Legislative Branch
The Faroese Parliament (Løgtingið in Faroese) has 33 MPs (members of parliament), elected for a four year term by proportional representation.
Election of 2 seats to the Danish Parliament was last held on September 15, 2011: Social Democrats 1, Union Party 1.
Read more about this topic: Politics Of The Faroe Islands
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“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society, depend so much upon an upright and skilful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.”
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