Chamber of Senators

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The Chamber of Senators is the upper chamber of Paraguay’s bicameral National Congress, responsible for national legislation, oversight, and representing the country at large.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Senators canonical 1
Cámara de Senadores 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf upper house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Senate of Paraguay ⓘ
belongsTo Paraguayan political system ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
canCreate commissions of inquiry ⓘ
chamberType upper chamber ⓘ
coexistsWith Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Paraguay ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of the State ⓘ
country Paraguay ⓘ
electedBy popular vote ⓘ
electionFrequency every 5 years ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic does not represent subnational districts ⓘ
members elected on a nationwide basis ⓘ
hasLegislativePowerOver national laws ⓘ
hasPower amendment of legislation ⓘ
approval of international treaties ⓘ
initiation of legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
participation in appointments to high public offices ⓘ
rejection of legislation ⓘ
hasRole approval of the national budget ⓘ
checks and balances on other branches of government ⓘ
debate of public policy ⓘ
houseOf National Congress of Paraguay ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Paraguay
languageUsed Guaraní ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law system ⓘ
legislativeFunction government oversight ⓘ
national legislation ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Asunción ⓘ
meetsIn Congress building of Paraguay ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Senadores ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators
oversees implementation of laws by the executive ⓘ
national public administration ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Paraguay ⓘ
represents national constituency ⓘ
the country at large ⓘ
representsLevel national level ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Paraguay → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators ⓘ
Chamber of Senators of Paraguay → nativeName → Cámara de Senadores ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Senators
linked to: Chamber of Senators