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Parliament

Legislative Governance and Parliamentary Procedure (historical/legal precedent)

Description

Parliament acts as a national legislative institution invoked here specifically as the historical source of a procedural technicality governing invitations. Within the episode it functions as an authoritative repository of precedent and legislative procedure whose historical rules are cited to justify or constrain executive and staff decisions, informing legal context, political strategy, and media containment choices.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events
S4E19 · Angel Maintenance
Indicator Light & The Coming Crisis

The Parliament is the institutional object of the recertification decision: staffers debate its legitimacy, while the President labels it effectively controlled by narco interests. The interrupted briefing centers on whether to treat that body as a functional ally despite corrupting forces.

Active Representation

Referred to in staff discussion as the body whose recertification is at issue; represented indirectly through policy argumentation.

Power Dynamics

Formally an institution eligible for U.S. diplomatic action but substantively compromised by illicit actors, reducing its normative authority.

Institutional Impact

The Parliament's compromised status forces U.S. policy to weigh strategic cooperation against the erosion of democratic legitimacy.

Internal Dynamics

Suspected infiltration and control by illicit actors, creating a tension between form and substance.

Organizational Goals
Obtain or retain formal recognition/recertification from the U.S. Present a veneer of legitimacy despite alleged control by illicit actors.
Influence Mechanisms
Legislative authority and public institutional presence. Procedural credibility that the U.S. can leverage or challenge diplomatically.

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

10 events
S2E17
Newscaster Details Stackhouse Filibuster; Donna Requests Grandchildren B-Roll

In Josh's bullpen at night, a newscaster vividly reports on 78-year-old Senator Howard Stackhouse's marathon filibuster, transforming day to night and delaying a Senate vote …

S1E8
Picard Demands Answers on Unexplainable System Failures

Captain Picard, visibly frustrated and impatient, confronts his senior officers in the observation lounge regarding a series of baffling malfunctions crippling the Enterprise. Despite multiple …

S1E8
Picard Orders Crisis Communication Amid System Blackout

As critical system failures isolate the Enterprise, Captain Picard asserts his authority with grim resolve, ordering Data to inform the Federation Parliament of their delayed …

S1E8
Riker Forsakes the Search, Orders Warp Eight Toward Parliament

Confronted with the stark reality that Captain Picard’s transporter coordinates remain elusive and that he exists as a dispersed energy entity, Commander Riker faces a …

S1E15
Clash of Ideologies in Angel One’s Great Hall

The Starfleet away team confronts Angel One’s matriarchal Parliament in a striking Great Hall, seeking the fate of survivors from the lost freighter Odin. Beata, …

S1E15
Beata’s Veil of Control and Rising Mistrust in Angel One’s Parliament

In the tense Great Hall of Angel One, Commander Riker and the Starfleet delegation confront Beata, the planet’s resolute female leader, pressing for truth about …

S1E15
Beata Discloses Fugitive Survivors and Warns of Danger

In a tense parliamentary session on Angel One’s Great Hall, Beata confronts the Enterprise away team with a stark revelation: the four male survivors from …

S1E15
Confronting Angel One’s Hidden Menace

In the Great Hall of Angel One’s Parliament, Commander Riker and Counselor Troi face Beata and the matriarchal leadership with a solemn promise to remove …

S1E15
Riker Challenges Beata on Execution; Women Retreat to Decide Fate

In the Great Hall of Angel One, Commander Riker confronts Beata with a stark warning: executing Ramsey and his followers will only immortalize them as …

S1E15
Beata's Compromise: Exile Over Execution

In a tense culmination of moral and political conflict, Beata acknowledges Commander Riker's strategic reasoning that executing Ramsey would only martyr him and accelerate social …