Parliament of Lesotho

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The Parliament of Lesotho is the bicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Lesotho, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Label Occurrences
Parliament of Lesotho canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
government body ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
capitalCity Maseru ⓘ
constitutionalRole part of supreme legislative authority in Lesotho ⓘ
constitutionalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
country Lesotho ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Lesotho ⓘ
governmentSystem parliamentary system ⓘ
hasComponent National Assembly of Lesotho ⓘ
Senate of Lesotho ⓘ
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
hasWebsite official website of Parliament of Lesotho ⓘ
headOfStateRole King of Lesotho ⓘ
houseTypeLower elected chamber ⓘ
houseTypeUpper appointed chamber ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Lesotho ⓘ
linked to: Lesotho
legalBasis Constitution of Lesotho 1993 ⓘ
legislativeFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
legislativeType Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of Lesotho ⓘ
meetsIn Maseru ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament building in Maseru ⓘ
monarch King Letsie III ⓘ
oversightOf Government of Lesotho ⓘ
power amend laws ⓘ
enact laws ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
ratify certain international agreements ⓘ
repeal laws ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedInstitution Executive branch of Lesotho ⓘ
Judiciary of Lesotho ⓘ
responsibleFor national legislation in Lesotho ⓘ
role approves national budget ⓘ
passes national legislation ⓘ
represents citizens of Lesotho ⓘ
scrutinizes executive branch ⓘ
subjectTo Constitutional review by courts of Lesotho ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Lesotho ⓘ
votingBody members of the National Assembly of Lesotho ⓘ
members of the Senate of Lesotho ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Maseru → nationalParliamentLocation → Parliament of Lesotho ⓘ
Government of Lesotho → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Lesotho ⓘ
Prime Minister of Lesotho → reportsTo → Parliament of Lesotho ⓘ