Parliament of Guyana

E381644

national legislature parliament unicameral legislature

The Parliament of Guyana is the country’s unicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
National Assembly of Guyana	10
Parliament of Guyana canonical	7
Parliament Office of Guyana	1
legislative branch of Guyana	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3725211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of Guyana
Context triple: [Georgetown, Guyana, isSeatOf, Parliament of Guyana]

A. Parliament of Grenada
The Parliament of Grenada is the bicameral national legislature of Grenada, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
B. House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in the Caribbean island state.
C. Parliament of Barbados
The Parliament of Barbados is the bicameral national legislature of Barbados, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
D. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the bicameral national legislature of the country, comprising the elected House of Representatives and the appointed Senate.
E. National Assembly of Suriname
The National Assembly of Suriname is the country’s unicameral legislative body, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Surinamese people at the national level.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of Guyana
Target entity description: The Parliament of Guyana is the country’s unicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the executive branch.

A. Parliament of Grenada
The Parliament of Grenada is the bicameral national legislature of Grenada, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
B. House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in the Caribbean island state.
C. Parliament of Barbados
The Parliament of Barbados is the bicameral national legislature of Barbados, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
D. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is the bicameral national legislature of the country, comprising the elected House of Representatives and the appointed Senate.
E. National Assembly of Suriname
The National Assembly of Suriname is the country’s unicameral legislative body, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Surinamese people at the national level.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower	approval of government expenditure ⓘ
budgetCycleRole	examination of estimates of revenue and expenditure ⓘ
canAmend	Constitution of Guyana ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
canBeDissolvedBy	President of Guyana ⓘ
canRemoveGovernmentBy	vote of no confidence ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Guyana ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
country	Guyana ⓘ linked to: British Guiana
electoralBodyFor	selection of President of Guyana (indirectly via list system) ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	1980 ⓘ
hasChamberName	National Assembly ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasComponent	National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Guyana President of Guyana ⓘ
hasLeaderInNationalAssembly	Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://parliament.gov.gy/ ⓘ
hasOppositionRole	Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly ⓘ linked to: Leader of the Opposition
house	National Assembly of Guyana ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Guyana
includesNonVotingMembers	yes ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Guyana ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystemContext	common law tradition ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Guyana ⓘ
meetsFrequency	regular sessions and special sittings as required ⓘ
meetsIn	Georgetown, Guyana ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Public Buildings, Georgetown ⓘ
memberOf	Commonwealth parliamentary community ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
numberOfMembersOfNationalAssembly	65 ⓘ
oversees	Cabinet of Guyana ⓘ
oversightMechanisms	debates on motions ⓘ parliamentary committees ⓘ question time ⓘ
passes	Acts of Parliament ⓘ
predecessor	House of Assembly of Guyana ⓘ linked to: Legislative Assembly of British Guiana Legislative Assembly of British Guiana ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
responsibility	approval of the national budget ⓘ making laws ⓘ oversight of the executive branch ⓘ representation of the people of Guyana ⓘ scrutiny of government policy ⓘ
supervises	implementation of laws by the executive ⓘ
termLengthOfNationalAssemblyMembers	5 years ⓘ
typeOfStateStructure	unitary state legislature ⓘ
votingSystemForNationalAssembly	closed list proportional representation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited