Cantonal Council of Solothurn

The cantonal parliament is the parliament of the canton of Solothurn. It meets in the town hall of Solothurn and is the supreme legislative and supervising authority of the canton. Its 100 members are elected by proportional representation for four years. It adopts all the basic and important rules in the form of laws. The Parliament is a year usually to seven sessions, which take place each year in January, March, May, June, August, November and December. A session includes, depending on the extent abzuarbeitender shops two to four days. The current term of office lasts from May 2009 to April 2013. The last complete re-election was held on 3 March 2013.

Tasks

The cantonal parliament elects a president and two vice presidents, whose term of office is one year. All three put together the Bureau dar. Furthermore selects the Cantonal government clerk and his deputy, the members and substitute judge to those dishes where this is not done by popular election, the Chief Prosecutor and his deputies, prosecutors, youth advocates and the chief financial control.

The Cantonal Council to adopt all the basic and important rules in the form of laws. As far as the Government was not empowered to conclude treaties and concordats, such transactions are approved by the cantonal parliament. Further decides the Cantonal recurring expenses up to an amount of CHF 5 million or annual recurring expenditure up to an amount of CHF 500'000. Expenses that exceed this limit must be additionally confirmed by referendum.

The Governing Council, the Cantonal place orders, of which the Government has jurisdiction in the area where justified, but may vary. Submitted popular initiatives are reviewed by the Cantonal Council on procedural requirements, Rechtswidgrigkeit or unenforceability and, where appropriate invalidated.

The State Constitution provides in Article 28 also provides that the Cantonal may be removed by the people. If it is possible to collect 6000 signatures for such a claim within six months, a referendum on the dismissal must take place two months after submission of the signatures. If the dismissal request approved by the majority of the people, a new election of the Cantonal Council shall be chosen within four months.

Parties

  • GPS: 7
  • SP: 19
  • Glp: 4
  • CVP: 22
  • EPP: 1
  • FDP: 26
  • BDP: 2
  • SVP: 19

Members

Eligibility

According to the prescribed by the solothurn cantonal constitution separation of powers open to members of the Cantonal not simultaneously be members of the Governing Council or the High Court. Civil servants and employees of the cantonal administration and courts are excluded from membership in the Cantonal. The term of office is set at four years.

Number and distribution of the constituencies

The cantonal parliament has 100 members who are elected according to a proportional system. Up to and including the cantonal election of 2001, the number of members involved yet 144 The allocation of seats is done in the constituencies by a decision of the Cantonal Council. The decisive factor is the ratio of the population of the land office at December 31, another of the second year before the next election.

The constituencies are identical to the five official land under Article 43 of the cantonal constitution. It involves combinations of any two of the former ten districts which formed the constituencies up to and including the 2001 elections. The distribution of seats in the cantonal parliament to the official land was last set on June 12, 2012, and showed no changes compared to the former definition.

Remuneration

The cantonal law specifies in Article 28 establishes general principles for the allowances of members. Rules concern the compensation are then in the business regulations of the Cantonal Council.

So each member has a basic annual compensation of CHF 3000 -. Too, are settled by which study of files and private infrastructure. In addition, an attendance fee of CHF 130 - for attending Board meetings and committee meetings. The attendance fee is to 200 - increased when taking place on a day council and committee meetings, or a meeting lasted more than five hours and was not associated with a trip. The attendance fee is doubled for Council members, the Council, fraction or Commission meetings, have the management role.

In addition, for the President of the Council that he has a additional annual compensation of CHF 10,000 - receives. . Again, for all Council members entitled to a compensation of CHF 100 applies - per half day, if for participating in council and committee meetings it comes to a detectable loss of earnings.

Members of the Cantonal

As of February 22, 2014

The Government elections held in April 2013 three candidates from the Cantonal emerged victorious. They therefore resigned from the cantonal parliament. They are:

  • Remo Ankli (successor: Mark Winkler )
  • Roland Prince (successor: Dieter Leu)
  • Roland Home (successor: Urs Allemann )
  • Samuel Marti, however, resigned at his own request from the cantonal parliament. His successor, Hugo Schumacher, was sworn in on 27 August 2013.

At the end of January 2014 Roger Spichiger resigned from his post. He was succeeded by Markus Baumann.

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