Chamber of Senators

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The Chamber of Senators is the upper chamber of Paraguay’s bicameral National Congress, responsible for national legislation, oversight, and representing the country at large.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Senators canonical 1
Cámara de Senadores 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf upper house of parliament
alsoKnownAs Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
surface form: Senate of Paraguay
belongsTo Paraguayan political system
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
canCreate commissions of inquiry
chamberType upper chamber
coexistsWith Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Paraguay
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of the State
country Paraguay
electedBy popular vote
electionFrequency every 5 years
electoralSystem proportional representation
hasCharacteristic does not represent subnational districts
members elected on a nationwide basis
hasLegislativePowerOver national laws
hasPower amendment of legislation
approval of international treaties
initiation of legislation
oversight of the executive branch
participation in appointments to high public offices
rejection of legislation
hasRole approval of the national budget
checks and balances on other branches of government
debate of public policy
houseOf Congress of Paraguay
surface form: National Congress of Paraguay
jurisdiction Paraguay
surface form: Republic of Paraguay
languageUsed Guaraní
Spanish
legalSystemContext civil law system
legislativeFunction government oversight
national legislation
legislatureType bicameral legislature
locatedIn Asunción
meetsIn Congress building of Paraguay
nativeName Chamber of Senators self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cámara de Senadores
oversees implementation of laws by the executive
national public administration
partOf Congress of Paraguay
surface form: National Congress of Paraguay
represents national constituency
the country at large
representsLevel national level
termLength 5 years
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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

Paraguay upperHouse Chamber of Senators
Chamber of Senators nativeName Chamber of Senators self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
this entity surface form: Cámara de Senadores