Parliament of Dominica

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The Parliament of Dominica is the national bicameral legislature of the Commonwealth of Dominica, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForSenators Leader of the Opposition of Dominica (recommendation) ⓘ
President of Dominica ⓘ
Prime Minister of Dominica (recommendation) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
capital Roseau ⓘ
compositionFeature appointed senators ⓘ
elected members ⓘ
constitutionalSystem Westminster system ⓘ
country Dominica ⓘ
countryInCommonwealth Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Dominica ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasComponent House of Assembly of Dominica ⓘ
President of Dominica ⓘ
Senate of Dominica ⓘ
hasLowerHousePresidingOfficer Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica ⓘ
hasUpperHousePresidingOfficer President of the Senate of Dominica ⓘ
headOfStateComponent President of Dominica ⓘ
historicalContext evolved from colonial legislative institutions under British rule ⓘ
house House of Assembly of Dominica ⓘ
Senate of Dominica ⓘ
jurisdiction Dominica ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Dominica ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Commonwealth of Dominica ⓘ
linked to: Dominica
lowerHouse House of Assembly of Dominica ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament building in Roseau ⓘ
monarchPreviouslyRepresentedBy Governor-General of Dominica ⓘ
officialName Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica ⓘ
oversightMechanism parliamentary committees ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
politicalSystem multi-party system ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
responsibility amending the constitution (subject to procedures) ⓘ
enacting statutes ⓘ
ratifying certain international agreements ⓘ
role approval of the national budget ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the government ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
scrutiny of public policy ⓘ
seat Roseau ⓘ
sovereignState Dominica ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Dominica ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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

House of Assembly → isLowerChamberOf → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ
Constitution of Dominica → establishesBody → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ
Parliament Building, Roseau → usedBy → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee (Dominica) → partOf → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ
subject linked to: Public Accounts Committee
Parliament of Dominica → officialName → Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Dominica
Auditor General of Dominica → reportsTo → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ
Auditor General of Dominica → accountableTo → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ