National Assembly of Malawi

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The National Assembly of Malawi is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Republic of Malawi.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament of Malawi	2
National Assembly of Malawi canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
branchOf	state power in Malawi ⓘ
can	amend the Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
composition	elected members ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	constitutional organ of the state ⓘ
country	Malawi ⓘ
electoralSystemForMembers	single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	post-independence era of Malawi ⓘ
governmentType	unicameral parliament ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Malawi ⓘ surface form: Republic of Malawi
hasPower	to pass motions of censure ⓘ to question public officials ⓘ to summon government ministers ⓘ
hasRole	policy debate forum ⓘ representation of constituencies ⓘ
languageUsed	Chichewa ⓘ English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Malawi ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	national ⓘ
locatedIn	Parliament Building, Lilongwe ⓘ surface form: Capital Hill, Lilongwe Lilongwe ⓘ
meets	in sessions during the year ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament Building, Lilongwe ⓘ
meetsUnder	Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
oversees	Executive branch of Malawi ⓘ
partOf	National Assembly of Malawi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Malawi
passes	Acts of Parliament ⓘ
primaryFunction	budget approval ⓘ government oversight ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ representation of citizens ⓘ scrutiny of the executive ⓘ
relatedTo	Judiciary of Malawi ⓘ President of Malawi ⓘ
responsibleFor	approval of national budget ⓘ ratification of international treaties ⓘ
roleInGovernment	checks and balances ⓘ
supervises	public expenditure ⓘ
typeOfParliament	national parliament ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Malawi → legislature → National Assembly of Malawi ⓘ

Lilongwe → hasParliamentBuilding → National Assembly of Malawi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Malawi

National Assembly of Malawi → partOf → National Assembly of Malawi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Malawi