National Assembly (Burundi)
National Assembly Assemblée nationale | |
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Party list proportional representation | |
Last election | 20 May 2020 |
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| Kigobe Congress Center, Bujumbura | |
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 Burundi portal |
The National Assembly is the
lower chamber of Parliament in Burundi. It consists of 100 directly elected members (or deputies) and between 18 and 23 co-opted
members who serve five-year terms.
Deputies are elected in 17 multi-member
constituencies using a party-list proportional representation system in accordance with the D'Hondt method
. Political parties and lists of independent candidates must receive over 2% of the vote nationally to gain representation in the National Assembly.
History
As a country that has been devastated by
civil war
and persistent ethnic violence since its independence in 1962, Burundi's new constitution (approved in a February 2005
referendum) requires that 60% of the deputies be from the Hutu ethnic group, while the remaining 40% come from the Tutsi ethnic group. In addition, three co-opted members represent the Twa ethnic group. Women must occupy at least 30% of the seats in the National Assembly.
Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero (MRC-Rurenzangemero), won the remaining 2 seats. An additional 18 members were co-opted to meet the required ethnic and gender quotas
.
Immaculée Nahayo, an ethnic Hutu member of the CNDD-FDD, was elected president of the National Assembly on 16 August 2005.
On 19 August 2005, the National Assembly and
Senate Assembly (acting as an Electoral College) elected Pierre Nkurunziza president
of the republic. He took office on 26 August 2005.
See also
- List of legislatures by country
- List of presidents of the National Assembly of Burundi
- Legislative branch
References
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: BURUNDI (Inama Nshingamateka), Last elections". archive.ipu.org.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: BURUNDI (Inama Nshingamateka), General information". archive.ipu.org.
External links
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