CORTS VALENCIANES
The Valencian Parliament is the institution of the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Autonomous Government) that represents the Valencian people, through its Members of Parliament, elected by means of universal, direct, free and secret vote . The use of the name "Cortes Valencianas" for the Valencian Parliament reflects the interest of the authors of the Statute of Autonomy to recover a historic denomination. This does not intend to reproduce either the same system of representation or the assumption of the same duties of the historical "Cortes Valencianas" (Valencian Parliament). The former was organized into three arms - Ecclesiastic, Military and Royal - and had very different tasks to that of a contemporary Parliament. The Statute of Autonomy dedicates Chapter II, of Title II to the Valencian Parliament, although in other precepts of its first legal document there are important references to the Valencian Parliament. The Statute only indicates the composition of the Parliament, the basic principles of the election system, their corresponding duties and sets out a general outline of the Statute of the Members of Parliament. In a direct development of the Statute, the Valencian Parliament Regulations govern the organization and functioning of the Institution. The first draft of the Valencian Parliament Regulations was approved during the Transitional Phase, in a session celebrated on March 4th 1993. The Valencian Parliament Regulations have had several modifications, with its current draft approved by the Plenary of the Valencian Parliament on June 30th 1994.
The Valencian Parliament is made up of between 75 and 100 members, established by the Statue of Autonomy. The Election Law establishes the number of 89 members, and the province as electoral district. In the VI Term, 30 members of the Parliament were elected in the Alicante district, 23 members in the Castellon district, and 36 in the Valencia district. As for the Election system the Statute of Autonomy establishes that in order to obtain a Seat and be proclaimed elected, candidates must stand for a party or coalition that obtains more than 5% of the given votes in all the Autonomous Community. The D'Hont system is used to distribute the Seats.
CAMPS ORTÍZ, FRANCISCO [PP] - Presidente
Born 28/8/1962 in Valencia (Valencia/València)
Llicenciat en dret.
BLASCO CASTANY, RAFAEL [PP]
Born 9/2/1945 in Alzira (Valencia/València)
Doctor en Dret. Interventor i Dipositari de Fons de l'Administració Local.
1983-1985 Conseller de Presidència de la G.V., Secretari i Portaveu del Consell.
1985-1989 Conseller d'Obres Públiques, Urbanisme i Transports de la G.V.
1996 Director del Gabinet de Planificació, Estudis i Avaluació de la Conselleria de Presidència.
1997 Subsecretari de Planificació i Relacions Externes de la G.V.
1999 Conseller d'Ocupació de la G.V.
Ha estat diputat a la I i II legislatura
Parliamentary Groups [89 seats]
G.P. Popular [PP] [47 members – overall majority of 5]
gppop_corts@gva.es
G.P Socialista [PSVP / PSOE] [35 members]
Email none
G.P. Esquerra Unida-Els Verds-E. Valenciana: Entesa [6 members]
adm_entesa@gva.es
G.P. Mixt [ex-PP - 1 member]
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