National Assembly (Niger)
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- PNDS - Tarayya: 37
- MNSD - Nassara: 26
- FASHIONS -FA Lumana Africa: 25
- ANDP - Zaman Lahiya: 8
- RDP - Jama'a: 7
- UDR Tabbath: 6
- CDS Rahama: 3
- UNI: 1
The National Assembly (French: Assemblée Nationale) is the unicameral parliament of the Republic of Niger.
History
Parliament Niger goes back to the General Council, which was set up in 1946, when Niger was still a French colony. From the General Council of Niger was 1952, the Territorial Assembly of Niger forth. In 1958, the country became an autonomous republic within the French Community. The Parliament was active from December 18, 1958 as a Constituent Assembly and from March 12, 1959 as the Legislative Assembly.
Three days before the independence of Niger from France, which was declared on August 3, 1960, a law replaced the Legislative Assembly by the National Assembly. The parliament of the independent state was first made during three legislative sessions. In the coup of Seyni Kountché against President Hamani Diori on April 15, 1974, the National Assembly was dissolved. During the next fourteen years Niger had no parliament.
After the constitutional referendum of 1989, the National Assembly has been restored. From 1991 to 1993, under President Ali Saibou, the High Council of the Republic replaced as a transitional parliament, the National Assembly. After Salou Djibo cited by coup against President Mamadou Tandja on 15 October 2010 there was another transitional parliament, the National Konsulativrat. The National Assembly met on 30 March 2011 after the 2011 parliamentary elections together again.
The term of five years. The minimum age of the members is 21 years. In the lists of political parties, party coalitions and independent candidates at least 75 percent of the candidates must have a primary school education ( Brevet d' Etudes du Premier Cycle) possess. On the admissibility of candidatures and the legality of the election judges of the Constitutional Court. The President has the right to dissolve the National Assembly, after which within a certain period elections must be held.
In the last parliamentary elections on January 31, 2011 PNDS - Tarayya received the most votes and 37 of 113 seats in the National Assembly.
Skills and working methods
The sessions of the National Assembly are in principle public and will only be undertaken at the request of the Prime Minister or one third of the deputies from the public. The meeting minutes will be published in the Journal Officiel de la République du Niger. There are two annual regular sessions, in March - for a maximum of 90 days - and in October - for more than 60 days - start. Extraordinary meetings may be held at the request of the President of the National Assembly, the President or the Prime Minister. They shall be opened and closed by the President by decree. Once a year, the Nigerien Human Rights Commission presents its human rights report to Parliament.
The National Assembly will vote on the laws, taxes and the budget. The Nigerien government is responsible to the National Assembly. At the request of Parliament, the Court has to provide information on the public inputs and outputs. At the request of one-tenth of the members of the Constitutional Court must rule on the constitutionality of decisions.
The parliamentary immunity of members can only be removed by the National Assembly itself. Kick out a deputy from the Party, for which he was elected to Parliament, he loses his mandate, which will now be performed by a substitute. If a Member, however, excluded from his party, he keeps as an independent Member of Parliament his seat and may not stay in the current legislature to join any other parliamentary faction.
If the majority of the president and the parliamentary majority do not match, the prime minister is by the President selected from a list drawn up by the National Assembly list with three personalities. The Prime Minister gives a speech to the orientation of its policy before Parliament after taking office. Does the National Assembly a motion of censure or denies its consent to the government program or another text put to the vote, the prime minister that the government resign must submit to the President. The National Assembly elects four of the seven members of the Supreme Court, before the president and members of the government can be impeached. An indictment of the president requires a two-thirds majority, an indictment of a government minister, an absolute majority of the deputies. Constitutional amendments require the initiative of both the President and three-fourths of the members and can be implemented only by a majority of four fifths of the deputies or a referendum. Furthermore, the authorization by Parliament is required for the deployment of troops abroad, and for a declaration of war. The imposition of a state of emergency by the Council of Ministers, which exceeds 15 days must be approved by the National Assembly. If the President exclaims missbräulich a state of emergency, this can be explained by the National Assembly ended.
President of the National Assembly
The National Assembly is the President of the National Assembly (French: Président de l' Assemblée Nationale) passed. MEPs elect the President for the duration of its term. He will be sworn in before the Constitutional Court on the holy book of his religion. In case of a crisis of confidence, the President of the National Assembly may be voted out early with a two-thirds majority of MPs. The President is elected by the National Assembly Office (French: Bureau de l' Assemblée Nationale) support, whose composition reflects the political configuration of the Parliament. The Office of the National Assembly designates one of the seven members of the Constitutional Court.
The President of the National Assembly has a number of special powers. He shall convene the regular meetings of the Parliament and may also convene extraordinary meetings. He is a member of the Council of the Republic. He chooses four of the 92 members of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council, who shall in turn advise the National Assembly, and a representative to the Niger Human Rights Commission. It also lays down one of the members of the High Council for Communication. At the request of the President of the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court must rule on the constitutionality of decisions. If the President dies before the expiration of his term of office, is explained for health reasons for incapacitation or resigns, the President of the National Assembly takes over the functions of a provisional head of state.