House of Commons of AteneoCord

The AteneoCord House of Commons is the legislature and Congress of AteneoCord. It is Unicameral, composed of one body. The House of Commons meets in the AteneoCord Congress Server.
The House is composed of 12 Members of Parliament (MP). Each MPs, serves a total of 2 months with no term limits, who are elected at-large(the server forms one district in its elections) under plurality-at-large voting.
Aside from having its concurrence on every bill in order to be passed for the Administrator's approvals to become a law, the House is the only body that can concur with treaties, and can try impeachment cases. The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of the House. They are elected by the entire body to be their leader. The current officeholder is Star Fox 12.
==History==
The First attempt in creating an AteneoCord Parliament came from the user Keyaru. He proposed the Democratic Panel of Representatives, which would serve as the server's Democratically Elected Legislature to Server Owner Theo in order to curb the powers of the Head Staff position in the aftermath of the October 22nd Revolution. Although this idea was rejected by the owner, the foundation and the idea of a Parliament continued to haunt the minds of prominent AteneoCord members. 
The idea of an AteneoCord Parliament had it's resurgence in the aftermath of the November 18th Revolution. With the return of Democracy, U2 and BlookyNapstaaaa once again proposed the idea of a Legislature for the server, which was renamed to the AteneoCord House of Commons. Their proposals both passed the Staff Vote and a Server-wide Referendum. The First legislative elections were held on December 20, 2021.
Parliament finally convened on the same day and served as AteneoCord's Unicameral Congress from thereon until the declaration of martial lawby the Administrators in March 2, 2022 which shut down Congress. The Congress was resurrected in March 28, 2022 upon the termination of martial lawand has since then continued its purpose.
== Composition ==
The Members of Parliament are elected at large by the entire electorate. The rationale for this rule intends to make the Parliament a fair place for all communities, and to avoid a dominance between Ateneo de Manila University and Ateneo de Davao University, the two biggest communities in the server that accounts for more than half of the population.
In the Parliament, the officers are the Speaker of the House, Deputy Speaker of the House, House Majority Leader and House Minority Leader who are be elected by the MPs themselves.
== Powers ==
The House of Commons has the following Powers:
=== Censure and Expulsion ===
Parliament has powers to punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. 
=== Contested Elections ===
Parliament has powers to be the judge of the “elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members" to look out for any fraud, and rule-breakings that occurred on the elections such as vote buying. 
=== Declarations of War ===
Parliament is the only branch of Government that has the power of Declaring War. 
=== Impeachment ===
Parliament has powers to impeach Members of the Staff, in effect serving as prosecutor. The Parliament has the sole power to conduct impeachment trials, essentially serving as jury and judge.
=== Investigation ===
Parliament has powers to investigate Members of the Staff, fellow MPs and individual members, and may punish them if they were proven to commit a major offense.
=== Nominations ===
Parliament has powers to Nominate Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls.
=== Parliament Rules ===
Parliament has powers to create and implement it's own Rules.
=== Treaties ===
Parliament has powers to to approve, by a two-thirds vote, treaties made by the executive branch. 
=== Voting ===
Parliament takes action on bills, resolutions, amendments, motions, nominations, and treaties by voting. MPs vote in a variety of ways, including roll call votes, voice votes, and unanimous consent.
==Current members==
Member of Parliament 	Party 	Bloc 	Term Number
Datu 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	3rd Term
Kumi 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	3rd Term
Claire 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	4th Term
U2.5 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	2nd Term
Mackenzine 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	3rd Term
Vernanman 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	1st Term
U1 	🟤 LPPA 	Minority	1st Term
Milkman 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	1st Term
Star Fox 12 	⚪Independent 	Majority	5th Term
Phantom 	🟣 PPM 	Majority	3rd Term
Distinguished Gentleman	🟠 PDP-Laban 	Majority	4th Term
Minato Kishida 	🟤 LPPA 	Minority	1st Term
== Historical makeup ==
This is how the House looked like after the beginning of every Congress since its founding. The parties are arranged, with independents at the rightmost side. Vacancies or nonexistent seats are denoted by dashes after the independents. MPs may switch parties or become independents mid-term.
=== First Congress ===
Bloc
* ✔️ - Majority Bloc
* ❌ - Minority Bloc
Party
* 🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
* 🟦 - McGucket Party
* 🟥 - Ateneo Communist Party
* 🟪 - National Rebirth League
* ⬜ - Independent
* -- / Vacant Seat
Date 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
December 20-23 2021 	✔️
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December 23-30 2021 	✔️
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=== Second Congress ===
Bloc
* ✔️ - Majority Bloc
* ❌ - Minority Bloc
Party
* 🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
* 🟦 - McGucket Party
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February 20 - March 2, 2022	✔️
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=== Third Congress ===
Bloc
* ✔️ - Majority Bloc
* ❌ - Minority Bloc
*⚫ - Independent Bloc
Party
* 🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
* 🟦 - Tsukumizu Democratic Party
*🟨 - Ateneans for the Mission to Defend the Gospel
*🟥 - Hukbong Atenista Laban sa Modulismo
* 🟩 - Raccoon Independence Party
*🟪 - Pambansang Partido Maharlika
* ⬜ - Independent
*-- / Vacant Seat
Date 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
June 30 - July 8 2022 	✔️
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=== Fourth Congress ===
Blocs
*✔️ - Majority Bloc
* ❌ - Minority Bloc
Party
*🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
*🟨 - Ateneans for the Mission to Defend the Gospel
*🟪 - Pambansang Partido Maharlika
*⬛ - Legion Party
* ⬜ - Independent
Date 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Aug 20 - Sept 14, 2022	✔️
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=== Fifth Congress ===
Blocs
*✔️ - Majority Bloc
Party
*🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
*🟪 - Pambansang Partido Maharlika
*🟦 - Kessoku Party
* ⬜ - Independent
Date 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Oct 20 - Nov 20	✔️
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=== Sixth Congress ===
Blocs
*✔️ - Majority Bloc
* ❌ - Minority Bloc
Party
*🟧 - People's Democratic Party - People's Power
*🟪 - Pambansang Partido Maharlika
*🟫 - L'Parti Populaire D'Ateneo
*⬜ - Independent
Date 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Dec 20 - Present	✔️
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== List of Speakers of the House ==
#	Speaker of the House	Party 	Tenure of Office 	Congress
1	U2 	⚪Independent 	December 20, 2021 - February 20, 2022
(2 months)	1st Congress
2	Keyaru 	⚪Independent 	February 20, 2022 - March 2, 2022
(11 days)	2nd Congress
3	BlookyNapstaaaa 	🟡 AMDG 	June 30, 2022 - August 14, 2022
(1 month and 25 days)	3rd Congress
4	U2 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	August 14, 2022 - October 20, 2022
(1 month and 18 days)	3rd & 4th Congress
5	Moist 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	October 1, 2022 - October 20, 2022
(19 days)	4th Congress
6	Claire 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	October 20, 2022 - December 20, 2022
(2 months)	5th Congress
7	Star Fox 12 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	December 20, 2022 - Present	6th & 7th Congress
== List of Deputy Speakers of the House ==
#	Dep. Speaker of the House	Party 	Tenure of Office 	Congress
1	Keyaru 	⚪Independent 	December 20, 2021 - February 20, 2022
(2 months)	1st Congress
2	U2 	⚪Independent 	February 20, 2022 - March 2, 2022
(11 days)	2nd Congress
3	Keyaru 	🔵TKDP 	June 30, 2022 - July 10, 2022
(15 days)	3rd Congress
4	U2 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	July 10, 2022 - August 14, 2022
(1 month and 4 days)	3rd Congress
5	BlookyNapstaaaa 	🟡 AMDG 	August 14, 2022 - October 20, 2022
(2 months and 6 days)	3rd & 4th Congress
6	Star Fox 	⚪Independent 	October 20, 2022 - December 20, 2022
(2 months)	5th Congress
7	U2.5 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	December 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023
(2 months)	6th Congress
8	BlookyNapstaaaa 	🟣 HDGP 	February 23, 2023 - March 5, 2023
(10 days)	7th Congress
9	Remmacaroni 	🔵 NPP 	March 5, 2023 - Present	7th Congress
== List of House Majority Leaders ==
# 	House Maj. Leader	Party 	Tenure of Office 	Congress
1 	Gort 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	December 20, 2021 - February 20, 2022
(2 months)	1st Congress
2 	Remmacaroni 	🔵McGucket 	February 20, 2022 - March 2, 2022
(11 days)	2nd Congress
3 	U2 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	July 1, 2022 - July 8, 2022
(7 days)	3rd Congress
4 	Robbie Rotten 	🔵TKDP 	July 8, 2022 - August 14, 2022
(1 month and 6 days)	3rd Congress
5 	Wayne 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	August 14, 2022 - August 20, 2022
(6 days)	3rd Congress
6 	Datu 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	August 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022
(2 months)	4th Congress
7 	Mackenzine 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	October 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023
(4 months)	5th & 6th Congress
8 	Isa 	🔵NPP 	February 20, 2023 - March 5, 2023
(13 days)	7th Congress
9 	Mackenzine 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	March 5, 2023 - March 9, 2023
(4 days)	7th Congress
10	Isa 	🔵NPP 	March 9, 2023 - Present	7th Congress
== List of House Minority Leaders ==
# 	House Min. Leader 	Party 	Tenure of Office 	Congress
1 	Remmacaroni 	🔵McGucket 	December 20, 2021 - February 20, 2022
(2 months)	1st Congress
2 	Distinguished Gentlemen	🟠 PDP-Laban 	February 20, 2022 - March 2, 2022
(11 days)	2nd Congress
3 	Robbie Rotten 	🔵TKDP 	June 30, 2022 - July 8, 2022
(8 days)	3rd Congress
4 	Wayne 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	July 8, 2022 - August 14, 2022
(1 month and 6 days)	3rd Congress
5 	Robbie Rotten 	🔵TKDP 	August 14, 2022 - August 14, 2022
(1 day)	3rd Congress
6 	Star Fox 	⚪Independent 	August 14, 2022 - October 20, 2022
(2 months and 6 days)	3rd & 4th Congress
 	Vacant 	 	October 20, 2022 - December 20, 2022
(2 months)	5th Congress
7 	U1 	🟤 LPPA 	December 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023
(2 months)	6th Congress
8 	Mackenzine 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	February 20, 2023 - March 5, 2023
(13 days)	7th Congress
9 	Isa 	🔵NPP 	March 5, 2023 - March 9, 2023
(4 days)	7th Congress
10	Mackenzine 	🟠 PDP-Laban 	March 9, 2023 - Present	7th Congress
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