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The Farun Senate is the sole Legislative Body of the [[Republic of Faru]].
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| leader1 = [[Velik iz Dunska]]  
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'''Minority Government (3)'''
'''Government'''
* {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Libcons]] (3)
* {{color box|#FF6A01|border=darkgrey}} [[Progressive Party of Faru|Progressives]] (4)
'''Opposition (2)'''
'''Opposition'''
* {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor|New Labor]] (3)
* {{color box|#0065B2|border=darkgrey}} [[Federation of Mutualists and Agrarians|Federation]] (1)
'''Independent (1)'''
* {{color box|{{Party color|New Conservative Party}}|border=darkgrey}} [[New Conservative Party|New Conservative]] (1)
* {{color box|#DCDCDC|border=darkgrey}} Independent (2)
* {{color box|#762776|border=darkgrey}} [[National Mandate Caucus|Democratic Mandate]] (1)
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The Senate is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Senators. There are currently nine Senators who are elected via a simple plurality system in each of the country's districts in staggered terms of eight weeks.
The '''Farun Senate''', also known as the '''Senate of the Republic of Faru''' is the sole Legislative Body of the [[Republic of Faru]].
 
The Senate is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Senators. There are currently seven Senators who are elected via a simple plurality system in each of the country's districts in terms of eight weeks.
 
The Senate and its Powers are established by Article II of the Farun Constitution, it is in charge of Legislating and appointing certain government officials such as the [[Premier of Faru|Premier]] and Ministers.
 
==History==
 
The Farun Senate was created on April 28, 2024 following the ratification of the Farun Constitution by the [[Faruan Constitutional Convention]]. The convention decided to give the Senate staggered terms, as prior to Infaru 4, Chat servers rarely ever lasted very long. At first, the terms were six weeks, with elections every two weeks, however that quickly showed to be too fast paced for the playerbase, and by the [[2nd Farun Senate|2nd Senate]] the terms were lengthened to eight weeks and the elections slowed down to every month.
 
===Early Days===
 
The first Senates were dominated by a right wing coalition of [[Whig Party|Whigs]] and [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservatives]], who governed and legislated under the guidance of Premier [[Velik iz Dunska]]. During the first Senate, professionalism and seriousness were far from the norm: shouting, fighting, and what would be considered unsenatorial behavior today were plaguing meetings, with some Senators qualifying their tenure as "boring" <ref>https://discord.com/channels/1224414983866159206/1231692412020068504/1238299778367094804</ref>. This changed by the second Senate, where rules of conduct were ratified and powers given to the Speaker, which enabled the body to operate in a more dynamic yet orderly way.
 
[[file:walkout.png|200px|left|thumb|A walkout, which was typical behavior in the early Senate.]]
 
The Senate kept being dominated by the right wing, even following the expansion of the Senate from five to seven seats, due to the left being disorganized and failing to win any elections or canvassing enough candidates to even win in any possible scenario. The Liberal-Conservatives did many reforms with this power, and effectively sacked or otherwise weakened institutions that were put forward by the left wing of the Constitutional Convention, such as the Public Assembly and the Presidency, which were meant as balances against the Senate. Despite this, they also instituted policy that revolutionized the country, such as creating a proper currency and reforming elections to be more fair and healthily paced.
 
===First Dissolution===
 
Following the election of the [[4th Farun Senate|fourth Farun Senate]] and previous to the second round of a presidential election, then President [[John McHale]] dissolved the Farun Senate, as part of a gambit to grab more power for himself. Unfortunately the plan backfired, as people who would have otherwise voted for him voted for his opponent, [[Priest Viktor]], as a result of the decision.
 
===Post Dissolution Era===
 
The dissolution was a major hit to the Liberal-Conservative Party, which lost many races to the short lived [[Libertarian Party]] as well as the emboldened [[New Farun Labor]]. For the few following terms, the Senate was dominated by the latter, which governed under the guise of many Premiers and coalition arrangements, first with the whigs and libertarians, and later with the [[Farun Shield Party|Shield Party]].
[[file:senatecomposition.png|200px|right|thumb|A chart showing the composition of the Farun Senate over time.
<small>
{{ublist|'''Key'''
| {{color box|{{party color|Farun Labor Front (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Farun Labor Front]]
| {{color box|{{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor]]
| {{color box|{{party color|Shield Party (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Farun Shield Party|Shield Party]]
| {{color box|{{party color|Libertarian Party (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Libertarian Party]]
| {{color box|{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgrey}} Independent
| {{color box|{{party color|Faru in the Stars (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Faru in the Stars]]
| {{color box|#FE0000|border=darkgrey}} [[United Party of Faru|United Party, later Reform]]
| {{color box|{{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]]
| {{color box|{{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party]]}}
</small>]]
 
With the power to legislate, neolaborites put forward and implemented many progressive reforms, such as parallel proportional elections, senator recall, public referenda as a means to amend the constitution, and recognition of municipal power. The latter being a long standing contentious issue that was largely ignored by the [[Centralism|centralist]] Liberal-Conservatives.
 
Following the [[September 2024 Senate Elections|September Elections]], New Labor briefly lost control of the Senate, however thanks to the deterioration of attendance to the Senate, and the collapse of the Shield Party, it kept passing major legislation and even appointing favorable cabinet members.
 
===Post Labor Era===
 
The lack of an actual working class led New Farun Labor to collapse in late September, leaving no opposition to the Liberal-Conservative Party which managed to reach a super-majority of two thirds following the [[October 2024 Senate Elections]].
 
The Senate elected [[Maon Vukusti]] as Premier, and with the strongest mandate to rule in the history of the Nation, and some major reforms were planned. Unfortunately, the massive victory quickly became a curse, as the party was overextended and found difficulty getting competent ministers. The stress from the overextension likely led to Vukusti dying of a heart attack shortly before the [[November 2024 Senate Elections]], leaving his party to pick up the pieces.
 
Despite this setback, the Liberal-Conservatives saw a successful election which at least temporarily re-affirmed their gains.
 
After an internal power struggle then treasurer [[Andrej Sobczyk]] was chosen by the senate to be Premier, getting a cabinet together and actually initiating a slate of reforms, such as proposing constitutional changes that would limit the president's veto power and ending the stagger. He also initiated numerous smaller reforms, such as regulating and reforming the police, establishing copyright, adding to the penal code and granting autonomy to some populous regions.
 
==Membership==
''See also [[List of Farun Senators]]''
 
As per the constitution of the Republic of Faru, seats are apportioned by the [[Supreme Court of Faru]], which draws up geographical districts that are used to elect Senators. Districts are typically of equal population, and elect a single Senator via a majority vote. Alongside this, geographical districts that meet a certain population requirement may vote in party list elections, which often elect additional Senators.  


The Senate and its Powers are established by Article II of the Farun Constitution, it is in charge of Legislating and appointing certain government officials such as the Premier and Ministers.
===Stagger===
Initially, senators were elected in staggered terms of 8 weeks, with the circuits being geographical. The Southern circuit included the southernmost districts, that being 1, 2, 3 and 4. And was elected alongside the list seats. While the Northern Circuit included the northernmost districts, that being 5, 6 and 7. The stagger was originally put in place due to server longevity concerns, however it became the target of many criticisms with attempts at abolition over the time of its existence. With the [[December 2024 elections]], it was officially abolished, as part of the first national referendum, in a land slide 39-13 (75%-25%) vote.


==Senators==
=Historical Composition=
Here's a list of all current Farun Senators
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+Sitting Farun Senators
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Political Party!!Name
| colspan="2" |
!District!!Since
{| width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
| width="40" |
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Aiden Costello]]||South West||{{Start date|2024|09|05}}
 
|-
|{{legend|{{party color|Federation of Mutualists and Agrarians}}|[[Federation of Mutualists and Agrarians|FMA]]}}
|-
|{{legend|{{party color|Farun Labor Front (Faru)}}|[[Farun Labor Front|FLF]]}}
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Aleksandr Novak]]||Urbis City||{{Start date|2024|08|17}}
|{{legend|{{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}}|[[New Farun Labor|NFL]]}}
|-
|{{legend|{{party color|United Party of Faru (Faru)}}|[[United Party of Faru|UP]]}}
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Zed Johnson]]||South East||{{Start date|2024|08|13}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Reform Party of Faru (Faru)}}|[[United Party of Faru|RP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Shield Party (Faru)}}|[[Farun Shield Party|SP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Progressive Party of Faru}}|[[Progressive Party of Faru|PP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}}|[[Whig Party|WP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}}|[[Liberal-Conservative Party|LCP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|New Conservative Party}}|[[New Conservative Party|NCP]]}}
|{{legend|{{party color|Faru in the Stars (Faru)}}|[[Faru in the Stars|FitS]]}}
|{{legend|#762776|[[National Mandate Caucus|DMP]]}}
|{{legend|#FFFFFF|Vacant}}
 
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" | ||Independent||[[Connor McHitch]]||Zallisburg||{{Start date|2024|08|13}}
| width="40" |[[1st Farun Senate|05-24]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: {{party color|Farun Labor Front (Faru)}};                                            width:  40%" |2
| style="background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  20%" |1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  40%" |2
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||Aesel Blanch||Markarth||{{Start date|2024|09|08}}
| width="40" |[[2nd Farun Senate|06-24]]
|-
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" | ||Independent||[[Joe Farmer]]||Great Expanse||{{Start date|2024|09|08}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #FFFFFF;                                           width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Farun Labor Front (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}};                                           width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  42.85%" |3
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #FFFFFF;" | ||None||Vacant||Cerise||{{Start date|2024|09|22}}
| width="40" |[[3rd Farun Senate|06-24]]
|-
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Velik iz Dunska]]||Urban List 1||{{Start date|2024|08|13}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Party of Faru (Faru)}};                                            width:  28.57%" | 2
| style="background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}};                                           width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  42.85%" | 3
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Leo Sporius]]||Urban List 2||{{Start date|2024|09|21}}
| width="40" |[[4th Farun Senate|07-24]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Reform Party of Faru (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Libertarian Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  42.85%" | 3
|}
|}
Here's a list of all former Farun Senators
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Former Farun Senators
! colspan="2" |Political Party!!Name!!District!!Term
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Nikola Vulovic]]†||Urbis City||{{Start date|2024|05|05}} - {{Start date|2024|05|31}}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #ff89ff;" | ||[[Farun Labor Front|Labor]]||[[Joseph Smith]]†||Central||{{Start date|2024|05|05}} - {{Start date|2024|06|08}}
| width="40" |[[5th Farun Senate|07-24]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  42.85%" | 3
| style="background-color: {{party color|Libertarian Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  28.57%" | 2
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" | ||Independent||[[Jack Miller]]||Coast||{{Start date|2024|06|17}} - {{Start date|2024|06|23}}
| width="40" |[[6th Farun Senate|08-24]]
|-  
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #FF0000;" | ||[[Communist Party of Faru|Communist]]||[[Vii Von Aknevo]]||Central||{{Start date|2024|06|17}} - {{Start date|2024|07|09}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
|-
| style="background-color: #FFFFFF;                                           width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Faroga Nieuwe]]||Jungle||{{Start date|2024|05|05}} - {{Start date|2024|07|09}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  33.33%" | 3
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shield Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;                                           width:  22.22%" | 2
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  22.22%" | 2
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Jonathon Godfrey]]||South||{{Start date|2024|06|02}} - {{Start date|2024|07|13}}
| width="40" |[[7th Farun Senate|09-24]]
|-
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #660099;" | ||[[Reform Party|Reform]]||[[Gus Walker]]||Coast||{{Start date|2024|07|09}} - {{Start date|2024|07|13}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: #FFFFFF;                                           width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Farun Labor (Faru)}};                                            width:  22.22%" | 2
| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;                                           width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shield Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  22.22%" | 2
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  33.33%" | 3
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #174a7b;" | ||[[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]]||[[Loga Dukakis]]||Markarth||{{Start date|2024|07|09}} - {{Start date|2024|07|13}}
| width="40" |[[8th Farun Senate|10-24]]
|-
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Velik iz Dunska]]||Frontier||{{Start date|2024|05|05}} - {{Start date|2024|07|13}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
|-
| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;                                           width:  22.22%" | 2
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #174a7b;" | ||[[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]]||[[Zalix Anderson]]||South||{{Start date|2024|07|19}} - {{Start date|2024|07|29}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Faru in the Stars (Faru)}};                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  66.66%" | 6
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Ljuba Milenkovic]]||Jungle||{{Start date|2024|07|09}} - {{Start date|2024|07|31}}
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Maon Vukusti]]||Urbis City||{{Start date|2024|06|02}} - {{Start date|2024|08|13}}
| width="40" |[[9th Farun Senate|11-24]]
|
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
| style="background-color: {{party color|Federation of Mutualists and Agrarians}};                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: #DCDCDC;                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Party of Faru}};                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal-Conservative Party (Faru)}};                                            width:  55.55%" | 5
| style="background-color: #762776;                                            width:  11.11%" | 1
|}
|-
|-
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #DAA06D;" | ||[[Whig Party]]||[[Zeek Quintus]]||Liberty City ||{{Start date|2024|05|05}} - {{Start date|2024|08|13}}
| width="40" |[[10th Farun Senate|12-24]]
|-
|
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #279300;" | ||[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]||[[Van der Waal]]||Markarth||{{Start date|2024|07|19}} - {{Start date|2024|08|18}}
{| style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white;"
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Federation of Mutualists and Agrarians}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" | ||Independent||[[Cranberry, Esq.]]†||Liberty City||{{Start date|2024|08|13}} - {{Start date|2024|09|05}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Party of Faru}};                                            width:  57.14%" | 4
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|New Conservative Party}};                                            width:  14.28%" | 1
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #fe3889;" | ||[[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]||[[Av Rosting]]||Central||{{Start date|2024|07|19}} - {{Start date|2024|09|08}}
| style="background-color: #762776;                                           width:  14.28%" | 1
|-
|}
| style="width: 20px; background-color: #F08000;" | ||[[Farun Shield Party]]||[[Wanda Ward III]]||North||{{Start date|2024|08|08}} - {{Start date|2024|09|22}}
|}
|}


Here is a list of former Premiers
{{Navbox Farun Senate}}
 
*[[Dunska Cabinet|Velik iz Dunska]] {{Start date|2024|05|09}} - {{Start date|2024|07|13}} (2 months, 5 days)
*[[Milenkovic Cabinet|Ljuba Milenkovic]] {{Start date|2024|07|22}} - {{Start date|2024|07|31}} (9 days)
*[[Costello Cabinet|Aiden Costello]] {{Start date|2024|08|02}} - {{Start date|2024|08|22}} (20 days)
*[[Novak Cabinet|Aleksandr Novak]] {{Start date|2024|08|22}} - {{Start date|2024|09|11}} (20 days)
 
[[File:SenMapSep21.svg|400px|thumb|'''Map of the Senators' party allegiances''' <br> {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]]<br> {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor|New Labor]]<br> {{color box|#DCDCDC|border=darkgrey}} Independent]]
= Historical Compositions =
In bold are the governing parties.
 
=== 1st Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#ff89ff|border=darkgrey}} [[Farun Labor Front]] 2
| {{color box|#DAA06D|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} '''[[Liberal-Conservative Party]]''' 2
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=== 2nd Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#ff89ff|border=darkgrey}} [[Farun Labor Front]] 1
| {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor]] 1
| {{color box|#DAA06D|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} '''[[Liberal-Conservative Party]]''' 3
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=== 3rd Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor]] 1
| {{color box|#FF0000|border=darkgrey}} [[United Party]] 2
| {{color box|#DAA06D|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} '''[[Liberal-Conservative Party]]''' 3
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|party3      = 1
|partycolor3  = #DAA06D
|party4      = 3
|partycolor4  = #279300
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=== 4th Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} [[New Farun Labor]] 1
| {{color box|#660099|border=darkgrey}} [[Reform Party]] 1
| {{color box|#174a7b|border=darkgrey}} [[Libertarian Party]] 1
| {{color box|#DAA06D|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party]] 3
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|party3      = 1
|partycolor3  = #174a7b
|party4      = 1
|partycolor4  = #DAA06D
|party5      = 3
|partycolor5  = #279300
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=== 5th Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} '''[[New Farun Labor]]''' 3 
| {{color box|#174a7b|border=darkgrey}} [[Libertarian Party]] 1
| {{color box|#DAA06D|border=darkgrey}} [[Whig Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party]] 2
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|party3      = 1
|partycolor3  = #DAA06D
|party4      = 2
|partycolor4  = #279300
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=== 6th Senate ===
{{ublist
| {{color box|#fe3889|border=darkgrey}} '''[[New Farun Labor]]''' 3 
| {{color box|#DCDCDC|border=darkgrey}} Independents 2
| {{color box|#F08000|border=darkgrey}} [[Farun Shield Party]] 1
| {{color box|#279300|border=darkgrey}} [[Liberal-Conservative Party]] 2
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|party4      = 2
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Latest revision as of 21:51, 17 December 2024

Farun Senate
10th Farun Senate
SenateCOA.png
Seal of the Farun Senate
Type
Type
Unicameral Legislature
Term limits
None
History
FoundedApril 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)
Leadership
Peter the Great, Progressives
since December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
Opposition leader
Vacant
since October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13)
Structure
Seats7
1
4
1
1
Political groups

Government

  •   Progressives (4)

Opposition

Length of term
8 Weeks
Elections
Plurality Voting
Last election
December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
Next election
January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03)

The Farun Senate, also known as the Senate of the Republic of Faru is the sole Legislative Body of the Republic of Faru.

The Senate is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Senators. There are currently seven Senators who are elected via a simple plurality system in each of the country's districts in terms of eight weeks.

The Senate and its Powers are established by Article II of the Farun Constitution, it is in charge of Legislating and appointing certain government officials such as the Premier and Ministers.

History

The Farun Senate was created on April 28, 2024 following the ratification of the Farun Constitution by the Faruan Constitutional Convention. The convention decided to give the Senate staggered terms, as prior to Infaru 4, Chat servers rarely ever lasted very long. At first, the terms were six weeks, with elections every two weeks, however that quickly showed to be too fast paced for the playerbase, and by the 2nd Senate the terms were lengthened to eight weeks and the elections slowed down to every month.

Early Days

The first Senates were dominated by a right wing coalition of Whigs and Liberal-Conservatives, who governed and legislated under the guidance of Premier Velik iz Dunska. During the first Senate, professionalism and seriousness were far from the norm: shouting, fighting, and what would be considered unsenatorial behavior today were plaguing meetings, with some Senators qualifying their tenure as "boring" [1]. This changed by the second Senate, where rules of conduct were ratified and powers given to the Speaker, which enabled the body to operate in a more dynamic yet orderly way.

A walkout, which was typical behavior in the early Senate.

The Senate kept being dominated by the right wing, even following the expansion of the Senate from five to seven seats, due to the left being disorganized and failing to win any elections or canvassing enough candidates to even win in any possible scenario. The Liberal-Conservatives did many reforms with this power, and effectively sacked or otherwise weakened institutions that were put forward by the left wing of the Constitutional Convention, such as the Public Assembly and the Presidency, which were meant as balances against the Senate. Despite this, they also instituted policy that revolutionized the country, such as creating a proper currency and reforming elections to be more fair and healthily paced.

First Dissolution

Following the election of the fourth Farun Senate and previous to the second round of a presidential election, then President John McHale dissolved the Farun Senate, as part of a gambit to grab more power for himself. Unfortunately the plan backfired, as people who would have otherwise voted for him voted for his opponent, Priest Viktor, as a result of the decision.

Post Dissolution Era

The dissolution was a major hit to the Liberal-Conservative Party, which lost many races to the short lived Libertarian Party as well as the emboldened New Farun Labor. For the few following terms, the Senate was dominated by the latter, which governed under the guise of many Premiers and coalition arrangements, first with the whigs and libertarians, and later with the Shield Party.

A chart showing the composition of the Farun Senate over time.

With the power to legislate, neolaborites put forward and implemented many progressive reforms, such as parallel proportional elections, senator recall, public referenda as a means to amend the constitution, and recognition of municipal power. The latter being a long standing contentious issue that was largely ignored by the centralist Liberal-Conservatives.

Following the September Elections, New Labor briefly lost control of the Senate, however thanks to the deterioration of attendance to the Senate, and the collapse of the Shield Party, it kept passing major legislation and even appointing favorable cabinet members.

Post Labor Era

The lack of an actual working class led New Farun Labor to collapse in late September, leaving no opposition to the Liberal-Conservative Party which managed to reach a super-majority of two thirds following the October 2024 Senate Elections.

The Senate elected Maon Vukusti as Premier, and with the strongest mandate to rule in the history of the Nation, and some major reforms were planned. Unfortunately, the massive victory quickly became a curse, as the party was overextended and found difficulty getting competent ministers. The stress from the overextension likely led to Vukusti dying of a heart attack shortly before the November 2024 Senate Elections, leaving his party to pick up the pieces.

Despite this setback, the Liberal-Conservatives saw a successful election which at least temporarily re-affirmed their gains.

After an internal power struggle then treasurer Andrej Sobczyk was chosen by the senate to be Premier, getting a cabinet together and actually initiating a slate of reforms, such as proposing constitutional changes that would limit the president's veto power and ending the stagger. He also initiated numerous smaller reforms, such as regulating and reforming the police, establishing copyright, adding to the penal code and granting autonomy to some populous regions.

Membership

See also List of Farun Senators

As per the constitution of the Republic of Faru, seats are apportioned by the Supreme Court of Faru, which draws up geographical districts that are used to elect Senators. Districts are typically of equal population, and elect a single Senator via a majority vote. Alongside this, geographical districts that meet a certain population requirement may vote in party list elections, which often elect additional Senators.

Stagger

Initially, senators were elected in staggered terms of 8 weeks, with the circuits being geographical. The Southern circuit included the southernmost districts, that being 1, 2, 3 and 4. And was elected alongside the list seats. While the Northern Circuit included the northernmost districts, that being 5, 6 and 7. The stagger was originally put in place due to server longevity concerns, however it became the target of many criticisms with attempts at abolition over the time of its existence. With the December 2024 elections, it was officially abolished, as part of the first national referendum, in a land slide 39-13 (75%-25%) vote.

Historical Composition

  FMA
  FLF
  NFL
  UP
  RP
  SP
  PP
  WP
  LCP
  NCP
  FitS
  DMP
  Vacant
05-24
2 1 2
06-24
1 1 1 1 3
06-24
1 2 1 3
07-24
1 1 1 1 3
07-24
3 1 1 2
08-24
1 3 1 2 2
09-24
1 2 1 2 3
10-24
2 1 6
11-24
1 1 1 5 1
12-24
1 4 1 1