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{{Infobox legislature
 | background_color   = #f1c647
 | text_color         = #000000
 | name               = College of Representative
 | native_name        = Collegium Legatorum
 | legislature        = [[College of Representative of Livana (Pacifica)|2023–2025]]
 | coa_pic            = Livana New Coat of Arms 1024.png
 | coa_res            = 
 | house_type         = Lower house
 | term_limits        = 2
 | body               = Parliament of Livana
 | leader1_type       = [[Collegiate Speaker of Livana (Pacifica)|Collegiate Speaker]]
 | leader1            = [[Ronald Josiah (Pacifica)|Ronald Josiah]]
 | party1             = (Independent)
 | election1          = 2 January 2020
 |leader2             = [[Jonathan Parker (Pacifica)|Jonathan Parker]]
 |leader2_type        = Deputy Speaker
 |election2           = 6 June 2023
 |party2              = ([[Liberal Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Liberal]])
 | members            = 128
 | structure1         = Livana College of Representatives.png
 | structure1_res     = 250px
 | authority          = Passing laws and budgets; oversight on the executive branch
 | political_groups1  = '''[[Livanan Forward Coalition (Pacifica)|Forward Coalition]]'''
*{{color box|Yellow|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Liberal Party]]
*{{color box|Blue|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Conservative Party]]
*{{color box|Green|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Green Party]]
'''[[Parliamentary opposition|Opposition]]''' <div><div>
*{{color box|Red|border=darkgray}} [[Workers and Labours Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Workers and Labours]]
*{{color box|#990000|border=darkgray}} [[Syndicalist Party of Livana (Pacifica)|Syndicalist Party]]
 | joint_committees   = 
 | voting_system1     = [[Party-list proportional representation]]
 | last_election1     = [[2023 Livanan Parliamentary Election (Pacifica)|2 June 2023]]
 | next_election1     = [[2025 Livanan general election (Pacifica)|1 January 2025]]
 | session_room       = Eduskunta istuntosali.jpg
 | session_res        = 250px
 | meeting_place      = [[Parliament Hall of Livana (Pacifica)|Parliament Hall]]<br/>[[Livonia (Pacifica)|Livonia]], [[Livana (Pacifica)|Livana]]
 | website            = 
 | footnotes          = 
}}

The '''College of Representative''' (Livanan: ''Collegium Legatorum''), also known as the '''House of Representatives''', is the lower house of the national legislature of [[Livana (Pacifica)|Livana]], the Parliament of Livana. It exists together with the upper house, the [[College of Seer of Livana (Pacifica)|College of Seers]]. Members of the College of Representatives, referred to as ''Consulum'' (MPs), are elected through elections held every five years. Currently, there are 128 members of the College, consisting of 5 political parties that formed two major coalitions; the [[Forward Coalition of Livana (Pacifica)|Forward Coalition]] which is the current government coalition, and the opposition coalition [[People's Coalition of Livana (Pacifica)|People's Coalition]].

== Powers and Responsibilities ==
In a [[:en:Parliamentary_republic|Parliamentary Democracy]], the Parliament is the main organ of governance, from which the executive branch of the government is formed. The College of Representatives however is the dominant half of the Parliament, as the College of Seers only held advisory functions. The Prime Minister is elected by the College of Representatives, and in extension, his/her cabinet will be formed from members of the College of Representatives. The College's powers can be categorized into three main functions: the function of legislative, the function of budgeting, and the function of oversight. To achieve this functions, the College of Representatives has been given several prerogatives, including:

* Right to propose, draft, and calling for deliberations over bill of laws.
* Right to receive advisory inputs from the College of Seers regarding certain topics relating to deliberated bill of laws.
* Right to vote on and pass bill of laws to the President for official assent and legitimize its use.
* Right to overrule the use of veto power by the President through a 2/3 majority approval by the members.
* Access to government budget plans and right to vote on government budget to legitimize its use.
* Access to official inventory reports made by the treasury.
* Receiving accountability reports from members of the government in regard of the use of the approved budget, and the right to accept/reject the accountability reports.
* Overseeing the execution of laws, the government budget, and government policies.
* Right to vote of confidence on the government's accountability and legitimacy.

== Structure ==

=== Leadership ===
The leadership of the College of Representatives consisted of a Collegiate Speaker, and a Deputy Speaker. The Collegiate Speaker is elected by MPs with a simple majority vote. The Collegiate Speaker then appointed a Deputy Speaker with reference to 'diversity of political alignment', and usually appoints the Deputy Speaker from both the opposition coalitions. The current Collegiate Speaker is [[Ronald Josiah (Pacifica)|Ronald Josiah]], elected back in 2020, formerly a Workers and Labours member, but after the Parliamentary Crisis of 2023, declared himself to be an independent in conjuncture with his caretaker government during the duration from the motion of no-confidence in April 2023 and the election of the Forward Coalition in June. His Deputy Speaker is [[Jonathan Parker (Pacifica)|Jonathan Parker]], a Liberal MP.

=== Commissions ===
The memberships of the College of Representatives is further divided into commissions, each comprised of 32 MPs. Commissions are where most legislative bills originated, where its content is drafted, debated, and then approved for voting in the main chamber. Although there are no legal prescription of the formation of the commissions, MPs usually agree to gave major parties dominant position in each of the four commissions by tradition since 1980. The four commissions are:

* First Commission: defense, foreign affairs, information and communication, as well as intelligence.
** Chair: [[Rubeus Nestor (Pacifica)|Rubeus Nestor]] (Conservative MP)
* Second Commission: home affairs, law and order, and human rights affairs.
** Chair: [[Morey Gaston (Pacifica)|Morey Gaston]] (Liberal MP)
* Third Commission: education, health, labour welfare, and government services.
** Chair: [[John Kemper (Pacifica)|John Kemper]] (Syndicalist MP)
* Fourth Commission: economic and financial affairs, public works, industry, energy, and agriculture.
** Chair: [[Vera Staunton (Pacifica)|Vera Staunton]] (Workers and Labours MP)

== Current Composition ==
There are currently 5 political parties holding seats in the College of Seers. The current majority, the Forward Coalition, is formed after the snap election of 2023 in June, comprising 66 seats, 36 of which belong to the Liberal Party. Although the Workers and Labours Party became the largest party in the College, as it has been for the past eight years since the 2015 election, it failed to form a majority coalition and thus was deposed from the government in 2023. Speaker Ronald Josiah is the only independent member of the College.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Coalition
!Political Party
!Seats
!Coalition Leader
!Seats per Coalition
|-
| rowspan="3" |Forward Coalition
|Liberal Party
|36
| rowspan="3" |[[Dwight Raleigh (Pacifica)|Dwight Raleigh]]
| rowspan="3" |66
|-
|Conservative Party
|20
|-
|Green Party
|10
|-
| rowspan="2" |People's Coalition
|Workers and Labours Party
|45
| rowspan="2" |[[Vera Staunton (Pacifica)|Vera Staunton]]
| rowspan="2" |61
|-
|Syndicalist Party
|16
|-
| colspan="2" |Independent
|1
|[[Ronald Josiah (Pacifica)|Ronald Josiah]]
|1
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Total'''
|128
|}

== Place of Meeting ==
[[File:Helsinki July 2013-21.jpg|thumb|Parliament Hall in 2013, the meeting space of the College of Representative.]]
The College of Representatives meets inside the Parliament Hall Building, usually referred to as the 'Hall', located in Citadel District, Livonia, it was constructed in 1981 and was finished in 1983 following the fall of [[Tarsis Vitruvia (Pacifica)|Tarsis Vitruvia's]] Regime in January 1980, led by the architect Moribund Cassius in a neo-classical style. The building has five floors, each of which is unique. The floors are connected by a white marble staircase and an elevator, added in 2001 as accessibility feature. Most important for visitors are the main lobby, the stately plenary chamber (Session Hall) and the large reception hall (State Hall). Notable later additions to the building are the library annex completed in 2008 and a separate office block, to house the workspace of each MPs behind the main Parliament Hall.

The first floor of the Hall comprised of office spaces for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker and small meeting hall for the commissions to meet, as well as quarters for the staffers of the Hall. The second floor is where the main plenary chamber is located, where voting is held, as well as addresses and speeches made by important figures of the Hall and  the government. The third floor is mainly used by the Minutes Office which run notary and archival functions of the Hall, as well as a waiting room for the press and the Press Gallery, where conferences with the media can be held. The fourth floor comprised of the Seer Chamber, a meeting room of the College of Seers, as well as office quarters for Seers and their staffs. Amenities such as cafeteria, lounge rooms, and larger conference rooms are located in the fifth floor.