Crees'yith'p'w'eck

The Crees'yith'p'w'eck (roughly translated as "group of the servants of the P'w'eck") was the legislature of the P'w'eck Confederation. Its members were elected from among the worlds controlled by the Confederation. Membership was theoretically open to non-P'w'ecks, although the P'w'ecks dominated most of the worlds they occupied and had a corresponding supermajority in the Crees'yith'p'w'eck.

Election
All members of the Crees'yith'p'w'eck stood for election every three years, and every world was allowed three delegates. Elections alternated, so one delegate stood for election each year. No term limits were imposed on delegates, and popular members of the legislature often served for decades.

The Crees'tuf, the Confederation's Prime Minister and head of state and government, was elected by and from among the members of the Crees'yith'p'w'eck. The Confederation's foundational charter mandated that the Crees'yith'p'w'eck always have an odd number of members, to absolve the Crees'tuf of any duty (or power) to break ties. The Crees'tuf was not counted as a member of the Crees'yith'p'w'eck, and if his election changed the body to an odd number, he was not replaced; if the Crees'tuf's removal from the count made the body even, the Crees'tuf's homeworld could elect a new delegate to replace him.

Powers and duties
The Crees'yith'p'w'eck had the authority to pass laws for the Confederation. It could remove the Crees'tuf from office with a supermajority vote of seventy percent, after which the Crees'tuf would return to civilian life. The Crees'yith'p'w'eck also passed the Confederation's budget.

Though it usually played no role in foreign or military affairs, leaving these duties to the Crees'tuf, the Crees'yith'p'w'eck could vote on advisory resolutions; those which earned substantial votes often pressured Crees'tufs to follow the expressed will of the legislature. The Crees'tuf and some senior military and cabinet officials had the right to address the Crees'yith'p'w'eck at will.

History
The Crees'yith'p'w'eck was the first body organized for the P'w'eck Confederation after the success of the. It formally ratified Crees'tuf Kweerikirr's alliance with the Golden Empire in 143 ABY. In 154 ABY, Breek Zagrev addressed the Crees'yith'p'w'eck to negotiate the Empire's expansion south of its borders, near Confederation territory.