Parliament of Guyana

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The Parliament of Guyana is the country’s unicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature
parliament
unicameral legislature
budgetaryPower approval of government expenditure
budgetCycleRole examination of estimates of revenue and expenditure
canAmend Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
surface form: Constitution of Guyana
canBeDissolvedBy President of Guyana
canRemoveGovernmentBy vote of no confidence
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
surface form: Constitution of Guyana
country British Guiana
surface form: Guyana
electoralBodyFor selection of President of Guyana (indirectly via list system)
establishedInCurrentForm 1980
hasChamberName National Assembly
hasCommitteeSystem yes
hasComponent Parliament of Guyana self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Assembly of Guyana

President of Guyana
hasLeaderInNationalAssembly Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana
hasOfficialWebsite https://parliament.gov.gy/
hasOppositionRole Leader of the Opposition
surface form: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly
house Parliament of Guyana self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Assembly of Guyana
includesNonVotingMembers yes
jurisdiction territory of Guyana
languageOfProceedings English
legalSystemContext common law tradition
legislativeBranchOf Government of Guyana
meetsFrequency regular sessions and special sittings as required
meetsIn Georgetown, Guyana
meetsInBuilding Public Buildings, Georgetown
memberOf Commonwealth parliamentary community
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfMembersOfNationalAssembly 65
oversees Cabinet of Guyana
oversightMechanisms debates on motions
parliamentary committees
question time
passes Acts of Parliament
predecessor Legislative Assembly of British Guiana
surface form: House of Assembly of Guyana

Legislative Assembly of British Guiana
region Caribbean
responsibility approval of the national budget
making laws
oversight of the executive branch
representation of the people of Guyana
scrutiny of government policy
supervises implementation of laws by the executive
termLengthOfNationalAssemblyMembers 5 years
typeOfStateStructure unitary state legislature
votingSystemForNationalAssembly closed list proportional representation

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Georgetown, Guyana isSeatOf Parliament of Guyana
Government of Guyana legislativeBody Parliament of Guyana
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Guyana
Demerara-Mahaica region hasNationalInstitution Parliament of Guyana
subject surface form: Demerara-Mahaica
Parliament Building of Guyana houses Parliament of Guyana
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Guyana
Parliament Building of Guyana legislativeBody Parliament of Guyana
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Guyana
Parliament Building of Guyana operator Parliament of Guyana
this entity surface form: Parliament Office of Guyana
Parliament of Guyana hasComponent Parliament of Guyana self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Guyana
Parliament of Guyana house Parliament of Guyana self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Guyana