National Parliament

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The National Parliament is the unicameral legislative body of Papua New Guinea, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Parliament canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
advises Governor-General of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
budgetaryFunction approves taxation measures ⓘ
authorizes public expenditure ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
canRemove Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme lawmaking authority in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
electoralSystem limited preferential voting ⓘ
electoralSystemType single-member constituencies ⓘ
elects Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
establishedInYear 1975 ⓘ
establishedOnEvent independence of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasCommitteeType select committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasConstitutionalBasis Constitution of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasDeputySpeaker Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasHouseCount 1 ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.gov.pg/ ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Papua New Guinea ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Hiri Motu ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
legislativeFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Parliament House, Port Moresby ⓘ
locatedInCity Port Moresby ⓘ
locatedInDistrict National Capital District ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament House, Port Moresby ⓘ
memberTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
oversees Government of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
power amend legislation ⓘ
approve national budget ⓘ
enact legislation ⓘ
establish parliamentary committees ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
ratify treaties ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
replaced House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea ⓘ
roleInGovernment legislative branch of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
sessionType ordinary sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
shortName National Parliament ⓘ
termLengthYears 5 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Parliament of Papua New Guinea → shortName → National Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Parliament
Newport East → isConstituencyOf → National Parliament ⓘ
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → shortName → National Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: National Parliament