Politics in the Vatican States

# ***Legislative power***

**The Legislative power of the Vatican States is in charge of the congress that is Bicameral, it is divided into the Upper House and the Lower House, the House of Representatives which is the lower house and the Senate the upper house, There are a total of 80 senators, 4 per each state and 100 Representatives, 5 for each state.**

### **-*House of Representatives of the Vatican States***

**It is the lower house of congress made up of 100 representatives with a salary of USD 170,000 per year.**

### **-Senate of the Vatican States**

**It is the upper house of congress made up of 80 senators with a salary of 174,000 USD per year.**

# ***Power of attorney***

### ***-Supreme Court of the Vatican States***

**It is composed of 9 judges (1 president and 8 associate judges), it is in charge of the judiciary, creating laws and also important cases of the kingdom, they have a floor of 200,000 USD per year.**

### ***-District Courts of the Vatican States***

**It is in charge of normal trials and is divided into districts in total there are 400 districts, 20 per state, there are 50 judges per district with a salary of 80,000 dollars a year.**

# ***Executive power***

### ***-King of the Vatican States***

**He is the Head of State, elected by birth and with a lifelong duration, He receives the treatment of His Majesty, Represents the state and has Judicial, Legislative and Executive power, has the power to convene or dissolve Parliament, each year on The king inaugurates the parliament and before a bill becomes law, the king must approve it, the king can forgive or show mercy to the convicted and has immunity against any civil or judicial process and cannot be sued in a court of law, the King grants and removes royal and ceremonial titles, also any civil or military decoration, the king is in charge of receiving foreign leaders as well as endorsing treaties, Declarations of Peace and War, recognition of state and Foreign Governments and annexations and transfers of territories and He is also the head of the Catholic Church in the country (he does not interfere with the papacy), his salary is 5,000,000 USD per year.**

### ***-Prime Minister***

**He is the Head of Government, the Prime Minister recommends to the King the appointment of many public positions, heads of the armed forces and other officials of the public administration, he is also the Commander of the armed forces, his salary is 1,000,000 USD per Year.**

### ***-Deputy Prime Minister***

**He is in charge of being the replacement of the president when he is out of the country, sick or when the president does not have the capacity to govern, is dead, resigns or is involved in any crime, his salary is 400,000 USD per year.**

### ***-Vatican Cabinet***

**They are in charge of managing the department or assigned secretary and also of advising the prime minister on decisions related to his position in the cabinet, for example: the Secretary of State is in charge of advising the prime minister on foreign policy, his salary is 300,000 USD per year.**

# ***Presidential, Parliamentary and General Elections***

**It depends on the assigned periods, every January 10 elections are held depending on what it is, for example, every 4 years on January 10 they choose a Prime Minister, every 5 years on January 10 a mayor and so on with the other positions, the vote is secret and they are through electoral machines that the fingerprint and the iris must be registered in order to vote**