Olbiil Era Kelulau

Olbiil Era Kelulau

Seal of the National Congress	Congress Palaus
Basic data
Seat:	Congress, Ngerulmud
Legislative period :	four years
First session:	January 1, 1981
MPs:	29 (13 in the Senate and 16 in the House of Representatives)
Current legislative period
Last choice:	November 1, 2016
Chair:	Senate: President, Elias Camsek Chin House of Representatives: Speaker, Sabino Anastacio
Website
www.palaugov.org

Olbiil Era Kelulau ( English Palau National Congress ) is the parliament in the bicameral system of Palau . The name means “House of Discussed Decisions” in the local language. On October 7, 2006 , this moved from Koror to the new capital Ngerulmud .

location

The new government building of Palau was built on a hill near the village. The Capitol complex includes the actual parliament building as well as buildings for the executive and judicial branches .

Chambers

senate

The Senate is the upper house of the Palau Congress. It has 13 members who complete a four-year legislative period. There are no political parties.

Ninth Parliament

candidate	be right	Remarks
Surangel Whipps Jr	5717
Elias Camsek Chin	5252	Senate President
Raynold R Oilouch	5242
Mason Whipps	4994
Mark U Rudimch	4306
Hokkons Baules	4279
Phillip Reklai	4270
Mlib Tmetuchel	3423
J Uduch Sengebau Senior	3419
Rukebai Inabo	3256
Kathy Kesolei	3192
Regis Akitaya	3138
Greg Ngirmang	3160
Other candidates	39159	22 more applications
Total	92807
Unofficial source: Adam Carr

House of Representatives

The House of Delegates is the lower house of Palau and part of the Congress. It is a chief council and has 16 members from the administrative states. They complete a four-year legislative period and are determined by direct election in constituencies. There are no national elections for this. The last elections took place in 2012, in which no political parties took part, only independent candidates.

Web links

Commons : Parliament building of the Olbiil Era Kelulau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Palau government website

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Congress, accessed March 2015
2. ↑ Senate, accessed March 2015 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Inter-Parliamentary Union, accessed March 2015