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Constitution

Legislative power Executive power Judiciary Independent

National Assembly Cabinet Courts organs

Senate Prime minister Courts of Election
Justice Commission

House of Administrative
Representatives Ministers Courts Ombudsmen

National Anti-
Constitutional Corruption
Court Commision
State Audit
Military Courts Commission

Figure 1 State Structure

1.1.1.1 Legislative Branch

Legislative power is exercised by the National Assembly, which
consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. No person can
concurrently be a Member of the House of Representatives and a Senator.
The House of Representatives consists of 500 members, 350 of which are
elected on a constituency basis and 150 from party lists, and calculated by
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the overall national election . The Senate is comprised of 200 members
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but for the initial period of five years, the Senate consists of 250 members .
At present, 194 senators are selected by the National Council for Peace and
Order, six senators are reserved for the armed forces leaders, the supreme
commander, the defense permanent secretary, and the national police chief.
The other fifty senators are selected from the pools of ten professional and

1 The 2017 Constitution, Section 83
2 The 2017 Constitution, Section 107
3 The 2017 Constitution, Section 269

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