General Council

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The General Council is the unicameral national parliament of Andorra, responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the government.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
parliament of a country
unicameral national parliament
budgetaryPower approves state budget of Andorra
canDissolve yes
constitutionalRole supreme legislative authority in Andorra
country Andorra
deputyHeadedBy Sub-sindic General
electoralDistrictType nationwide constituency
parish-based constituencies
elects Head of Government of Andorra
establishedAsModernParliament 1993
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasCommittee budget and finance committee
foreign affairs committee
legislative committees
hasNumberOfMembers 28
hasPower investiture of the head of government
vote of no confidence in the government
headedBy Sindic General
historicalPrecursor Consell de la Terra
jurisdiction Andorra
languageOfProceedings Catalan
legislativeBodyOf Andorra
legislativeProcessIncludes committee stage
debate
plenary vote
proposal of laws
mainFunction approving the state budget
enacting laws
overseeing the government
ratifying international treaties
meetingPlace Casa de la Vall
new Consell General building
meetsIn Andorra la Vella
membersTitle general councillors
nativeLanguage Catalan
officialName Consell General
Consell General d’Andorra
oversees Government of Andorra
relatedDocument Constitution of Andorra
sessionType extraordinary sessions
ordinary sessions
structure unicameral
termLength 4 years
votingSystem majoritarian system
mixed electoral system
proportional representation

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Andorra
legislature

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