Maneaba ni Maungatabu

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Maneaba ni Maungatabu
Kiribati Coat of Arms Parliament building
logo Parliament building
Basic data
Seat: Ambo , South Tarawa
Legislative period : four years
First session: July 12, 1979
MPs: 44 + 2
Current legislative period
Last choice: December 30, 2015 (first ballot) and January 7, 2016 (second ballot)
Next choice: 2019/20
Chair: Speaker Tebuai Uaai
Distribution of seats in the Maneaba ni Maungatabu
   
Distribution of seats: Government (20)
  • CPM 20
    • Opposition (26)
  • BTK 13
  • KF 13
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    Website
    www.parliament.gov.ki

    Maneaba ni Maungatabu ( English : House of Assembly ) is the parliament in the one-chamber system of Kiribati .

    44 members of parliament are elected for four years each. Furthermore, the parliament includes a representative of the Kiribatians from Banaba living in exile there, nominated by the Council of Elders on the Fijian island of Rabi , and the public prosecutor general ex officio . The parliament is located in the capital South Tarawa .

    Parliament building

    A new parliament building was opened on October 14, 2000 in Ambo , South Tarawa by the then President Teburoro Tito . It is a modern new building in the historical style of the classic Kiribati meeting houses, the maneabas . It is located in Ambo, the previous seat was in Bairiki .

    Constitutional basis

    The structure and tasks of parliament are laid down in the Kiribati constitution of July 12, 1979.

    The originally planned number of members was increased to 44 by resolution of June 7, 2007. At the same time, the allocation of seats was changed: electoral districts with fewer than 1,500 inhabitants received one seat, those with 1,500 to 5,000 residents received two seats, and those with more than 5,000 residents received three seats each. Since the last election in 2015/16, the ratio of the 44 directly elected MPs from the respective electoral districts has been as follows:

    MPs Constituencies
    each 3 Abaiang , Betio , Kiritimati , North Tarawa , South Tarawa
    each 2 Abemama , Beru , Butaritari , Maiana , Makin , Marakei , Nikunau , Nonouti , Onotoa , Tabiteuea North , Tabuaeran
    each 1 Aranuka , Arorae , Banaba , Kuria , Tabiteuea South , Tamana , Teraina

    elections

    Former parliament building in Bairiki until 2000

    The two rounds of the last elections took place on December 30, 2015 and January 7, 2016.

    Political party be right % Seats +/-
    Boutokaan Te Koaua (BTK)
    ("Pillar of Truth"; Pillars of Truth)     		26th +11
    Tobwaan Kiribati Party (TKP) 19th +6
    Attorney General 1
    Bottom line 46
    Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

    See also

    literature

    • Barrie Macdonald: Cinderellas of the Empire. Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva, Fiji 2001, ISBN 982-02-0335-X .
    • Howard van Trease (Ed.): Atoll politics. The Republic of Kiribati. Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva, Fiji 1993, ISBN 982-02-0081-4 , pp. 30-37.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Database on parliamentary elections. Accessed June 2016
    2. ↑ http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_parl/index1.htm Pictures of the opening event on janeresture.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
    3. ^ Online text of the Kiribati constitution of July 12, 1979 . In Engl. Wikisource. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
    4. ^ Stories from Kiribati , Results of the First Round of Kiribati National Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
    5. ↑ Includes the representative of the exiled Kiribati living on Rabi.
    6. ↑ The TKP emerged from a merger of the United Coalition Party (KTK) and the Maurin Kiribati Party (MKP)

    Coordinates: 1 ° 21 ′ 0.9 ″  N , 173 ° 2 ′ 20 ″  E