Parliament of the Maldives

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The Parliament of the Maldives is the unicameral legislative body of the island nation, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Maldivian people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of the Maldives canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower approves national budget ⓘ
building People's Majlis building ⓘ
canAmend laws of the Maldives ⓘ
canPropose bills ⓘ
capitalCity Malé ⓘ
composition elected members ⓘ
constitutionalRole exercises legislative power under the Constitution of the Maldives ⓘ
country Maldives ⓘ
deputyHeadOfParliamentTitle Deputy Speaker of the People's Majlis ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Republic of Maldives ⓘ
linked to: Maldives
hasPublicSessions yes ⓘ
headOfParliamentTitle Speaker of the People's Majlis ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Dhivehi ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Maldives ⓘ
legislativeChamber unicameral ⓘ
meetsIn Malé ⓘ
meetsInCountryCapital yes ⓘ
memberTitle MP ⓘ
memberType Members of Parliament ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
officialName People's Majlis ⓘ
oversightMechanism parliamentary committees ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
politicalSystemContext multi-party system in the Maldives ⓘ
primaryFunction government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
representation of the Maldivian people ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedInstitution President of the Maldives ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Maldives ⓘ
represents people of the Maldives ⓘ
responsibility approving the state budget ⓘ
impeachment of certain office holders ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
passing legislation ⓘ
questioning government ministers ⓘ
ratifying treaties ⓘ
shortName Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
supervises executive policies ⓘ
termUsedForSession session of the Majlis ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody democratically elected body ⓘ
votingEligibility citizens of the Maldives ⓘ

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

Malé → contains → Parliament of the Maldives ⓘ
Speaker of the People's Majlis → governmentBody → Parliament of the Maldives ⓘ