UEE Senate

The Senate of the United Empire of Earth is the legislative organ within of the UEE. The Senate consists of humans and non-human senators. Every Senator is an representant of his legislation, which is based on a planet.

History
It is unknown when the Senate of the UEE was formed. While the UEE was under the influence of the Messer Regime, Senator Terrence Akari negotiated a peace treaty with the Xi'An in 2789. In those times resolutions of the senate were non-binding for the Imperator. The xenophobic opposition of Messer XI against this resolution, his repression and the massacre of Garron II as well as growing resistance ended the Messer Era. The Senate and the Office of the Imperator however survived.

Legislation
A planet must be reached statehood and recognised by the Imperator to send a senator to the Senate. Senators are elected by the citizens of this planet. Some planets have more than one seat (therefore more than one senator) in the senate.

A Senator is elected for five years (one legislative period) and can serve an unlimited number of terms. Atsuki Evan has served at least six decades (14 or 15 terms, at least 72-75 years) until he retired in 2946.

The Senate acts like a parliament with the senators as legislators. It is passes bills and discusses the budget of the UEE as well as the UEE military and advises the Imperator in questions of foreign policy. Senators are working in several commissions, called Subcommittees.

Chairman of the Senate is the Speaker.

Political Parties
The Senate consist of individual senators, but they are often member of a political party. The three major's are Transitionalists, Centralists and Universalists. It is currently unknown if political parties in the UEE are nominating senators democratically and which influence political parties have.

Composition
There is currently not much known about the composition of the senate.

Earth has 5 senators. Aremis, Jalan, Kampos, Locke, Green, Lorona, Terra, Angeli, Borea, Asura, Vann and Cestulus have at least one senator. Jalan is currently the only known world with a non-human senator, Suj Kossi.

Oath of Office
Version, spoken by Edward Aemile after his appointment to serve as Senator pro tempore in 2946:"I, Edward Javier Aemile, do solemnly vow that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United Empire of Earth, that I will support and defend the Empire against all enemies, that I will not let injustice stand within the law and use reason and compassion to seek change through the law, that I will use this power granted to me to serve the best interests of all Humanity and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."