National Assembly (Bulgaria)
The Narodno Sabranie ( Bulgarian Народно събрание / Narodno Sabranie, Narod of 'people' and Sabranie 'assembly' ) is the parliament of Bulgaria. It is the unicameral.
There is also the Grand National Assembly ( Bulg Велико народно Събрание ), which meets about with constitutional amendments. For this reason, the National Assembly ( Bulg Обикновено Народно събрание ) and the "Great " National Assembly is made between the " ordinary ". The Bulgarian National Assembly may amend or supplement any provisions of the Constitution other than those for which the Grand National Assembly is responsible (Article 153 of the Bulgarian Constitution).
History
The Bulgarian parliament was first constituted with the Constitution of Turnovo of 1879. However, some historians give the Assembly the 64 delegates of the Revolutionary Committee of the April Uprising of 1876 at Mount Oborischte the first Bulgarian National Assembly.
Today, Parliament is regulated by the Constitution of 1991 ( Article 62 to 91). Parliament's role is in the first row, the control of the government and the adoption of laws. The MPs themselves have a legislative initiative. The National Assembly currently has 240 members who are elected for four years by proportional representation method in 31 multi -member constituencies. The allocation is done according to the D' Hondt method. The constituencies are largely identical to the districts, only Sofia - city consists of three constituencies, and Plovdiv - city creates its own constituency. There is a minimum threshold of 4 percent for the political parties.
Architecture
The building in which convenes the National Assembly, is now a cultural monument. It was 1884-1886 according to the design of the architect Konstantin Jovanovič, who had studied in Vienna and Zurich, built. The building was built in the style of Neo - Renaissance. The interior of 1961 and 1977, converted, but the appearance was substantially preserved in its original form.
Deputies election
The National Assembly consists of 240 members. Active and passive suffrage had originally all the men who were at least 21 years old. The deputies made decisions about state budget, bills, government bonds, etc. The " Grand National Assembly ", which is twice as large, chose the monarch or regent, approved constitution and law changes. 1944, the women's suffrage was introduced.
Choice
President of the National Assembly (since 1990)
- Nikolay Todorov July 17 1990-2. October 1991
- Stefan Savov November 4 1991-24. September 1992
- Aleksandar Yordanov November 5th 1992-17. October 1994
- Blagowest Sendow January 12th 1995-13. February 1997
- Jordan Sokolow May 7, 1997-19. April 2001
- Ognjan Gerdschikow July 5 2001-4. February 2005
- Borislav Welikow February 23 2005-17. June 2005
- Georgi Pirinski July 11 2005-25. June 2009
- Zezka Zatschewa since July 14, 2009