Parliament of Bhutan

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The Parliament of Bhutan is the bicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Bhutan, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government under the country's constitutional monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
canAmend laws of Bhutan ⓘ
canApprove national budget ⓘ
canInitiate constitutional amendments (with procedures) ⓘ
canPass acts ⓘ
canRatify international treaties ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
electoralCycleInfluences formation of government in Bhutan ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2008 ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasComponent National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
National Council of Bhutan ⓘ
hasLegislativeSupremacyOver subordinate legislation in Bhutan ⓘ
hasPower to debate public policy ⓘ
to initiate legislation ⓘ
to question ministers ⓘ
headOfStateRole Druk Gyalpo ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
languageOfProceedings Dzongkha ⓘ
legislativeFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
meetsAtBuilding Parliament House, Thimphu ⓘ
meetsFrequency sessions several times a year ⓘ
meetsIn Thimphu ⓘ
monarchParticipatesInLegislation yes ⓘ
nativeName འབྲུག་གི་གྲྭ་ཚོགས་ ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Dzongkha ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Bhutan ⓘ
partOf political system of Bhutan ⓘ
primaryLegislativeBodyOf Bhutan ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution of Bhutan 2008 ⓘ
requiresRoyalAssent yes ⓘ
roleInMonarchy supports constitutional monarchy framework ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the government ⓘ
typeOfStateBody legislative branch ⓘ
upperHouse National Council of Bhutan ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse party-based elections ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse non-partisan elections ⓘ
website https://www.nab.gov.bt ⓘ

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Druk Gyalpo → associatedInstitution → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan → establishesInstitution → National Council of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Bhutan
Royal Government of Bhutan → legislature → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
National Assembly of Bhutan → partOf → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
Bhutanese royal family → supportedInstitution → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
Royal Audit Authority of Bhutan → reportsTo → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Bhutan → worksWith → Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
Judiciary of Bhutan → separateFrom → Legislative branch of Bhutan ⓘ
subject linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
linked to: Parliament of Bhutan