Wolesi Jirga

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Wolesi Jirga is the lower house of Afghanistan’s National Assembly, serving as the country’s primary legislative body.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
bicameralLegislatureWith Meshrano Jirga ⓘ
budgetaryPower approval and amendment of state budget ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
countryCapital Kabul ⓘ
electionType direct election ⓘ
electoralBodyFor some positions in the Afghan state ⓘ
electoralConstituencies provinces of Afghanistan ⓘ
electoralCycle national parliamentary elections ⓘ
establishedIn 2004 ⓘ
hasChamber plenary chamber of Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasDeputySpeakers Deputy Speakers of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
hasFunction approving legislation ⓘ
approving the national budget ⓘ
drafting laws ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratifying international treaties ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 249 ⓘ
hasPower vote of no confidence in ministers ⓘ
hasQuorumRule quorum required for legislative sessions ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor Kuchi (nomadic) community ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Afghanistan (2004) ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Afghanistan ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature lower chamber ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions and extraordinary sessions ⓘ
meetsIn Kabul ⓘ
meetsInBuilding National Assembly building in Kabul ⓘ
nameMeaning House of the People ⓘ
nativeName ولسی جرگه ⓘ
officialLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
partOf National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
passes laws of Afghanistan ⓘ
predecessor National Assembly under previous Afghan constitutions ⓘ
role primary legislative body of Afghanistan ⓘ
supervises Government of Afghanistan ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Meshrano Jirga ⓘ
votingSystem single non-transferable vote ⓘ

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Malalai Joya → memberOf → Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
House of the People → nativeName → Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
House of the People (Afghanistan) → alsoKnownAs → Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
subject linked to: House of the People
House of the People (Afghanistan) → predecessor → Wolesi Jirga of the 1964 Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: House of the People
linked to: Wolesi Jirga
Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga → officeLocation → Wolesi Jirga chamber ⓘ
linked to: Wolesi Jirga
Mirwais Yasini → memberOf → Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
Malalai Joya → memberOf → Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
subject linked to: Malalai