Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo

Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo

Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea	Parliament building
Basic data
Seat:	Malabo
Legislative period :	five years
First session:	1984
MPs:	100
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 26, 2013
Chair:	Speaker, Gaudencio Mohaba Mesu
Distribution of seats:	99 1 99 1  A total of 100 seats PDGE : 99 CPDS : 1
Website
presidencia-ge.org

The People's Representatives ( Spanish Cámara de Representantes del Pueblo ) is the lower house of the Parliament of Equatorial Guinea . The Chamber of Representatives consists of 100 members who are directly elected by the population for five years.

history

The House of Representatives was founded in 1984 under Article 70 of the Constitution of Equatorial Guinea. The MPs meet twice a year in March and September for a maximum of two months. After the constitutional referendum in 2011, the Senate was founded alongside the House of Representatives . On July 12, 2012, both chambers were finally opened for the first time.

elections

The last parliamentary elections took place in 2013. Most of the opposition parties boycotted the election, assuming massive election manipulation by the government. However, election observers from the African Union described the elections as largely free and fair. Of the three parties that stood up, two parties won seats in parliament. Out of 100 MPs, 22 are women, making 22% women.

Candidates who want to run for election must ...

• … Have the citizenship of Equatorial Guinea and be at least 25 years old
• ... be in full possession of their civil and political rights
• ... can read and write
• ... live in unity and recognition of the existing laws.

2013

Political party	be right	%	Seats	+/-
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial )			99	0
Movement for Social Democracy ( Convergencia para la Democracia Social )			1	0
total	-	-	100	0
Source: Government of Equatorial Guinea

2008

Political party	be right	%	Seats	+/-
Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea ( Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial )			99	+1
Movement for Social Democracy ( Convergencia para la Democracia Social )			1	−1
total	-	-	100	0
Source: jeuneafrique.com

Web links

• Parliament's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Description of Parliament , website of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed in May 2015.
2. ↑ Number of Members , Parliament's website, accessed May 2015.
3. ↑ Opening of the two-chamber system , website of guineaecuatorialpress, accessed in May 2015.
4. ↑ electoral process , site of guineaecuatorialpress, accessed in May, 2015.
5. ^ Government of Equatorial Guinea
6. ↑ jeuneafrique.com