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==פוליטיקה==
האי נוויס מהווה חלק מפדרצית סנט קיטס ונוויס, אולם האי ייחודי בכך שיש לו בית מחוקקים בן בית אחד. בראש בית המחוקקים עומד נציג [[מלכת בריטניה]] ([[המשנה למושל הכללי של סנט קיטס ונוויס]]) וחברי בית המחוקקים נבחרים על ידי תושבי האי, ולהם אוטונומיה בחקיקה פנימית של האי. על פי חוקת האי, בית המחוקקים של הפדרציה לא יכול לבטל את החוקים הפנימיים של האי נוויס. כמו כן חוקת האי קובעת כי לאי נוויס זכות חוקתית להחליט לפרוש מהפדרציה ולהכריז על עצמאות אם ירצו בכך שני שלישים מתושבי האי בעלי זכות ההצבעה<ref>[http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html סעיף 113 (1) לחוקת סנט קיטס ונוויס]</ref>.
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The political structure for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is based on the [[Westminster Parliament|Westminster Parliamentary system]], but it is a unique structure<ref>Phillips, Fred (2002). ''Commonwealth Caribbean Constitutional Law''. Cavendish Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1843144298, p. 136: "St Kitts and Nevis has broken new ground in creating a federal structure that is ''sui generis'': a Federation not between St Kitts and Nevis, but between Nevis on the one hand and St Kitts and Nevis on the other."</ref> in that Nevis has its own unicameral legislature, consisting of Her Majesty's representative (the Deputy Governor General) and members of the [[Nevis Island Assembly]]. Nevis has considerable autonomy in its legislative branch. The constitution actually empowers the Nevis Island Legislature to make laws that cannot be abrogated by the National Assembly. In addition, Nevis has a constitutionally protected right to secede from the federation, should a two-third majority of the island’s population vote for independence in a local referendum. Section 113.(1) of the constitution states: "The Nevis Island Legislature may provide that the island of Nevis shall cease to be federated with the island of Saint Christopher and accordingly that this Constitution shall no longer have effect in the island of Nevis."<ref>See section 3 and 4 about Nevis Island Legislature and Administration in ''The Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983''. Published online by [http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html Georgetown University] and also by [http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/bnccde/sk&n/centre/nevis.html University of the West Indies]. Retrieved 8 August 2006.</ref>
בראש האי נוויס עומד ראש ממשלה, ותחתיו פועלת הנהלת האי נוויס כממשלת האי. תקציב הממשלה מבוסס על המיסים הנגבים מתושבי האי, והינו תקציב נפרד מתקציב הפדרציה.
Nevis has its own premier and its own government, the [[Nevis Island Administration]]. It collects its own taxes and has a separate budget, with a current account surplus. According to a statement released by the Nevis Ministry of Finance in 2005, Nevis had one of the highest growth rates in gross national product and per capita income in the Caribbean at that point.<ref>Nevis Island Administration - Ministry of Finance (2005). [http://www.nevisfinance.com/About.cfm?Idz=4 Quick Facts]. ''About Nevis. Tax and Economic System.'' Retrieved 8 August 2006.</ref>
===בחירות===
The federal prime minister, [[Denzil Douglas]], is the leader of the majority party of the federal House of Representatives in Saint Kitts, and his cabinet conducts the affairs of state. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has a 14 or 15-member unicameral legislature or parliament (the Senate and House of Representatives sit and vote together): A Senate, with three or four members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; and a popularly elected House of Representatives with 11 members, eight Saint Kitts seats and three Nevis seats. The prime minister and the cabinet are responsible to the Parliament.
הבחירות באי נערכות מידי חמש שנים. לאחרונה נערכו הבחירות בשנת [[2006]] בהם זכתה [[מפלגת הרפורמציה של נוויס]] (Nevis Reformation Party) בראשותו של [[ג'וזף פארי]] אשר קיבלה שלוש מחמש המושבים בבית המחוקקים של נוויס. המפלגה שניה, [[תנועת האזרחים המודאגים]] (Concerned Citizens Movement) זכתה בשנים מהמושבים.
===Elections===
Nevis elections are scheduled every five years. The Nevis elections of 2006, called on 10 July 2006 three months ahead of the constitutional deadline, was won by the party in opposition, the [[Nevis Reformation Party]] (NRP), led by [[Joseph Parry]]. The NRP won three of the five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly, while the incumbent party, the [[Concerned Citizens Movement]] (CCM), won two.<ref>[http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/1613 "Nevis' new administration sworn in"]. Press release, Nevis Island Administration. ''SKN Vibes'', 12 Jul. 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2006.</ref> Before the NRP victory, CCM's leader [[Vance Amory]] had served three terms in office.
In the federal elections of 2004, the CCM won two of the three Nevis assigned Federal seats, while the NRP won one. A representative from the CCM, Mark Brantley,<ref>Seabrookes, Shawn. [http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/3364 "Hon. Mark Brantley wins Nevis by-election"]. SKNVibes.com, 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.</ref> is therefore representing Nevis on the Opposition Bench in the Federal Parliament. Of the eight Saint Kitts assigned federal seats, the St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party won seven and the People's Action Movement (PAM) one.<ref>[http://www.stkittsnevis.net/media/february05-62.html "Opposition senator accuses PAM Leader Lindsay Grant of insulting and disrespecting Nevisians"] (2005). Press release, Government of St Christopher and Nevis, 6 Feb. 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2006.</ref>
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==גאוגרפיה==
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