National Assembly of the Andorinhões

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National Assembly Assembleia Nacional
6th Legislature of the Andorinhões
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	June 5, 1804 (1804-06-05)
Preceded by	Parliament of the Andorinhões General Assembly of the People
New session started	September 21, 2020 (2020-09-21)
Leadership
Speaker	Pamela Ovelhas, NA since September 4, 2017 (2017-09-04)
Deputy Speaker	NA CC TC
Structure
Seats	76
Political groups	NA (39)   CC (13)   AD (10)   TC (5)   RNI (3)   NOS (3)   PTN (2)   GRR (1)
Committees	Permanent Committee Committee of the Legislation Committee of the Parliamentary Affairs
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method Closed list
Last general election	September 4, 2017 (2017-09-04)
Next general election	September 5, 2022 (2022-09-05)
Meeting place
Assembly Meeting Chamber Palace of the National Assembly São João das Ilhas, Andorinhões
Constitution
Constitution of the Andorinhões

The unicameral National Assembly (Cruzese: Assembleia Nacional) is the legislative body of the Constitutional State of the Andorinhões.

History

The first legislative body to have existed in the Andorinhões are the Estates General called approximately every 6 years by the Order of the Holy Cross. The meetings were mostly used to elect the people on the Sovereign Council and the Chancellor of the Sovereign Land. Thus, there is debate on its official status as a legislative body.

The first official legislative body came at the end of the Lúpulo Revolution with the proclamation of the Martletan Republic. The Parliament of Martlet was a bicameral legislature with the Legislative Assembly being elected and the nominated Legislative Council. The Parliament was established in Colheitas.

The Silent Revolution brought the introduction of socialism principles in the Andorinhões and the proclamation of the Socialist Republic of the Martlets Islands. The biggest change was the abolition of the upper house and the decision to move the legislative body from Colheitas to São João. For these reasons a new building was commissioned and was inaugurated in 1972. It operated for a year before it was renamed the General Assembly of the People.

The coup d'État by Octávio Forte proclaimed the People's Republic of the Andorinhas and elections were abolished. The General Assembly of the People remained but as a nominated institution.

With the reintroduction of democracy in 1991, a new Constitution was drafted which settled on the name National Assembly and introduced the actual legislative body.

Structure

The National Assembly consists of 76 members. Members are elected by popular vote for legislative terms of five years from the country's twelve constituencies. Except for the constituency for Andorinhense living abroad, which is fixed a two members, the number of voters registered in a constituency determines the number of its members in the assembly, using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation.

Constituencies

The Andorinhões has twelve constituencies for the National Assembly, 11 are in the Andorinhões and the other is abroad.

Constituency	No. of members
Santa Maria–São Vicente	7
Espírito	2
Ordem	5
Glória de Ele	5
Santo Ambrosio–Santa Rosa–Santa Ana	15
Esperança–Trindade–Santa Fé	6
São João–São Miguel	9
São Afonso	8
São Fernando	9
Céu–Sagrada Família–São Domingos	4
Flores de Lírio	4
Mundo	2
Total	76

Speaker of the National Assembly

The Speaker of the National Assembly is the second highest elected post, after the Governor, and is elected by secret vote of the Deputies. The Speaker of the National Assembly is aided by three Deputy Speakers, nominated by the other parties represented in the National Assembly. When the Speaker is not present, one of the Deputy Speakers takes the role of speaker.

See also

• Politics of the Andorinhões