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The Grand Council has 300 seats and, like in most parliamentary systems, is the more powerful of the two houses. Under the law, the government must command the confidence of a majority of the Grand Council, and the Chancellor and other Ministers of State are drawn from its membership. The Grand Council is elected in a party list proportional representation system with multi-member districts. Since the passage of a constitutional referendum in 2016, the law has fixed the term of a Grand Council to four years, with elections occurring on the third Wednesday in April, unless the government loses a vote of confidence in the Grand Council. Prior to 2016, the Chancellor could call for snap elections at any time. In the event that an early election must be called because of a no-confidence vote, that Grand Council may only serve until the next regularly scheduled election, unless the early election occurs less than one year prior to the next regularly scheduled election. |
The Grand Council has 300 seats and, like in most parliamentary systems, is the more powerful of the two houses. Under the law, the government must command the confidence of a majority of the Grand Council, and the Chancellor and other Ministers of State are drawn from its membership. The Grand Council is elected in a party list proportional representation system with multi-member districts. Since the passage of a constitutional referendum in 2016, the law has fixed the term of a Grand Council to four years, with elections occurring on the third Wednesday in April, unless the government loses a vote of confidence in the Grand Council. Prior to 2016, the Chancellor could call for snap elections at any time. In the event that an early election must be called because of a no-confidence vote, that Grand Council may only serve until the next regularly scheduled election, unless the early election occurs less than one year prior to the next regularly scheduled election. |
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The Senate is an indirectly elected body with 78 members elected by the legislatures of Asilica's |
The Senate is an indirectly elected body with 78 members elected by the legislatures of Asilica's twenty cantons and two canton-level municipalities, the City of Asilica and the City of Sugen. Each canton receives a number of senators based on its population. Sugen Canton (which is distinct from the City of Sugen) has five senators, whereas the smallest canton, Putèr, has two. The number of senators is changed upon every census to account for population shifts, and the law specifies that there can be no fewer than 70 nor more than 80 senators. The Senate is only a deliberative body, designed to ensure that regional considerations are always heard during the legislative process, and has no power to halt legislation passed by the Grand Council. Officially, a new Senate is appointed every time there is an election for members of the Grand Council. However, senators are often re-appointed from one Senate to the next, and many choose to resign and are replaced in the middle of their terms, so in practice the membership of the Senate is not strictly linked to terms of the Grand Council. |
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===Chancellor=== |
===Chancellor=== |
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