House of Peoples' Representatives

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The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower chamber of Ethiopia’s federal legislature, responsible for lawmaking, overseeing the executive, and representing the population at the national level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament
budgetaryFunction approve taxation and government expenditure
canDeclare state of emergency under constitutional rules
canDissolve itself under constitutional conditions
canEstablish standing committees
canQuestion Prime Minister NERFINISHED
federal ministers
canSummon members of the executive
compositionMethod direct election
constitutionalStatus federal legislative organ
constitutionalSystem parliamentary republic
country Ethiopia
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives
establishedBy Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
hasChamberType unicameral role in law initiation with upper house participation
hasFunction approval of national development plans
legislative scrutiny
policy debate
hasPower approve federal budget
elect Prime Minister of Ethiopia
enact federal laws
oversight of Council of Ministers
ratify international agreements
remove Prime Minister
hasQuorumRule majority of members
hasRole executive oversight
lawmaking
representation of the population
jurisdiction Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
languageUsed Amharic
legislativeType federal legislature lower chamber
meetsIn Addis Ababa NERFINISHED
meetsInBuilding Ethiopian Parliament Building NERFINISHED
oversees executive branch of Ethiopia
partOf Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
passes federal legislation
represents people of Ethiopia
representsLevel national
subjectTo Constitution of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
supervises implementation of laws
termLength 5 years
votingMethod majority vote of members present and voting
worksWith House of Federation NERFINISHED

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Ethiopian Parliament hasComponent House of Peoples' Representatives
Ethiopian Parliament lowerHouse House of Peoples' Representatives
Government of Ethiopia lowerHouse House of Peoples' Representatives