Parliament of the Confederate States of Earth

"I stand here before you as a representative of the Parliament of the Confederate States of Earth, and by extension the people of the Confederacy, in order to solve the differences between us and to negotiate the optimal deal for both of our nations."

- A representative of the Confederate Parliament introducing himself to the Union Senate before attempting negotiations

The Confederate Parliament was the legislative body of the Confederate States of Earth, a breakaway nation which sided with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which had seceded from the Union of Earth States in 21 BBY. The first legislature of the C.S.E was the short-lived Provisional Confederate Parliament, which lasted only a fortnight before it was reorganized into the Confederate Parliament. Each Confederate state elected a representative to serve as an MCP (Member of Confederate Parliament) for their respective state. From the founding of the Confederacy to the Second Secessionist Crisis after the First Battle of Earth the Parliament consisted of 59 MCPs, following the Second Secessionist Crisis which saw the amount of member states grow rapidly, the Parliament consisted of 95 MCPs, most of the MCPs had served as senators in the Union Senate prior to the secession of the Confederacy. The leader of the Parliament was the Confederate High Chancellor, who also served as the head of government.