Leader of the Opposition

The Leader of the Opposition, sometimes referred to in Irish as Tanáischteu ("a chief's successor") or in Talossan as Omnicanerie ("the sort of person who makes white noise"), is the nominal leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition - the collective grouping of the political parties in the Cosa that are opposed to the sitting Government. The position has often shifted from being a statutory one to being informally picked by the largest non-Government party. Often, the largest non-Government party's leader effectively functioned as a Westminster-style Leader of the Opposition, without formally assuming the role.

The current leader of the Opposition is Éovart Grischun MC, of the RUMP.

History

The office of Leader of the Opposition has traditionally been an informal one; various politicians held it without it being an official statutory office, and in early history it was cited in certain bills (such as 14RZ9) despite not being exactly defined. It was finally first estabilished in 1995 by 20RZ20 (The Leader of the Opposition Act), which gave the King the prerogative of appointing it. The method of appointment was modified by the Opposition Leader Appointment Act of 1998, but this didn't meaningfully alter its status.

This version of the leader of the Opposition had certain privileges, such as being able to be consulted by the Government in some instances (such as immigration); however, said privileges were seldom exercised and the position was often vacant, and the post was abolished in 2005. Despite its abolition, references to the Leader of the Opposition were retained in law, in sections regarding the Living Cosa.

The post was reestabilished in 2019 by the Free Democratic government of Miestrâ Schivâ.

Current status

Under 53RZ10, the Loyal Opposition is defined as being formed by all MCs who have voted (or intend to vote) against Confidence; the Leader of the Opposition is by default the leader of the party with the most Opposition MCs, but this can be overridden by majority vote of the Opposition.

List of Leaders of the Opposition

The list includes self-styled and de facto opposition leaders. Statutory leaders are shown in bold.

Pre Reunision

Leader of the Opposition		Party	Tenure	Opposing		Notes
	Dave Kuenn	Liberal Party (1994)	18th Cosa		Gary Schwichtenberg (PC)
	Albrec'ht Lupulardit	Zefençadéirs dal Päts Talossán	23rd Cosa		Dale Morris and Dan Wardlow (PC)
	Cheneþ Velméir	Zefençadéirs dal Päts Talossán	24th Cosa		Tamorán dal Navâ (PC)
	Cévaglh Scurznicol	Talossan Liberal Party	25th Cosa		Tamorán dal Navâ (PC)
	Davïu Foctéir	Rally of the Citizens of Talossa	26th Cosa		Michael Pope (PC)	The leader of the biggest Opposition party was Danihél Roðgarüt (TLP)
	Xheralt Conâ	Zefençadéirs dal Päts Talossán	27th Cosa		Michael Pope (PC)	The leader of the biggest Opposition party was Danihél Roðgarüt (TLP)
vacant
	Xheralt Conâ	Zefençadéirs dal Päts Talossán	30th Cosa		Michael Pope and Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h (PC)	de facto
	Michael Pope	Progressive Conservatives	31st Cosa		Mximo Carbonél (MN)	During the Halloween Crisis
vacant
	Sir Alexandreu Davinescu	RUMP	1 Jul 2019/XL - 26 Jul 2019/XL		Miestrâ Schivâ (FreeDem)	First Opposition Leader under 53RZ10. Resigned.
	Éovart Grischun	RUMP	26 Jul 2019/XL - current