Legislative branch of Colombia

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The Legislative branch of Colombia is the country’s bicameral Congress, responsible for creating laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the Colombian people through the Senate and the House of Representatives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legislative branch of Colombia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congreso de Colombia ⓘ
Congress of Colombia ⓘ
budgetaryRole debates and approves the General Budget of the Nation ⓘ
canBeDissolvedByExecutive no ⓘ
checksAndBalancesWith Executive branch of Colombia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Colombia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
electoralSystemForHouse proportional representation in territorial constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemForSenate proportional representation in a national constituency ⓘ
establishedBy Colombian Constitution of 1991 ⓘ
hasChamber House of Representatives of Colombia ⓘ
Senate of Colombia ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national territory of Colombia ⓘ
hasPower amend laws ⓘ
approve international treaties ⓘ
approve laws ⓘ
approve national budget ⓘ
authorize deployment of Colombian armed forces abroad in some cases ⓘ
constitutional reform initiative ⓘ
exercise political control over the government ⓘ
repeal laws ⓘ
summon and question ministers ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Bogotá ⓘ
Capital District of Bogotá ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
meetsIn Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Colombia ⓘ
participatesIn appointment of senior public officials in some cases ⓘ
passes legislative acts amending the Constitution ⓘ
ordinary laws ⓘ
organic laws ⓘ
statutory laws ⓘ
predecessor Congress under the Colombian Constitution of 1886 ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch of Colombia ⓘ
representation of the Colombian people ⓘ
represents departments of Colombia ⓘ
special constituencies such as indigenous communities and Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
roleInImpeachment conducts political trials of high officials under Colombian law ⓘ
structure bicameral legislature ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentatives 4 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSenators 4 years ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Executive branch of Colombia → collaboratesWith → Legislative branch of Colombia ⓘ
Judicial branch of Colombia → isIndependentFrom → Legislative branch of Colombia ⓘ
Inspector General of Colombia → independentOf → Legislative branch of Colombia ⓘ