Parliament of Bhutan

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The Parliament of Bhutan is the bicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Bhutan, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government under the country's constitutional monarchy.

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Label Occurrences
Parliament of Bhutan canonical 5
National Council of Bhutan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
national legislature
parliament
canAmend laws of Bhutan
canApprove national budget
canInitiate constitutional amendments (with procedures)
canPass acts
canRatify international treaties
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan
country Bhutan
electoralCycleInfluences formation of government in Bhutan
establishedInCurrentForm 2008
governmentType constitutional monarchy
hasComponent National Assembly of Bhutan
National Council of Bhutan
hasLegislativeSupremacyOver subordinate legislation in Bhutan
hasPower to debate public policy
to initiate legislation
to question ministers
headOfStateRole Druk Gyalpo
jurisdiction Bhutan
surface form: Kingdom of Bhutan
languageOfProceedings Dzongkha
legislativeFunction government oversight
lawmaking
lowerHouse National Assembly of Bhutan
meetsAtBuilding Parliament House, Thimphu
meetsFrequency sessions several times a year
meetsIn Thimphu
monarchParticipatesInLegislation yes
nativeName འབྲུག་གི་གྲྭ་ཚོགས་
nativeNameLanguage Dzongkha
numberOfHouses 2
oversees Executive branch of Bhutan
partOf political system of Bhutan
primaryLegislativeBodyOf Bhutan
relatedTo Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan
surface form: Constitution of Bhutan 2008
requiresRoyalAssent yes
roleInMonarchy supports constitutional monarchy framework
supervises implementation of laws by the government
typeOfStateBody legislative branch
upperHouse National Council of Bhutan
votingSystemLowerHouse party-based elections
votingSystemUpperHouse non-partisan elections
website https://www.nab.gov.bt

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Druk Gyalpo associatedInstitution Parliament of Bhutan
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan establishesInstitution Parliament of Bhutan
this entity surface form: National Council of Bhutan
Royal Government of Bhutan legislature Parliament of Bhutan
National Assembly of Bhutan partOf Parliament of Bhutan
Bhutanese royal family supportedInstitution Parliament of Bhutan