National Assembly of Burundi

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The National Assembly of Burundi is the lower house of the country’s bicameral legislature, composed of elected representatives responsible for lawmaking and overseeing the executive branch.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
can approve the state budget ⓘ
establish parliamentary commissions of inquiry ⓘ
pass ordinary laws ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
chamberType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
constitutionalStatus established by the Constitution of Burundi ⓘ
country Burundi ⓘ
countryCapitalAtTimeOfMeeting Gitega ⓘ
electoralDistrictType multi-member constituencies ⓘ
electorate citizens of Burundi ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house ⓘ
hasPower to amend legislation ⓘ
to initiate legislation ⓘ
to ratify international agreements ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor Twa minority ⓘ
ethnic minorities ⓘ
women ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings French ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law system of Burundi ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Parliament of Burundi ⓘ
legislativeFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
meetsIn Gitega ⓘ
meetsInBuildingType parliament building ⓘ
nativeName Assemblée nationale du Burundi ⓘ
Inama Nshingamateka y’u Burundi ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage French ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
oversees Government of Burundi ⓘ
partOf bicameral legislature of Burundi ⓘ
previousSeat Bujumbura ⓘ
primaryRole representation of the population in the legislative process ⓘ
roleInBudgetProcess examines and adopts the state budget ⓘ
roleInExecutiveAccountability can hold votes of confidence or censure ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Senate of Burundi ⓘ
subjectTo Constitution of Burundi ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the executive ⓘ
typeOfMembers elected representatives ⓘ
votingSystem closed list ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Parliament of Burundi → hasComponent → National Assembly of Burundi ⓘ
Parliament of Burundi → legislativeChamber → National Assembly of Burundi ⓘ
Parliament of Burundi → hasLowerHouse → National Assembly of Burundi ⓘ
Senate of Burundi → cooperatesWith → National Assembly of Burundi ⓘ
Government of Burundi → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Burundi ⓘ
National Assembly of Burundi → nativeName → Assemblée nationale du Burundi ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of Burundi