2450–2452 High Kingdoms House of Representatives legislative session

The 2450–2452 legislative session of the House of Representatives of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia began on 1 January 2450 and ended on 26 September 2452. This was the first legislative session ever, and thus would set a lot of precedents going forward.

The 2449 legislative election was held on Thursday 11 November 2449 and elected 530 representatives of their respective congressional districts. The early drafts of the constitution stipulated that the legislative session would begin on the first day of the year following the legislative election, which would be Saturday 1 January 2450. Because it was not a working day only essential work was carried out on the first day, primarily the formal appointment of the Speaker. The first proper vote in which all members were present was on Monday 3 January 2450 where the vote for the Premier of the House of Representatives was held. Because of the six week gap between election day and the premier vote, it had become clear that the Golden Coalition (consisting of the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa, Janvariye Jin, the Liberal Party of Empherias, and the Liberal Party of Peryzium) held a majority of seats and that their sole candidate for the premiership could not be challenged. Thus, there was only one candidate to be voted on in the order of business, Gõçal Bitraş (the current leader of the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa), who won the vote of confidence 291–239.

The session ended on Thursday 26 September 2452 with President Clemenceau Richelieu ordering the official dissolution of the chamber six weeks prior to the 2452 legislative election held on Thursday 7 November 2452.

First year (1 January 2450 – 31 December 2450)

Formal appointments

Cabinet positions

The first priority of many early votes and decisions of the premier was the appointment of positions within the chamber. The cabinet had to be appointed alongside the House of Representatives' many committees and committee chairs. The outstandingly large result of the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa (LAK) in the election meant that Bitras went relatively unchallenged as the Golden Coalition's candidate for premier and thus didn't need to make major concessions. Regardless, he wanted to appoint all three other party leaders in his coalition to key and important appointments in his cabinet. Syena Lilesgalen, the leader of the largest Kiavalari party Janvariye Jin, was appointed Justice Secretary; Klara Elise Hale, the leader of the Liberal Party of Empherias (EL), was appointed Home Secretary to oversee many labour-focused ministries; and Las Mavrakos, the leader of the Liberal Party of Peryzium (LPz), was appointed Domestic Secretary to oversee many utility and infrastructure focused ministries.

Despite having the least amount of seats out of the four parties, Janvariye Jin lobbied hard to receive the Defence portfolio, where Lyran Rolasen was chosen. LAK member Zalaşar Laré, a key ally of Richelieu, was appointed Foreign Secretary by the President as one of the only cabinet appointments that the premier cannot make. Ŗato Vevãri was appointed Chief Secretary of the Treasury, one of the most prestigious roles, as a long-time friend of Bitras.

He opted to choose loyal members of his own party for the main three other secretaries to more tightly control the agenda, and did so in co-operation with the president. The remaining 13 members were divided along roughly proportional lines by how many seats each party got. This translated to 2 more cabinet members per party except the LAK getting 7 more. The EL received Transport and Labour portfolios because of their generally pro-labour stances and passion for transport investment in Empherias. Janvariye Jin was granted Special Interests Abroad and Trade portfolios to allow representation of the other significantly populated country in the HKA. LPz was given Energy and Housing, while the LAK received the rest. This was the full cabinet including junior appointments:

Cabinet position	Name	Party		Appointed	Notes
Premier of Esperiy	Gõçal Bitraş		LAK	3 January 2450	Leader of the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Treasury Secretary	Ŗato Vevãri		LAK	3 January 2450
Secretary of Commerce	Jiusép Vevona		LAK	4 January 2450
Secretary of the Environment	Şãtua Diega		LAK	5 January 2450
Foreign Secretary	Zalaşar Laré		LAK	3 January 2450	appointed by President Richelieu
Secretary of Special Interests Abroad	Ashsdan Vatal		JJ	5 January 2450
Secretary of Trade	Kizh Kordas		JJ	5 January 2450
Defence Secretary	Lyran Rolasen		JJ	3 January 2450
Secretary of Intelligence	Kakatu Esteba		LAK	4 January 2450
Domestic Secretary	Las Mavrakos		LPz	3 January 2450	Leader of the Liberal Party of Peryzium
Secretary of Energy and Resources	Munutros Mundelis		LPz	5 January 2450
Secretary of Agriculture and Nutritition	Martino Madalena		LAK	5 January 2450
Secretary of Transport	Victoria Houghton		LIB	4 January 2450
Secretary of Science	Huaxã Şadu		LAK	5 January 2450
Home Secretary	Klara Elise Hale		LIB	3 January 2450	Leader of the Liberal Party of Empherias
Secretary of Labour and Pensions	Scarlett Aguilar		LIB	4 January 2450
Secretary of Education	Mikel Garçie		LAK	5 January 2450
Secretary of Health	Vaneça Bentare		LAK	5 January 2450
Secretary of Housing	Iotas Mattas		LPz	5 January 2450
Justice Secretary	Syena Lilesgalen		JJ	3 January 2450	Leader of the Janvariye Jin
Government Chief Whip	Lucero Ŗeikare		LAK	3 January 2450
Government Deputy Chief Whip	Herteu Vitoria		LAK	3 January 2450
Government Whip	Anastasia Morella		LIB	3 January 2450	Whip for the Liberal Party of Empherias
Government Whip	Saria Leyando		LAK	3 January 2450	Whip for the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Government Whip	Mulamkos Terziadis		LPz	3 January 2450	Whip for the Liberal Party of Peryzium
Government Whip	Ladan Mowirin		JJ	3 January 2450	Whip for Janvariye Jin

Shadow cabinet and other positions

Five members of the Esperiy Council are elected from within the council to serve as impartial presiding officers, known as speakers. The five will then be presented to the House of Representatives in an election to see who the primary speaker will be, with the losers becoming deputy speakers. Usually, House of Representatives appointees from the council would be prioritised but because no appointments had been made, one of each country was nominated. These were usually high profile and experienced civil servants, judges, or prominent backbenchers.

Position	Name	Party		Notes
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Mal Managelis		Independents	From Peryzium
Deputy Speaker	Avery Skeller		Independents	From Empherias
Deputy Speaker	Embis Veritara		Independents	From Koresa
Deputy Speaker	Martino Sheldon		Independents	From Ahitereira
Deputy Speaker	Saka Sekutal		Independents	From Kiavalar
Crimson Coalition Shadow Cabinet
Leader of the Opposition	Katelyn Roberts		People's Socialist Party of Empherias	Leader of the People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Spokesperson for the Treasury	Klara Bryant		People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs	Isabella King		People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Spokesperson for Defence	Ashar Sarkyren		Seruiye Jin
Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs	Maokanros Statheli		Red Bloq of Peryzium
Spokesperson for Home Affairs	Peter Bennett		People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Spokesperson for Justice	Tonum Politatou		Red Bloq of Peryzium
Spokesperson for Housing	Martino Garçie		Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa
Spokesperson for Health	Maya Fraser		People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Spokesperson for Education	Lorena Ŗeikare		Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa	from Koresa
Opposition Chief Whip	Amina–Layla Ward		People's Socialist Party of Empherias
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip	Lena Athanoti		Red Bloq of Peryzium	Leader of the Red Bloq of Peryzium
Opposition Whip	Şadu Alex		Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa	Whip for Red Bloq of Ahitereira–Koresa
Opposition Whip	Ravar Lilesgalen		Seruiye Jin	Whip for Seruiye Jin
No spokesperson position	Kalo Lalasen		Seruiye Jin	Leader of Seruiye Jin
No spokesperson position	Lerta Mayorie		Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa	Leader of the Red Bloq of Ahitereira–Koresa
Other major figures
Party Leader	Yoakin Maior		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Spokesperson for the Treasury	Antuan Jiusép		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Spokesperson for Defence	Nico Mikel		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Whip	Kakatu Madalena		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Whip	Leyando Xana		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Party Leader	Maara Vempar		Rael Carinye
Party Leader	Jonan Çalma		Bokanist Values Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Party Leader	Vitoria Veritara		Pink Daphne Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Party Leader	Maara Lalasen		Feriliye Jin
Party Leader	Sevu Lyraine		JCPK
Deputy Party Leader	Rysakar Rylapar		JCPK
Whip	Aozhor Murian		JCPK
Party Leader	Lek Leildirin		Durbanar Jin
Party Leader	Georgia Coleman		Green Social and Labour Party of Empherias
Party Leader	Henry Scott–Heath		Nationalist Party of Empherias
Party Leader	Silankos Remou		Nationalist Party of Peryzium
Party Leader	Sovar Rugalen		Askavor Jin
Party Leader	Laré Joato		Nationalist Party of Ahitereira and Koresa
Party Leader	Kya Mollasen		Cyn Serilin
Party Leader	Lottie Campbell		Alliance Party of Empherias

Committee appointments

The House of Representatives contained many committees consisting of primarily backbench representatives to debate and scrutinise pieces of legislation. The most important committee is the Standards Committee which handles conduct of representatives, the impeachment of the president and members, procedure of other committees, and the setting of standards. The number of committees headed by each party is determined by parliamentary makeup and then assigned via negotiations by whips of each party. A chair for each committee is elected at the start of the session via secret ballot, where candidates are nominated with a requirement of at least 10% of representatives from that party endorsing them. Once a chair is elected, parties will assign the other 10 members of each committee via parliamentary makeup where possible. For this session, 170 committee members needed to be chosen (10 members * 17 committees). A chart of the parties number of members allocated is below.

Party			Seats	Chairs	Members
	Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK	149	5	48
	Liberal Party of Peryzium	LPz	55	2	18
	People's Socialist Party of Empherias	PSP	46	2	15
	Liberal Party of Empherias	EL	44	1	14
	Janvariye Jin	JJ	43	1	14
	King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	KP	29	1	9
	Red Bloq of Peryzium	RPz	27	1	9
	JCPK	JCPK	22	1	7
	Durbanar Jin	DUR	16	1	5
	Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa	RBAK	15	1	5
	Pink Daphne Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	PDP	15	1	5
	Cyn Serilin	CYN	14	0	4
	Rael Carinye	RC	13	0	4
	Nationalist Party of Empherias	NAT	10	0	3
	Bokanist Values Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	BVP	8	0	3
	Seruiye Jin	SER	7	0	2
	Feriliye Jin	FER	4	0	1
	Nationalist Party of Peryzium	NPz	4	0	1
	Askavor Jin	ASK	2	0	1
	Red Bloq	RBQ	2	0	1
	Alliance Party of Empherias	ALL	2	0	1
	Green Social and Labour Party of Empherias	GS&L	1	0	0
	Nationalist Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	NAK	1	0	0
	Independents	IND	1	0	0
Total			530	17	170

Collaborations between party whips, the speaker, the premier, and committee chairs would decide the party makeup per committee. They aimed for major parties to be represented on all committees, with smaller parties using their members on committees they care most about. The main opposition, the Crimson Coalition, was guaranteed the Standards Committee chair, while the Golden Coalition were guaranteed both Defence and Foreign Affairs since their cabinet members are usually appointed by the president not premier.

Committee	Appointed chair	Party		Golden Coalition	Crimson Coalition	Others	Largest group
Standards	Roxanne Kennedy		People's Socialist Party of Empherias	Martino Joa (LAK) Huaxã Langa (LAK) Dolin Chonteas (LPz) Jack Dawe (EL) Iakar Mowirin (JJ)	Lachlan Collins (PSP) Munutros Georgaki (RPz)	Bentare Manel (KP) Yekara Kollipar (JCPK) Sevu Vigalen (CYN)	11
Trade & Business	Maneli Çalma		King's Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	Jote Vitoria (LAK) Julio Jote (LAK) Lerta Kontranu (LAK) Manel Ŗipera (LAK) Tutik Panagas (LPz) Kayla Dunst (EL) Rizhvar Ryaine (JJ)	Anna Dunn (PSP)	Çofia Diega (KP) Wanotllas Athaniadi (RC)	11
Culture	Ikaros Managelis		Liberal Party of Peryzium	Fernico Dani (LAK) Julio Zalaşar (LAK) Leyando Yoakin (LAK) Falurros Glarou (LPz) Scarlett Russell (EL) Mirim Mutal (JJ)	Vanessa Madden (PSP) Milis Georgaki (RPz)	Iakar Sekutal (JCPK) Kamarte Joa (BVP)	11
Defence	1		Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	RBAK	KP JCPK RC	11
Foreign Affairs	1		Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LPz LPz EL JJ	Felicity Lloyd (PSP) RBAK	KP JCPK	11
Education	1		Janvariye Jin	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	Cleo Harps (PSP)	KP BVP CYN	11
Environment	1		Durbanar Jin	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL	Charlotte Izzy Campbell (PSP) RPz RBAK SER	DUR	11
Health	1		People's Socialist Party of Empherias	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	RPz	DUR PDP NAT	11
Home Affairs	1		Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	Emilia Curtis (PSP) RBAK	KP NPz ASK	11
Energy	1		Red Bloq of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	Meredith James (PSP) RPz SER	JCPK	11
Justice	1		Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LPz JJ	Timothy Wood (PSP) RPz	KP JCPK RC NAT	11
Housing	1		Red Bloq of Peryzium	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	Maria Lutz (PSP)	DUR PDP ALL	11
Science & Tech	1		JCPK	LAK LAK LAK LAK LPz EL	Christopher Fox (PSP) RPz	RC CYN	11
Transport	1		Liberal Party of Empherias	LAK LAK LAK LPz JJ	Kacey Atkinson (PSP) RPz	DUR PDP NAT	11
Treasury & Accounts	1		Liberal Party of Peryzium	LAK LAK LAK LPz EL JJ	Lily Lovedie (PSP) Edwill Gruff (RBQ)	KP JCPK	11
Labour & Pensions	1		Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LAK LPz JJ	Tybalt Berber (PSP) RBAK	KP BVP PDP	11
Equalities	1		Pink Daphne Party of Ahitereira and Koresa	LAK LAK LPz EL	Elise Walker (PSP) RPz	DUR PDP FER CYN	11

scandals

expanded history

Second year (1 January 2451 – 31 December 2451)

The first draft of the constitution was finished on 1 October 2451 after nearly two years writing it.

Third year (1 January 2452 – 26 September 2452)

Premier Bitras announced on 16 January 2452 that the second draft of the constitution was finished and that they expected the completion of the constitution to be within months.

The finalised version of the constitution was presented to the House of Representatives on 3 September 2452. The constitution would set 7 November 2452 as the formal election date, with dissolution on 26 September 2452 in order to allow the adequate six week campaign period, which meant that the chamber had to rush through passing the bill in 23 days. The chamber voted in favour of the constitution nearly unanimously by 21 September 2452.

The House of Representatives was dissolved by President Richelieu on 26 September 2452.

Post dissolution (26 September 2452 – 31 December 2452)

With the constitution having been passed by the House of Representatives, it would be passed to the five legislatures of the constituent countries to pass. By 3 October 2452 all five parliaments had ratified the constitution. President Richelieu and the two monarchs all ratified the constitution on 7 October 2452, celebrated as Constitution Day.

References

See also: 2453–2455 High Kingdoms House of Representatives legislative session