Synekio Laida

The Synekio Laida is one of the legislative bodies of Kaisa, alongside the Ilakidi Koudagaton. It is composed of 418 members, split between the administrative regions of Kaisa based on population. Elections for the congress are open to all citizens of Kaisa, though with some restrictions based on nationality and other characteristics. The Synekio has gone through three periods since its formation, marked by changes to the electoral system and the powers of the Synekio. These changes have had the effect of weakening the already paltry legislative abilities of the body and further subordinating it to the Symvouli Tiporé, which has contributed to the unrest behind the Daffodil Revolution.

Powers

Upon its creation, the Synekio was given the ability to pass legislation, as well as to veto legislation coming from the Ilakidi Koudagaton. However, it exists at the pleasure of the Symvouli Tiporé, which has the power to dissolve the body and force new elections. It only took three years for this to happen for the first time. In 1337, the social liberals of the Psiforos Kampa Kaisa pushed forward a vote to pass land reform legislation, which terrified the nobility of Kaisa. In response, the Symvouli passed a decree dissolving the Synekio. Before new elections were called, legislation was passed by the Ilakidi requiring any legislation from the Synekio to pass through the Ilakidi before being put into law, as well as granting the Symvouli veto powers over any legislation from the Synekio.

History

Until 1334 CE, the Ilakidi was the only legislative body in Kaisa, but during the Revolution of 1333, the Symvouli created the Synekio as a concession to the moderate liberal components of the revolution, hoping to divide the revolutionaries.This worked. By mid-1335, the Kaisadroupolis Commune had been destroyed and the revolutionaries were on the run.   The first elections for the Synekio Laida were held late in 1334 and were dominated by social liberals. At that point, socialist and radical parties were either banned from or boycotting the Synekio. This first period lasted until 1337, when the Symvouli dissolved the Synekio to prevent the passage of land reform legislation that would have given land that was left unused by the state or rural landowners to peasants. The Synekio's powers were weakened, but when the new elections were held in 1338, several socialist parties decided to participate in the elections. This included the Stasipana Kampa Isostathiko (SKI), which became the largest socialist party in Kaisa.   For the next several years, the Synekio struggled to achieve any real gains, with the radical parties often unwilling to work together and pitted against more moderate liberal and reactionary parties. Even when the radicals joined together, the Ilakidi rarely allowed any serious reforms to pass. The Synekio was made even more toothless at the start of the Last War, when the Ilakidi passed a bill to grant wartime emergency powers to the Symvouli, which would allow them to pass temporary executive decrees that would act as legislation, bypassing the Synekio entirely. The SKI raised a motion to veto, but in the nationalist fervor that marked the beginning of the war, even the Psiforos Kampa Kaisa voted to pass the bill, with one member justifying the decision by arguing that the Symvouli would have simply dissolved the Synekio if the legislation had not passed.   At the start of the war, much of the Synekio, even many of the deputies from more radical parties, were gripped by patriotic sentiment and shied away from any action that could harm the wartime efforts. However, as the war dragged on and became increasingly unpopular, many felt that the Symvouli was mismanaging the war. Three political blocs formed. The Tiporéa was a bloc of mostly reactionaries and nationalists, with a handful of conservative liberals in the mix. They believed that the Synekio's role, especially during the war, was to fully back the Symvouli. Many in the bloc even believed the Synekio should be dissolved permanently or relegated to an advisory role. The Reformists was a bloc of social liberals and moderates, believing that the war should be supported but that the Symvouli should hand power over to the Synekio, embracing a fully republican government. Finally, the Obstructionists was a bloc of socialists, and oddly some echelarists, that opposed the war entirely. The Reformists was consistently the largest bloc throughout the war, and while they were unable to achieve much politically, the Synekio became a site of constant debate and often angry arguments.   In 1350, when the Symvouli moved to disarm the Kaisan Army because of widespread mutiny and fears of brewing revolution, Stamatia Nevrakis of the SKI gave a speech before the Synekio Laida decrying the actions of the Symvouli and resigning from the Synekio. Following the speech, every deputy of her party got up and followed her out of the Synekio chambers. The Kopthosi Kampa Stasipaniko and most of the Psiforos Kampa Kaisa followed shortly afterwards, both parties declaring their support for the Daffodils. The Symvouli reacted by dissolving the Synekio for the second time, promising that new elections would be held once the unrest settled.

Composition

Party	Seats in 1350
Stasipana Kampa Isostathiko	36
Kopthosi Kampa Stasipaniko	16
Psiforos Kampa Kaisa	100
Pateritakos Kampa Psifora	117
Kampa Matriopiko	54
Psiforikos Ypnikada	70
Entropi Kaisiko	25