Assembly of the Union

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The Assembly of the Union is Myanmar’s bicameral national parliament, comprising an upper and a lower house responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the government.

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Assembly of the Union canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
national parliament
abbreviation Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
canAmend Constitution of Myanmar (with special procedures)
compositionFeature includes elected members
includes military-appointed members
country Myanmar
countryOfficialName Republic of the Union of Myanmar
linked to: Myanmar
elects President of Myanmar (through presidential electoral college)
establishedBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
governmentBranch legislative branch of Myanmar
hasChamber Amyotha Hluttaw
linked to: Pyithu Hluttaw

Pyithu Hluttaw
hasLowerHouse House of Representatives
Pyithu Hluttaw
hasUpperHouse Amyotha Hluttaw
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

House of Nationalities
jurisdiction Union of Myanmar
linked to: Myanmar
languageOfProceedings Burmese
legalBasis Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
legislativeFunction federal lawmaking
government oversight
locationCity Naypyidaw
lowerHouseRepresents townships and population
meetingPlace Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex
meetsIn Naypyidaw
memberOf Union-level institutions of Myanmar
militaryRepresentationShare 25 percent of seats in each house (constitutionally reserved)
nativeName Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
power approval of national budget
enactment of union laws
impeachment proceedings
scrutiny of the executive branch
region Southeast Asia
replaced People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
structure bicameral
supervises Union Government of Myanmar
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years
termLengthUpperHouse 5 years
upperHouseRepresents states and regions
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post
votingSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post

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Myanmar nationalLegislature Assembly of the Union
Government of Myanmar legislature Assembly of the Union
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw nameMeaning Assembly of the Union
House of Nationalities partOf Assembly of the Union
House of Nationalities jointMeetingForms Assembly of the Union
Pyithu Hluttaw partOf Assembly of the Union
Pyithu Hluttaw isChamberOf Assembly of the Union
Pyithu Hluttaw bicameralLegislature Assembly of the Union