What Does a Councillor Do?

Yìyuán parliament, member of congressman; congresswoman

[yì yuán]

Yìyuán parliament, member of congressman; congresswoman

They exercise budget review powers, listen to reports and inquiries on administrative agencies at the same level, and some parliaments have legislative powers and personnel consent powers. Depending on the idioms used in different regions, the names also include "legislators" (legislators in Taiwan), deputies to the People's Congress (People's Republic of China), and members of the Legislative Council (Hong Kong SAR).

In some countries or local executive heads are elected by members of the parliament at that level.

Chinese name

Member of parliament

Foreign name

parliament, member of congressman; congresswoman

Japanese

Called Congress in the central public opinion (senate,

Usually, members of the parliament are protected in the forum, speeches and votes in the meeting are not responsible to the outside world, and they have the privilege not to be arrested. Some (lower-level) parliaments are protected from arrest only during the session, while some central parliaments are protected regardless of the duration of the session or during the recess.

Take Taiwan as an example:

Article 73 of the "Constitution" stipulates that "The speeches and votes of legislators in the court are irresponsible outside the court."

Article 74 of the Constitution provides that "legislators, except

Members of Parliament are directly elected by citizens or indirectly elected by local councils at the next lower level, or according to the proportion of political parties.

Local parliamentarians are directly elected by local people at that level or indirectly elected by local parliaments at the next lower level.

Members are responsible for the voters or the institution that generated him. Usually, the members who are elected by voting can be dismissed. According to the proportion of political parties (not divided), members cannot be dismissed unless they lose their party membership.

There is a single or multiple constituency for parliamentary elections.

A single constituency means that only one member is elected in each constituency. This system is more advantageous for strong political parties. In multiple constituencies, multiple members can be elected in each constituency. This method can guarantee the election of small party or non-party candidates. Under this system (especially the non-transferable system), candidates of the same party must avoid excessive votes for one or two of them, which leads to the election of only a few people in the party, thus creating a voting mechanism.

Usually in law or internal regulations of parliaments, members of the parliament have a personal interest

The speaker and vice-chairman are elected by all members of the parliament, so the chairperson and vice-chairman also have the status of members. However, in general, the Speaker, or the Vice-Chairman as the chairman, or the member who is the chairman, should remain neutral, and additional votes will be cast unless the votes are equal. (The chairman of the U.S. Senate is the vice president and does not serve as a senator.)