National Assembly of Suriname

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The National Assembly of Suriname is the country’s unicameral legislative body, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Surinamese people at the national level.

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Label Occurrences
National Assembly of Suriname canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
buildingLocation Paramaribo
surface form: Paramaribo city center
chamberCount 1
constitutionalRole central organ of state power in Suriname
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative authority of Suriname
country Suriname
countryCapital Paramaribo
electoralBasis popular vote
electoralSystem proportional representation
governmentBranch legislative branch
governmentTypeContext Suriname
surface form: republic of Suriname
hasFunction adopts laws
amends the constitution
approves national budget
oversees executive branch
ratifies international treaties
hasLegislativeCompetence national legislation
hasPower enact statutes
establish parliamentary committees
question government ministers
houseType unicameral
isUnicameral true
jurisdiction national
legislatureOf Suriname
levelOfGovernment national level
location Paramaribo
meetsIn Paramaribo
meetsInBuilding National Assembly building
memberTitle Member of the National Assembly
nativeNameLanguage nl
officialLanguageUsed Dutch
oversees Government of Suriname
partOf political system of Suriname
represents people of Suriname
representsTerritory entire territory of Suriname
role government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the people
scope domestic and foreign policy legislation
shortName DNA
supervises implementation of laws by the executive
system parliamentary representative democratic republic

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Paramaribo hostsInstitution National Assembly of Suriname
Suriname legislature National Assembly of Suriname