Chamber of Senators of Paraguay

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The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay is the upper house of the country’s bicameral legislature, responsible for national lawmaking, oversight, and representing the Paraguayan electorate at the federal level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Senado ⓘ
budgetaryRole examines and votes on the national budget ⓘ
constituency single nationwide constituency ⓘ
constitutionalStatus one of the two chambers of the National Congress ⓘ
country Paraguay ⓘ
electionCycle elected concurrently with the President of Paraguay ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electorate citizens of Paraguay eligible to vote in national elections ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Paraguay ⓘ
hasChamber unicameral counterpart: Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
includes 30 alternate senators ⓘ
45 titular senators ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of Paraguay ⓘ
languageUsed Guaraní ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalAuthority Constitution and laws of Paraguay ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Paraguay ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
location Asunción ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions and extraordinary sessions as provided by law ⓘ
meetsIn Congress building in Asunción ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Senadores de la Nación ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage es ⓘ
numberOfMembers 45 ⓘ
oversightMechanism parliamentary inquiries and interpellations ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Paraguay ⓘ
power can amend legislation ⓘ
can approve or reject bills passed by the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
can initiate legislation ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
relation co-equal chamber with the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay in the legislative process ⓘ
represents Paraguayan electorate at the national level ⓘ
responsibility approval of international treaties ⓘ
legislative oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
national lawmaking ⓘ
participation in the budget approval process ⓘ
political control and investigation of public administration ⓘ
roleInImpeachment participates in political trial procedures as defined by the Constitution ⓘ
supervises actions of the Executive Branch of Paraguay ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLimits no term limits for senators ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation party-list representation ⓘ
votingSystem closed party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congress of Paraguay → legislativeChamber → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Congress of Paraguay → house → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Tetã Paraguái → hasUpperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay → hasUpperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Senators of Paraguay → alsoKnownAs → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Senators
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Government of Paraguay → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Supreme Court of Paraguay → appointingAuthority → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Supreme Court of Paraguay → confirmedBy → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay → otherChamber → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay → coLegislativeWith → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Chamber of Deputies with 80 members → coexistsWith → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Paraguayan general elections → chamberElected → Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
Palacio del Congreso → hasPart → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Congress building of Paraguay → houses → Chamber of Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
Congress building of Paraguay → usedBy → Senators of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay