Legislative Branch of the Dominican Republic

Congress dome National

El The ability to Legislative en Republic Dominican Republic It corresponds to Congress dome National, entity bicameral made up of the Senate and a Camera of Deputies. The members of both chambers are elected by vote direct by a period of four years and re-eligible for crafts indefinite. The joint meeting of the Senate and Camera of Deputies is called Assembly National, without embargo when they meet to learn about changes to the Constitution from the Republic It is called Assembly National Reviewer.

El The ability to Legislative it's just the institution state in charge of drafting the laws that govern the society that has granted him such mandate, and supervise the actions of other state institutions and powers in order to adjust them to pre-established legal standards.

Senate

El Senate o Camera Alta is made up of 32 legislators reason one for each province and one for the District National; Senators are elected according to the Constitution from the Republic and the Act 15-19 of Regime Electoral by vote direct for a period four years old. The Senate has several faculties of council y consent not granted to the CameraIncluding consent to treaties, loans and contracts such as condition prior to its ratification y consent o confirmation of appointments to members of the Camera of Accounts, Central Electoral Board and ambassadors.

Camera of Deputies

La Camera of Deputies or Camera Baja is made up of 190 deputies, distributed as follows: 178 by territorial density, 5 deputies by level national and 7 deputies in representation from the community Dominican abroad. The Camera is responsible for the approval of the legislation national, known as laws, which, after approval of the Senate, are sent to the President de Republic Dominican for your consideration.

Powers of Congress dome National  

1) General powers in legislative matters:

a) Establish general taxes, tributes or contributions and determine the way from its collection and investment;

b) To be aware of the observations that the The ability to Executive make laws;

c) Provide everything concerning the conservation of monuments and the . historical, cultural and artistic;

d) Create, modify or suppress regions, provinces, municipalities, municipal districts, sections and places and determine everything concerning their limits and Company, By the proceedings regulated in this Constitution and prior study that demonstrates the convenience political, social and economic justification for the modification;

e) Authorize the President from the Republic to declare the states of exception What does this refer to? Constitution;

f) In /// That the sovereignty national is exposed to serious and imminent danger, Congress dome may declare that there is a state de defense national, deleting the exercise of the derechos individual, with exception of the derechos established in the article 263.

g) Establish rules relating to migration and regime de foreigner;

h) Increase or reduce the number of courteous de appeal and create or abolish courts and arrange everything related to their Company y competition, prior consultation to the Supreme Cutting de Justice;

i) Vote annually the Act of the General Budget of the Status, as well as approve or reject the spending extraordinary for which you request a credit el The ability to Executive;

j) Legislate As regards the debt public and approve or disapprove the credits and loans signed by the The ability to Executive, in accordance with this Constitution and the laws;

k) Approve or disapprove contracts submitted to it by the President from the Republic, in accordance with the provisions of the article 128, numeral 2), literal d), as well as subsequent amendments or modifications that alter the conditions originally established in said contracts at the time of their sanction legislative;

l) Approve or disapprove the international treaties and conventions signed by the The ability to Executive;

m) Declare by law la necesidad from the Reform Constitutional;

n) Grant honored to distinguished citizens who have borrowed recognized services to the Patria or to humanity;

ñ) Grant authorization al President from the Republic to go out to extranjero when it is for more than fifteen days;

o) Decide el transfer from the headquarters of the legislative chambers cause de force Most or by others circumstances duly motivated;

p) Grant amnesty for political reasons;

q) Legislate about any matter other than the competition of other power of the Status and that is not contrary to the Constitution;

r) To issue resolutions on problems or situations of order national o international that they are of interest for Republic.

2) Powers in matters of supervision and control:

a) Approve or reject the state of collecting and investing the income that must be provided by the The ability to Executive during the first legislature ordinary of each year and we will announce, based on the report from the Camera of Accounts;

b) Ensure the conservation and fruition of the goods nationals in benefit from the society and approve or reject the alienation of the goods de domain private from the Nation, except as provided in the article 128, numeral 2 ^[sic], literal d);

c) Summon ministers, vice-ministers, directors or administrators of autonomous and decentralized bodies of the Status before the permanent committees of the Congress dome, to build them on the execution budget and the acts of its administration;

d) To examine annually all the acts of the The ability to Executive and approve them, if they are adjusted to the Constitution and the laws;

e) Appoint permanent and special commissions instance of its members, to investigate any matter arising from interest public, and surrender the report correspondent;

f) Supervise all public policies implemented by the gobierno and its autonomous and decentralized institutions, without to import its nature and scope.

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