✍️ Title III: The Legislative Power (Parliament)
Article 23 – Composition of Parliament
Parliament is composed of three chambers:
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The House of Deputies: the legislative chamber elected by direct universal suffrage.
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The National Council of Concord: the second chamber, responsible for ensuring the constitutionality of laws and protecting rights and freedoms.
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The National Youth Council: the consultative chamber, elected by young people, tasked with presenting proposals and reports that must obligatorily be submitted to the two other chambers.
Article 24 – Number of Members and Method of Appointment
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The House of Deputies is composed of 150 members elected by direct universal suffrage, according to the system of proportional representation by constituencies.
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The National Council of Concord is composed of 60 members:
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one third elected from judges and professors of law;
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one third designated from representatives of trade unions, national organizations, and civil society;
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one third elected from qualified and experienced individuals, designated by regional councils.
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The National Youth Council is composed of 72 members aged between 18 and 30 years, six (6) members from each governorate of the Republic, elected through a special youth ballot.
Article 25 – Duration of Mandates
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The mandate of the House of Deputies is five years, renewable only once.
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The mandate of the National Council of Concord is six years, with half of its members renewed every three years.
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The mandate of the National Youth Council is three years, non-renewable.
Article 26 – Competences
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The House of Deputies is responsible for enacting laws, approving the budget, voting confidence in the government, and overseeing its work.
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The National Council of Concord is responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and ensuring their conformity with rights and freedoms, with the authority to reject texts that are not consistent with the Constitution.
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The National Youth Council is responsible for preparing reports, proposals, and alternative policies, which must obligatorily be submitted to the two other chambers for debate.
Article 27 – Legislative Process
No law shall enter into force without being adopted by the House of Deputies and subsequently approved by the National Council of Concord.
In case of objection by the National Council of Concord, the law is returned to the House of Deputies, which may adopt it definitively by a three-fifths (3/5) majority of its members.
Article 28 – Financial Laws
Financial laws may only be adopted by a joint decision of the House of Deputies and the National Council of Concord, and after a mandatory hearing of a report presented by the National Youth Council.
Article 29 – Transparency
The sessions of all chambers are public.
Deliberations and proceedings shall be published regularly, and citizens shall have digital access to session records and electronic participation tools.
Article 30 – Dissolution of the Chambers
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The House of Deputies may not be dissolved except in the event of repeated failure to form a government, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
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The National Council of Concord and the National Youth Council may not be dissolved except by constitutional amendment.