Nuiqsut Confederation Parliament

Nuiqsut Confederation Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
History
Founded	August 3, 1969 (1969-08-03)
Leadership
Prime Minister	David Alagalak, People's Movement Party
Commissioner	Amanda Nurr'araaluk, Nuiqsut Confederation Party
Structure
Seats	members 114 Deputies 34 Regional Executives
Aittuik Assembly political groups	Government (78)      People's Movement Party (45)      Nuiqsut Confederation Party (26)      Kaquismaq Center Party (5)      Gremontist Party (2) Crossbench (3)      Women's Party (3) Opposition (33)      Liberal Party of Nuiqsut (28)      Ophelian Front (3)      Bethel People's Party (2)
Chamber of Executives political groups	Government (23)      Nuiqsut Confederation Party (19)      People's Movement Party (4) Crossbench (1)      Independents (1) Opposition (10)      Liberal Party of Nuiqsut (10)
Length of term	Not exceeding 4 years
Elections
Aittuik Assembly voting system	Single-member districts, two-round voting
Chamber of Executives voting system	Senatorial districts
Aittuik Assembly next election	By August 2025
Chamber of Executives next election	2024
Meeting place
Government Center, Central, Port Nuiqsut
Website
www.NuiqsutParliament.nu

The Nuiqsut Confederation Parliament is a bicameral legislature in The Nuiqsut Confederation. Parliament consists of two bodies known as the Aittuik Assembly with 114 Deputies and the Chamber of Executives with 34 Regional Executives. Each deputy of the Attuik Assembly is elected between the eight regions based on party-list proportional voting. Elections occur every 4 years, or if parliament is dissolved, individual members may also be removed by referendum if sufficient reason is given and a majority of citizens vote for removal.

In the Chamber of Executives, Executives are initially elected in a multi-round FPTP system in elections every 5 years. Each region gets one executive with larger provinces receiving executives based on sub-regions or wards in the case of Port Nuiqsut. Executives are intended to also serve as administrators of their respective sub-regions and thus must be reaffirmed by local residents every year to remain in the chamber. Failure to be reaffirmed will lead to a replacement picked by the Commissioner of the Confederation and a special election required to be held within six months.

History

Initially founded as the Aittuik Parliament, which existed from 1962 to 1969 during the The Great Akiratak War and acted as an administrative wing of the Nuiqsut Independence Party which was the sole legal party under military administration. As part of the 1969 Constitution, the Nuiqsut Confederation Parliament was established based on a parliamentary model as well as principles of citizen participation and direct democracy.

Duties

The Prime Minister is the head of government, elected by a majority of the Aittuik Assembly. The Prime Minister then appoints a cabinet, which is then approved by the Chamber of Executives. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Executives is headed by the Commissioner of the Confederation, who acts as an independent arbitrator of various referendums and public discourses. Due to the ability of any local council to present an official parliamentary discourse, there are often hundreds of discourses to address, which range from local concerns with services to policy recommendations. It's the role of the Chamber of Executives to debate and provide solutions to these issues. Due to high demand, the Chamber has smaller chambers based on geographic regions to sort out any issues worthy of response.

The Atttuik Assembly legislation is drafted based on the debate of the Chamber of Executives as well as personal drafting of Assemblymembers. Legislation requires 50% of both chambers to become law. The Assembly's primary job is to manage matters of international affairs, government ministries and state policy, as well as draft an annual budget.