Parliament of Ciarnesia

The Parliament of Ciarnesia (Ciarnesian: Saborita il Ciarnesca) is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Ciarnesia. Under the terms of the Constitution of the Ciarnesian Commonwealth, the Parliament represents the people and is vested with legislative power.

The Parliament is composed of 460 members elected to a two-year term on the basis of direct, universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot. The 10th Assembly of the Parliament of Ciarnesia contains a majority of Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs.

The Parliament's powers are defined by the Constitution of the Ciarnesian Commonwealth. They include defining economic, legal and political relations in Ciarnesia, preservation and use of its heritage and entering into alliances.

The Parliament has the right to deploy the Armed Forces of Ciarnesia abroad, and it may restrict some constitutional rights and liberties in wartime or in cases of imminent war or following natural disasters.

The Parliament enacts legislation, passes the state budget, declares war and decides on cessation of hostilities, adopts parliamentary resolutions and bylaws, adopts long-term national security and defence strategies, implements civil supervision of the armed forces and security services, calls referenda, performs elections and appointments conforming to the constitution and applicable legislation, supervises operations of the Government and other civil services responsible to the parliament, grants amnesty for criminal offences and performs other duties defined by the constitution.

History
The name saborita comes from the saborii kosciuluit, or Church Councils of Ciarnesian villages from the 15th century to the 18th century which regulated moral laws in the villages and raised and maintained citizens armies which served the purpose of defending the towns, specifically it's religious leaders. In the late 18th century, the Church Councils evolved into Town Councils (saborii targuluit) which managed a limited amount of local legislature in towns and cities with Ciarnesian majority populations until the 20th century.

In 1919, with the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Town Councils of the 18th-20th century were fully disbanded, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine acted as the legislative authority among Ciarnesians and the Ukrainian SSR in general. In 1956, following the autonomy of the Charnezhyian SSR, the bicameral Supreme Soviet of Ciarnesia was formed as a Parliamentary body. In 1985, the Supreme Soviet was replaced by the short-lived, unicameral Saborita of the Charnezhyian SSR which laid the foundation of the current Parliament.