Hyla-Petrov government (until 2021) Arbiechtfront government
Members	300
Head of the Union Council	Tarov Hyla (DAP)
Deputy of the Union Council	Emil Petrov (SDP)
Associated Executive	Koliana Obrista (PAP)
Leader of the Opposition	Arik Maylow (DKP)

The 42nd Council of Trade Unions is the current unicameral legislature of Durakia until the 4 October 2022 Durakan legislative election. The current Council was elected following the regular biannual schedule maintained by Durakia since its second legislative election in 1940, having taken place on 4 October 2020. The 42nd Council held their first legislative session on the 11th of the same month, with the formation of government having been made short due to the reaffirmation of the Hyla-Petrov Coalition negotiated in 2018 between the two largest parties.

At its formation, the council was made up of eight parties, with 80% of the body composed of members of the three largest parties, being the Democratic Worker's Party (DAP) with 93 seats, the Social Democratic Party with 88 and the Durakan Communist Party with 60. However, following the Correva Affair and the formal dissolution of several political affiliations with the major parties, the current composition contains members of ten total parties, with the Communists, Social Democrats and DAP each losing a number of seats.

The Head of the Union Council is Tarov Hyla of the DAP, which maintains a plurality of 91 seats. The Deputy of the Union Council is Emil Petrov of the SDP, whose party remains the second largest party in the legislature despite a considerable drop in seats from 88 to 61 due to the defection of the party's left-wing. Comprising the left-wing of the SDP, as well as several previous members of the DAP, the Progressive Labour Party forced a renegotiation of the governing majority of the Union Council. The leader of the Progressive Labour Party, having previously headed the Progressive Social Democratic Party, Koliana Obrista was granted an elevated position as the Associated Executive, a title which has not been used since the coalition between the Durakan Labour Front, Ecological Defence Party and Liberal Equality Forum between 1992 and 1993. The Leader of the Opposition remains Arik Maylow of the Durakan Communist Party, despite the expulsion of six Communist Party members from the Council due to their involvement in the Correva Affair, as well as the defection of the 11 members of the Internationalist People's Party to the newly formed Left Opposition of Durakia.

The 42nd Council marks the first following the Irnac War, with issues around the integration of Vakarastan having been carried over as a pressing policy area from the 41st Council, with the 42nd Council having oversaw the Khrystalpol Incident during their tenure. Additionally, the Council session coincided with a considerable shift in the Durakan party structure, following the split of the Durakan Communist Party and the formation of the Progressive Labour Party which sits as a middle ground between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Worker's Party. As such, the Council oversaw the relatively rare event of serving under two different governments. with the Progressive Labour Party negotiating a change in government formation with the Social Democrats and DAP shortly following their formation in July of 2021.

History

2020 Election

All 300 seats in the Council of Trade Unions were elected on the 4th of October, 2020, marking the first time the former territory of Vakarastan was able to participate in Durakan elections as workers within the Komin of Northwestern Irnac. Despite this, voter turnout was considerably low amongst Vakari workers, likely owing to how recently the territory was admitted into the Miner's Republic.

Executive of the Council

Council Executive		Party		Term
Head of the Union Council	Tarov Hyla		DAP	11 Oct. 2020 – present
Deputy of the Union Council	Emil Petrov		SDP	11 Oct. 2020 – present
Associated Executive	Koliana Obrista		PAP	7 Jul. 2021 – present

Legislative groups

Group		Members		Leader
		At election	Current
	Democratic Worker's Party (DAP)	93 / 300	91 / 300	Tarov Hyla	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	88 / 300	61 / 300	Emil Petrov	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Durakan Communist Party (DKP)	60 / 300	43 / 300	Arik Maylow	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Progressive Labour Party (PAP)	0 / 300	32 / 300	Koliana Obrista	3 Jul. 2021 – present
	Durakan Liberty Party (DSP)	23 / 300	23 / 300	Rosalyn Tyrol	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Irnac Autonomy Party (IAP)	20 / 300	21 / 300	Boris Yebedev	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	National Frontier of Workers (ANG)	10 / 300	12 / 300	Igor Strasse	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Left Opposition of Durakia (OLD)	0 / 300	11 / 300	Collective Leadership	19 May 2021 – present
	Durakan Free Worker's Party (DSAP)	4 / 300	4 / 300	Joseph Engel	11 Oct. 2020 – present
	Durakan National Front (DNF)	2 / 300	2 / 300	Wesley Noric	11 Oct. 2020 – present