Legislative branch of Bolivia

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The Legislative branch of Bolivia is the country's national lawmaking body, responsible for creating, debating, and approving legislation and overseeing the actions of the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bolivian Legislature ⓘ
Legislative Organ of Bolivia ⓘ
Órgano Legislativo de Bolivia ⓘ
bicameral true ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
currentConstitutionEffectiveFrom 2009 ⓘ
electoralSystemForDeputies mixed member proportional representation ⓘ
electoralSystemForSenators party-list proportional representation ⓘ
governmentTypeContext unitary presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasComponent Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
hasLeaderTitleLowerHouse President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
hasLeaderTitleUpperHouse President of the Chamber of Senators ⓘ
hasPower to authorize deployment of armed forces in certain cases ⓘ
to censure ministers ⓘ
to pass constitutional laws ⓘ
to pass framework laws ⓘ
to pass ordinary laws ⓘ
headquartersLocation La Paz ⓘ
isComposedOf Plurinational Legislative Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction Plurinational State of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Bolivia
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
indigenous languages recognized by the Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody Plurinational Legislative Assembly ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
meetsIn Palacio de la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional ⓘ
meetsInCity Sucre for some constitutional functions ⓘ
numberOfDeputies 130 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 36 ⓘ
officialName Órgano Legislativo del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Bolivia ⓘ
partOf Government of Bolivia ⓘ
predecessor National Congress of Bolivia ⓘ
reelection members may be re-elected ⓘ
responsibleFor approving laws ⓘ
approving the national budget ⓘ
debating bills ⓘ
enacting national legislation ⓘ
initiating constitutional reforms ⓘ
overseeing the executive branch ⓘ
oversight of public administration ⓘ
ratifying international treaties ⓘ
termLengthDeputies 5 years ⓘ
termLengthSenators 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
votingSystem universal suffrage for election of members ⓘ

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

Executive branch of Bolivia → coequalWith → Legislative branch of Bolivia ⓘ
Government of Bolivia → includesBranch → Legislative branch of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bolivia → alsoKnownAs → Legislative Organ of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Legislative branch of Bolivia
Judicial branch of Bolivia → isIndependentFrom → Legislative branch of Bolivia ⓘ