Valoria

Representative Bodies

Valoria separates its state congress from its Party congress so representation, legislation, Party direction, and leadership confirmation have different homes.

The claim

What this institution is meant to do.

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Plain English

There are two national congresses: one runs core state decisions, and the other organizes Party direction and leadership confirmation.

Common Concern

A congress can become a closed professional class. The proposed design uses rotation, sortition, functional representation, and support for ordinary delegates.

The National Congress

The National Congress is the highest state representative body. It legislates, approves budgets, oversees government, confirms major appointments, amends the constitution, and conducts authorized removal proceedings.

It contributes to planning through consultation rather than a final veto: Congress debates a proposed Five-Year Plan, hears the State Executive Council’s reports, questions ministers, and scrutinizes implementation, while the Plan receives legal force through Party central approval and the State Executive Council.

Its working design combines randomly selected ordinary Party members with workers, youth, regional delegates, experts, Party officials, cooperatives, and civic bodies.

Ordinary members (sortition)2,160
Experts and specialists360
Party officials360
Workers and unions270
Youth and students180
Regional delegates180
Cooperatives and civic bodies90

Working design: 3,600 National Congress delegatesEvery delegate is a full Party member; non-Party experts advise and testify but hold no seat. One-fifth of seats turn over each year, and sortition delegates cannot serve consecutive terms.

Composition of the National Congress working design of 3,600 delegates: 2,160 randomly selected ordinary Party members (60 percent); 360 experts, scientists, engineers, physicians, and educators (10 percent); 360 Party officials (10 percent); 270 workers and union representatives (7.5 percent); 180 youth and student delegates (5 percent); 180 regional delegates (5 percent); and 90 cooperative and civic-body delegates (2.5 percent).

Working design: 3,600 National Congress delegates
Category	Delegates	Share
Ordinary members (sortition)	2,160	60%
Experts and specialists	360	10%
Party officials	360	10%
Workers and unions	270	8%
Youth and students	180	5%
Regional delegates	180	5%
Cooperatives and civic bodies	90	3%
Total	3,600	100%

The National Party Congress

The National Party Congress is separate. It confirms the General Secretary and Head of State, elects the Central Committee, and reviews Party direction.

Its representation is intended to include territorial branches, workers, youth, experts, public institutions, cooperatives, regions, and civic bodies rather than only Party administrators.

The Standing Committee and its Chair

Between full sessions, a Standing Committee of roughly 300 members carries the Congress’s continuing work, with the same mix of sortition, functional, and expert representation in miniature.

Its Chair serves a five-year term that permits up to three terms. Each renewal must pass four gates: Standing Committee performance review, Council of Experts competence and ethics review, Party renomination, and re-election by the full National Congress.

Ordinary members (sortition)180
Experts and scientists30
Party officials30
Workers and unions23
Youth delegates15
Regional delegates15
Cooperatives and civic bodies7

Working design: ≈300 Standing Committee membersWorker and cooperative counts are approximate in the canon.

Composition of the National Congress Standing Committee working design of approximately 300 members: 180 randomly selected ordinary Party-member delegates; 30 experts and scientists; 30 Party officials; approximately 23 workers and union delegates; 15 youth delegates; 15 regional delegates; and approximately 7 cooperative and civic delegates. The counts of workers and cooperative delegates are approximate.

Working design: ≈300 Standing Committee members
Category	Members	Share
Ordinary members (sortition)	180	60%
Experts and scientists	30	10%
Party officials	30	10%
Workers and unions	23	8%
Youth delegates	15	5%
Regional delegates	15	5%
Cooperatives and civic bodies	7	2%
Total	300	100%

Standing Committee Chair renewal sequenceEvery renewal of the Chair walks the same four gates. Failing any one halts the renewal — the term limit still applies.

Each renewal of the Standing Committee Chair — whose five-year term permits up to three terms — must pass four gates: Standing Committee performance review, Council of Experts competence and ethics review, Party renomination, and re-election by the full National Congress. Failing any gate halts the renewal.

Standing Committee Chair renewal sequence
Step 1	Performance review — Standing Committee
Step 2	Competence and ethics review — Council of Experts
Step 3	Party renomination
Step 4	National Congress re-election — full Congress

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