Senate of WolvHaven

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Senate
of the Federal Republic of WolvHaven
13th Parliament
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Type
Type Upper House of the Parliament of WolvHaven
Leadership
Presiding Officer HE SilverWolv, IP
Since 1 April 2017
Deputy Presiding Officer Vacant
Since 16 March 2020
Leader of the Government
in the Senate
Vacant
Since 24 June 2017
Manager of
Government Business
Vacant
Since 24 June 2017
Leader of the Opposition
in the Senate
Rt. Hon. quarxilon, CFD
Since 1 June 2020
Manager of
Opposition Business
Vacant
Since 24 June 2017
Seats 9
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Political groups

Government

  • N/A

Opposition

Crossbench

  •      Independent (6)
  •      Vacant (13)
Elections
Voting system Appointment by the President
Last Election 2016 (Administrator Election)
Meeting place
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Senate chamber
Parliament House
Capitol Island, WolvHaven City

The Senate of WolvHaven is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of WolvHaven. It is referred to as the upper house, with the House of Representatives being referred to as the lower house. The term of members of the Senate serves a lifetime. The Senate also acts as a house of review and amends any legislation passed by the lower house to improve it or rejects it entirely.

The Senate currently consists of 9 members, who are appointed by the President of WolvHaven. They are the group of specially selected members based on their expertise.

Role

The Senate acts as an 'House of Review' to keep the government which have power in the House of Representatives in check.

History

The Senate was called the Legislative Council, and it was established in 2015 when NewWolvHaven was well established. The original members of the General Assembly were moved to the Legislative Council and this house have the power to appoint members to the House of Representatives. In 2017, a new parliamentary system was put in place, the Legislative Council was renamed to the Senate.

Members and elections

Senators are appointed by the President. Administrators in the staff team are ex officio members of the Senate. When there is a newly appointed Administrator in the staff team, that Administrator automatically become a Senator. In some occasions, the President may appoint moderators to the Senate, but this has only happened once (October 2017 appointment of GukkyGukz and chickenjoshbwak, the latter later become Admin). Before the staff elections was cancelled in 2017, Administrator Election was held by a popular vote to promote a moderator to administrator, but the vote was non-binding. The final decision was made by the Council in majority consent.

Current composition

See also: Parliament of WolvHaven/13th
All 8 Admins of WolvHaven are members of the Senate, there is also one moderator who is also a Senator. There are currently 6      Independent Senators and 3 Senators from      Citizens for Democracy.

Affiliation Current
     Independent 6
     Citizens for Democracy 3
     Vacant 13
Total 22

Government:

  • N/A

Opposition:

Crossbench:

  •      Independent HE SilverWolv, President, Senator
  •      Independent Rt. Hon. Carew, Senator
  •      Independent Rt. Hon. Axton, Senator
  •      Independent Rt. Hon. Nixholas, Senator
  •      Independent Rt. Hon. jotch, Senator
  •      Independent Rt. Hon. mopsistudios. Senator