Sentences with phrase «bicameral parliaments»

Finally, whether or not a country has a bicameral parliament and / or a semi-presidential system of government also has an impact on the likelihood of a referendum being held.

A bicameral parliament (House of Representative and Senate)(in 2014 this will be a directly elected house and an indirectly appointed Senate of the regions)

In 1866 Sweden became a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament, with the First Chamber indirectly elected by local governments, and the Second Chamber directly elected in national elections every four years.

One hundred and fifty - five Labour MPs voted against a bicameral Parliament and thus in favour of a one House of Parliament.

In the last Parliament the first of a series of Commons votes about what to do with the House of Lords asked whether we should continue with a bicameral Parliament (two Houses) or go for a uni-Cameral system, leaving just the House of Commons.

At the federal level, voters elect the 222 - member House of Representatives (Malay: Dewan Rakyat, literally «Hall of the People») of the bicameral Parliament.

That still leaves the elephant in the room — how on earth do we still have a bicameral parliament with an unelected upper house???? Is there any justification for an unelected, unaccountable Senate other than constitutional inertia?

Not exact matches

The bicameral Belgian Federal Parliament, by contrast, has a building in the classical style.

In unicameral systems, the national Parliament has 2 votes, whereas in bicameral parliamentary systems each Chamber receives 1 vote.