Parliament of Gabon

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The Parliament of Gabon is the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
approves state budget of Gabon ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Gabon ⓘ
budgetaryPower votes on finance laws ⓘ
canAmend government bills ⓘ
canCensure Government of Gabon ⓘ
canDelegate certain legislative powers to the executive under conditions set by the constitution ⓘ
canInitiate legislation ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Gabon ⓘ
country Gabon ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse multi-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse indirect election ⓘ
hasChamberName Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) ⓘ
Sénat (Senate) ⓘ
hasComponent National Assembly of Gabon ⓘ
Senate of Gabon ⓘ
hasPower parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
questioning of government ministers ⓘ
houseType lower house: National Assembly of Gabon ⓘ
upper house: Senate of Gabon ⓘ
jurisdiction national legislation of Gabon ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
constitutional amendment participation ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
treaty ratification ⓘ
meetsIn Libreville ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Palais Léon Mba (National Assembly building) ⓘ
Senate building in Libreville ⓘ
oversees Government of Gabon ⓘ
oversightTool commissions of inquiry ⓘ
oral questions ⓘ
written questions ⓘ
participatesIn appointment processes defined by the Constitution of Gabon ⓘ
passes laws of Gabon ⓘ
politicalSystemContext multi-party system in Gabon ⓘ
represents people of Gabon ⓘ
territorial collectivities of Gabon ⓘ
roleInGovernmentSystem checks and balances on executive power in Gabon ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
typeOfSystem semi-presidential system context ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse two-round system ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse indirect vote by local and regional councillors ⓘ

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

Gabonese National Assembly → partOf → Parliament of Gabon ⓘ
Government of Gabon → coexistsWith → Parliament of Gabon ⓘ
Constitution of Gabon → establishes → bicameral Parliament of Gabon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Gabon
Senate of Gabon → partOf → Parliament of Gabon ⓘ
Senate of Gabon → isChamberOf → Gabonese Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Gabon
National Assembly building in Libreville → usedBy → parliamentary administration of Gabon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Gabon