Folke Senatet
People's Senate Folke Senatet | |
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| 39th Senate | |
| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| History | |
| Founded | 4 May 1921 |
| Preceded by | Municipal Corporation of Visnetorpe (1831-1921) National Reconciliation Committee (1920) |
| Leadership | |
City Chancellor | Asgeir Holst, Gothiric Conservatives since January 4th 2022 |
Civil Directory Deputy | 6
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Leader of the Right Opposition | Leif Jacobsen, Harmony and Cohesion since June 10th 2019 |
Leader of the Left Opposition | Ludvig Killian, Social Reformist Union since January 4th 2022 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 120 |
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Senate political groups | Visnetir Government (66)
Right Opposition (29)
Left Opposition (25)
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| Elections | |
| Open-list proportional representation | |
Last election | 4 January 2022 |
Next election | Before 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| East Wing, National Theatre of Visnetorpe, City of Visnetorpe | |
The Folke Senatet (or People's Senate) is the unicameral legislature of Visnetorpe. De jure, it acts as the sole legislative body in the country, though regularly shares power with the Privy Council for Visnetorpe, which possess the ability to exert the monarch's right to pass through legislature with considerable impetus - though the Senatet theoretically holds the constitutional right to later vote to annul any piece of legislature passed by the Privy Council through the same 3/5 majority of other bills. The body was founded following negotiations between Gamlevinland and the National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) - an emergency government formed from a splinter group of the Vinlander Parliament in Visnetorpe who supported compromise with the Monarchists to maintain the survival of democracy. As such, the Senate formed primarily from the practices of the Vinlander Parliament (which were continued by the NRC) and the regional government of the City of Visnetorpe, being the rentowner elected Municipal Corporation.