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39-808: Nationalversammlung (German: National Assembly ) may refer to Frankfurt Parliament , Deutsche Nationalversammlung von 1848–1849 in Frankfurt am Main Prussian National Assembly , Preußische Nationalversammlung von 1848 Provisional National Assembly , Provisorische Nationalversammlung, 1918-1919 for the Republic of German-Austria Constituent National Assembly (Austria) , Konstituierende Nationalversammlung, 1919-1920 Weimar National Assembly , Deutsche Nationalversammlung von 1919 in Weimar,

78-467: A contentious situation in which the pan-blue coalition has only a thin majority over the governing pan-green coalition in the legislature, making the passage of bills often dependent on the votes of a few defectors and independents. Because of the party situation there have been constitutional conflicts between the Legislative Yuan and the executive branch over the process of appointment for

117-533: A fraction of the electorate to force a constitutional referendum. It was feared that allowing this to occur would result in a referendum on Taiwan independence which would likely result in a crisis with the People's Republic of China . The Legislative Yuan also proposed to give itself the power to summon the president for an annual "state of the nation" address and launch a recall of the president and vice president (proposed by one fourth and approved by two thirds of

156-509: A mandatory 180-day promulgation period, the amendment would have to be ratified by an absolute majority of all eligible voters of the ROC irrespective of voter turnout. The latter requirement would allow a party to kill a referendum proposal by asking that their voters boycott the vote as was done by the KMT with the referendums associated with the 2004 presidential election . A DPP proposal to allow

195-593: A minimum of 1 electoral district, thereby guaranteed at least one seat in the legislature, while half of the proportionally represented seats drawn from party lists must be women. Additionally, the Legislative Yuan proposed to abolish the National Assembly. Future amendments would still be proposed by the LY by a three-fourths vote from a quorum of at least three-fourths of all members of the Legislature. After

234-645: A national assembly to solve its financial problems. National Assembly is also found in some Commonwealth countries. Its use there is not a translation of Assemblée nationale , as the phrase is equally embedded in the English language. For example, at the end of the First English Civil War , an Act of Parliament, 1648, "Concerning the Members of the Classical and Congregational Presbyteries, in

273-475: A term of two years. The 4th Legislative Yuan under this period had its members expanded to 194, and its term in office was extended to 14 years because of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). According to KMT political theory, these first four sessions marked the period of political tutelage . The current Constitution of the Republic of China came into effect on 25 December 1947, and

312-417: A three-year term in 1972, fifty-two in 1975, ninety-seven in 1980, ninety-eight in 1983, one hundred in 1986, and one hundred thirty in 1989. Although the elected members of the Legislative Yuan did not have the majority to defeat legislation, they were able to use the Legislative Yuan as a platform to express political dissent . Opposition parties were formally illegal until 1991, but in the 1970s candidates to

351-551: Is a branch of government elected by the National Assembly that serves as the standing legislative body when the National Assembly is not in session. The legislators are to be elected through direct elections . In the constitution, Legislative Yuan, together with National Assembly and Control Yuan , form three chambers of a tricameral parliament according to the Judicial Yuan 's interpretation number 76 of

390-418: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Assembly The name also must be distinguished from the concept. Conceptually such an institution may appear under variety of names, especially if "national assembly" is being used to translate foreign names of the same concept into English. Also, the degree to which the National Assembly speaks for

429-486: Is possible in their original electoral districts ." In response to the increasing democracy movement in Taiwan , limited supplementary elections were held in Taiwan starting from 1969 and parts of Fujian from 1972. Legislators elected in these supplementary elections served together with those who were elected in 1948. This situation remained until a Constitutional Court ( Judicial Yuan ) ruling on 21 June 1991 that ordered

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468-869: The French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale . Consequently, the name is particularly common in Francophone countries. It was also the name of the legislature during France 's Second Republic and the Third Republic , and since 1946 has been the lower house of the French parliament , first under the Fourth Republic , and from 1958, the Fifth Republic . The expression, however, did not originate in 1789. It

507-405: The premier and whether the president has the power to call a special session. Amid 70% public support, the Legislative Yuan voted 217–1 on 23 August 2004 for a package of amendments to: The new electoral system installed in 2008 includes 73 plurality seats (one for each electoral district), 6 seats for aboriginals , with the remaining 34 seats to be filled from party lists . Every county has

546-545: The Constitution (1957). However, the later constitutional amendments in the 1990s removed the parliamentary roles from National Assembly and Control Yuan and transferred them to the Legislative Yuan, which became an unicameral parliament . The original Legislative Yuan was formed in the original capital of Nanjing after the completion of the Northern Expedition . Its 51 members were appointed to

585-661: The KMT would retake the Mainland in a short time. However, over the years, as the prospect of regaining the Mainland diminished, this meant that the legislators from mainland districts (and members of the ruling KMT) held their seats for life, in a one-party system. The body thus came to be called "the Non-reelected Congress". Over the years, deceased members elected on the mainland were not replaced while additional seats were created for Taiwan starting with eleven seats in 1969. Fifty-one new members were elected to

624-420: The Legislative Yuan as "the parliament" ( 國會 ; Guóhuì ; Kok-hōe ). Under the current amended Constitution , the Legislative Yuan, as the only parliamentary body, also holds the power to initiate several constitutional processes, including initiating constitutional amendments (then determined by a national referendum ), recalls of the president (then determined by a recall vote ), and impeachments of

663-464: The Legislative Yuan have to be cosigned by a certain number of legislators. Once a bill reaches the legislature, it is subject to a process of three readings. The concept of Legislative Yuan was introduced by Sun Yat-sen 's Three Principles of the People . The theory proposed a separation of powers into five branches ( 五院 ; wǔyuàn ; gō͘-īⁿ ). The Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory,

702-458: The Legislative Yuan passed a Lobbying Act. The Kuomintang -led government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan in 1949, the year following the first legislative elections (1948) after the enactment of the 1947 constitution. As the Kuomintang government continues to claim sovereignty over Mainland China , the term of the original legislators was extended until "re-election

741-764: The Legislative Yuan would run as Tangwai ("outside the party"), and in 1985 candidates began to run under the banner of the Democratic Progressive Party . The members of the Legislative Yuan with extended terms remained until 31 December 1991, when as part of subsequent Judicial Yuan ruling they were forced to retire and the members elected in 1989 remained until the 161 members of the Second Legislative Yuan were elected in December 1992. The third LY, elected in 1995, had 157 members serving 3-year terms. The fourth LY, elected in 1998,

780-533: The Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution . The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing each constituencies of all China (includes provinces , municipalities , Tibet Area , and various professions in Mainland China ). Until democratization,

819-487: The Republic of China constitution. This is different from the Legislative Yuan by the ROC constitution. In 2005, Taiwan revised the constitution and the national assembly was abolished. Examples have multiplied greatly under the policy of self-determination adopted by the western nations. Many more are to be found in the articles listed below. Perhaps the best known National Assembly was that established during

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858-422: The Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo . At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a rubber stamp for the ruling regime of the Kuomintang . Like parliaments or congresses of other countries , the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation , which is then sent to the president for signing. For these similarities, it is also common for people to refer to

897-533: The Sun Yat-sen Hall in Taipei. The first Legislative Yuan was to have been elected for a term of three years ending in 1951; however, the fall of mainland China made it impossible to hold new elections. As a result, the Judicial Yuan decided that the members of the Legislative Yuan would continue to hold office until new elections could be held on the Mainland. This decision was made in the belief that

936-732: The United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei . The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanjing ,

975-499: The beginning of their 4-year terms. President and vice president of the Legislative Yuan sometimes translate to speaker and deputy speaker respectively in English . Like legislatures of other countries , the Legislative Yuan holds the following power according to the current amended Constitution : Other governmental organs are authorized to propose legislative bills to the Legislative Yuan. Legislative bills proposed to

1014-401: The citizens the right to initiate constitutional referendums was pulled off the table, due to a lack of support. The proposal was criticized for dangerously lowering the threshold for considering a constitutional amendment. Whereas a three-fourths vote of the LY would require that any proposed constitutional amendment have a broad political consensus behind it, a citizen's initiative would allow

1053-1520: The concept is the same. (Aiwān-e-Zairīñ)/قومی اسمبلی (Qọ̄mī Assembly) when it was renamed to a parliament, "the Welsh Parliament" or the direct Welsh translation "Senedd Cymru" (simply as Senedd ) Legislative Yuan Opposition Lai Ching-te ( DPP ) Hsiao Bi-khim ( DPP ) Cho Jung-tai ( DPP ) 11th Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu ( KMT ) Shieh Ming-yan acting Vacant Vacant Vacant Control Yuan Chen Chu Lee Hung-chun Local government Central Election Commission Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Taipei Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship Lin Chia-lung Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and

1092-543: The first Legislative session convened in Nanjing on 18 May 1948, with 760 members. Six preparatory meetings had been held on 8 May 1948, during which Sun Fo and Chen Li-fu were elected president and vice president of the body. In 1949, the mainland fell to the Communist Party and the Legislative Yuan (along with the entire ROC government) was transplanted to Taipei . On 24 February 1950, 380 members convened at

1131-452: The international community of nations since the 18th and 19th centuries, considered the Age of Revolution in western Europe. Nations that formed republics in this age subsequently formed empires. Extensive cross-cultural influences brought much of their language and institutions to the provinces. When these empires collapsed finally, the emancipated countries formed states and other institutions on

1170-485: The legislators and be submitted to a nationwide referendum for approval or rejection by majority vote). The Legislative Yuan will also have the power to propose the impeachment of the president or vice president to the Council of Grand Justices . An ad hoc National Assembly was elected and formed in 2005 to ratify the amendments. The downsized Legislative Yuan took effect after the 2008 elections . On 20 July 2007,

1209-523: The model of the former imperial nations. Some examples of international influences are as follows: In Germany , a Nationalversammlung was elected following the revolutions of 1848–1849 and 1918–1919 , to be replaced by a permanent parliament ( Reichstag ) later. The legislature of the Estado Novo regime in Portugal was known as the National Assembly. The national assembly was also defined in

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1248-463: The nation is a variable. To achieve a quorum, the ancient Athenian Assembly employed Scythian police to arrest citizens at random from the street. On the other hand, the early Parliaments of Europe were mainly of an aristocratic composition. The word had its origins and inspirations from the National Assembly that was responsible for drafting a constitution during the French Revolution . The exact words, "national assembly," have been used prolifically in

1287-717: The parliament of the Weimar Republic Badische Nationalversammlung von 1919, the assembly for Baden Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nationalversammlung . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nationalversammlung&oldid=1255496382 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing German-language text Short description

1326-549: The president (then tried by the Constitutional Court ). Starting with the 2008 legislative elections , changes were made to the Legislative Yuan in accordance with a constitutional amendment passed in 2005 . The Legislative Yuan has 113 members serving four-year terms; 73 members are elected by first-past-the-post , 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote , and 34 by party-list proportional representation . The current Legislative Yuan

1365-512: The several counties of the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales," establishes a national congregational church in England and Wales, corresponding to the presbyteries of Scotland. The language is: "The National Assembly shall be constituted of members chosen by and sent from the several Provincial Assemblies." This National Assembly appears to have no direct link to any French words, although

1404-611: Was already in use in the French language of the times. Louis XIII of France (1601–1643), par la grace de Dieu Roy de France & de Navarre , in a Declaration of April 14, 1627, concerning the sovereignty of his kingdom, prohibits ministers of foreign countries from any jurisdiction in France, citing, as precedent, his Lettres de Declaration of April 17, 1623, forbidding religious officials from treating with foreign countries. He describes his Declaration as ordonné qu'en Assemblées Provinciales & Nationales des nosdites sujets . This

1443-559: Was expanded to 225 members in part to include legislators from the abolished provincial legislature of Taiwan Province . The Legislative Yuan greatly increased its prominence after the 2000 presidential elections in Taiwan when the Executive Yuan and presidency was controlled by the Democratic Progressive Party while the Legislative Yuan had a large majority of Kuomintang members. The legislative elections in late 2001 produced

1482-414: Was inaugurated on February 1, 2024, and its term expires on January 31, 2028. The 5 largest parties with 3 seats or more can form caucuses. If there are fewer than 5 such parties, legislators in other parties or with no party affiliation can form caucuses with at least 4 members. The president and vice president of the Legislative Yuan are elected by the 113 legislators during a preparatory session in

1521-596: Was the "registration" that the Parlement of Paris refused to perform for Louis XVI of France in 1787–1788. When the Estates-General of 1789 formed the National Assembly of 1789, they did not believe they were instituting anything new. In the Assembly of Notables of 1787, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette had used National Assembly and Estates General synonymously when he suggested that France needed

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