20.06.2016

The People's Assembly (Parliament) - the highest legislative body of the Republic of Abkhazia. The unicameral parliament, which replaced the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia (Abkhaz ASSR / Abkhazian SSR). It consists of 35 deputies elected for five years on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

A deputy may be any citizen of the Republic of Abkhazia who has reached 25 years of age and eligible to vote. A deputy may not hold the office of President and Vice President, to be a member of the Government of Abkhazia, to hold official positions in the government and in the judiciary, engage in other paid activities, except for teaching, scientific and other creative activities.

Deputies of the Parliament of Abkhazia is not bound by an imperative mandate. The right of legislative initiative in the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia belongs to his deputies, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Functions:

Leaders of Abkhazia's parliament

Parliamentary committees

The results of the 2012 elections

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Features

The Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia:

Adopts the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Abkhazia;

Decide on the administrative and territorial changes;

Hear the President of the Union message, the main directions of domestic and foreign policy and its implementation;

Review and approve the state budget, supervises its implementation;

It takes criminal law, criminal procedure, corrective labor, civil, civil procedure, arbitration and other legislation, laws on the judicial system and the prosecutor's office;

Provides interpretation of the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Abkhazia;

Establish state awards, honorary titles and military of the Republic of Abkhazia;

Ratify and denounce international treaties of the Republic of Abkhazia;

Elect the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia and his deputies;

Appoints and dismisses the President on the proposal of the Prosecutor General, the Chairman of the National Bank and other officials in accordance with the law;

Decides to declare a vote of no confidence in individual members of the Cabinet of Ministers;

Bring charges against the President of the Republic of Abkhazia for his impeachment;

Amnesty;

Decide on the declaration of war and conclusion of peace;

Decides on issues of immunity of deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia;

Decide on the legality of a state of emergency and martial law;

Exercise other powers entrusted to him by the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Abkhazia.