Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the country’s upper legislative chamber, responsible for reviewing and amending laws and representing provincial interests at the national level.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sénat de la République démocratique du Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingType	parliament building ⓘ
composition	indirectly elected members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperatesWith	National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
electoralCollegeIncludes	provincial assembly members ⓘ traditional chiefs ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	Third Republic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingRules	Senate’s internal regulations ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	unitary state ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	ad hoc committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction	approves certain high-level appointments ⓘ can propose legislation ⓘ examines bills passed by the National Assembly ⓘ participates in constitutional amendments ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	entire territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	President of the Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.senat.cd ⓘ
hasPower	create parliamentary commissions ⓘ question government ministers ⓘ
houseType	upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction	national legislation ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf	Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Palais du Peuple NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInCity	Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	bicameral legislature of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ national institutions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
represents	provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
representsLevelOfGovernment	provincial level ⓘ
role	amends legislation ⓘ oversees the executive branch ⓘ participates in the legislative process ⓘ represents provincial interests ⓘ reviews legislation ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	implementation of laws ⓘ
system	semi-presidential system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	territorial representation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → upperHouse → Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ

Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasComponent → Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ

Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → legislativeChamber → Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ