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National Assembly (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

National Assembly (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Lower house of parliament in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The National Assembly is the lower house and main legislative political body of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the two legislative bodies along with the Senate. The National Assembly is composed of deputies (fr. députés) who are elected by the citizens of the DRC. The deputies serve as the voice of the people and are responsible for enacting legislation, representing their constituents' interests, and overseeing the executive branch of government. The National Assembly is responsible for deliberating and passing laws that impact the nation and its citizens.[1][2][3] It was established by the 2006 constitution, which provided for a bicameral parliament consisting of the National Assembly and the Senate.[4] It is located at the People's Palace (French: Palais du Peuple) in Kinshasa.

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The inaugural session of the 2024–2028 National Assembly will take place 29 January 2024 with 477 provisionally elected deputies attending.[5]

Electoral system

The National Assembly is elected every five years by universal suffrage. For the 2023 elections 484 seats of the assembly were apportioned among 179 electoral districts based on voter registration numbers. The remaining 16 seats were reserved for the districts of Kwamouth, Masisi, and Rutshuru territories which did not participate in the election due to armed conflict. The assembly as a whole will consist of 65 members elected in single member constituencies by first-past-the-post and the remaining 435 members elected in multi-member constituencies by open list.

Presidents of the National Assembly

Main article: List of Presidents of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Number of deputies for each constituency by province

The number of deputies elected from each subdivision in parentheses.[6]

Bas-Uele (7)

Équateur (12)

Haut-Katanga (31)

Haut-Lomami (15)

Haut-Uele (11)

Ituri (28)

Kasaï (19)

Kasaï Central (19)

Kasaï-Oriental (14)

Kinshasa (56)

Kongo Central (24)

Kwango (13)

Kwilu (28)

Lomami (16)

Lualaba (13)

Mai-Ndombe (12)

Maniema (12)

Mongala (11)

Nord-Kivu (47)

Nord-Ubangi (9)

Sankuru (14)

Sud-Kivu (32)

Sud-Ubangi (16)

Tanganyika (14)

Tshopo (17)

Tshuapa (9)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "DR Congo: New National Assembly is inaugurated - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  2. [2]
    "International Election Observation Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo 2006" (PDF). The Carter Center. Atlanta, Georgia. 2006. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  3. [3]
    "Congo (Democratic Republic of the)'s Constitution of 2005 with Amendments through 2011" (PDF). constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  4. [4]
    United Nations Web Services Section (2007-01-27). "Address to the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa on 27 January". Un.org. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  5. [5]
    "RDC: la nouvelle Assemblée fait sa rentrée parlementaire avec quelques incertitudes". RFI (in French). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. [6]
    Tabulated from the lists of candidates for the National Assembly available at the CENI website Archived 5 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine. See for example the list of national deputy candidates of Sankuru province.

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