Parliament of Dominica

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Dominica is the national bicameral legislature of the Commonwealth of Dominica, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForSenators	Leader of the Opposition of Dominica (recommendation) ⓘ President of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of Dominica (recommendation) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
capital	Roseau NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionFeature	appointed senators ⓘ elected members ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	Westminster system NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInCommonwealth	Commonwealth of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Assembly of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ President of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLowerHousePresidingOfficer	Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUpperHousePresidingOfficer	President of the Senate of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateComponent	President of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	evolved from colonial legislative institutions under British rule ⓘ
house	House of Assembly of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Commonwealth of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Assembly of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament building in Roseau NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchPreviouslyRepresentedBy	Governor-General of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialName	Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightMechanism	parliamentary committees ⓘ parliamentary questions ⓘ
politicalSystem	multi-party system ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
responsibility	amending the constitution (subject to procedures) ⓘ enacting statutes ⓘ ratifying certain international agreements ⓘ
role	approval of the national budget ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ oversight of the government ⓘ representation of the people ⓘ scrutiny of public policy ⓘ
seat	Roseau NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState	Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

House of Assembly → isLowerChamberOf → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ

Constitution of Dominica → establishesBody → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ

Parliament Building, Roseau → usedBy → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ

Public Accounts Committee → partOf → Parliament of Dominica ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Accounts Committee (Dominica)