constituteproject.org • Legislative oversight of the executive PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:22 Article 18 The President of the Union shall establish an annual report on the state of the Union for the information of the Assembly of the Union, the Constitutional Court as well as the assemblies and executives of the islands. Chapter II: Legislative Power • Structure of legislative chamber(s) Article 19 The Assembly of the Union shall be the legislative body of the Union. It shall enact the statutes, including the statutes on the execution of the budget, adopt the budget and control the action of the Ministers and other members of the Government. Article 20 • Size of first chamber • First chamber selection • Electoral districts • First chamber representation quotas • Size of first chamber • First chamber selection The Assembly of the Union shall be composed of: • twenty-four (24) representatives of the nation elected by universal suffrage in single-member constituencies on the basis of majority voting in two rounds; • representatives of the autonomous islands appointed by the Island Councils from among their ranks, at the number of three (3) for each autonomous island. • Attendance by legislators • Term length for first chamber The members of the Assembly of the Union shall wear the title of Deputy of the Union. The National Assembly shall be renewed integrally. The powers of the Assembly shall expire at the start of ordinary April session of the fifth year following the election of the representatives of the nation. In the case of a dissolution, the elections of the representatives of the nation shall take place in the sixty days preceding the expiry of the powers of the Assembly of the Union. • Replacement of legislators • First chamber representation quotas An Elections Act shall determine the modalities of the vote and the delimitation of the constituencies whose number shall not be inferior to three in each island. The modalities and the terms of the appointment of the representatives of the autonomous islands in the Assembly of the Union shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the island concerned. The Island Council shall proceed each year to the appointment of its representatives at the Assembly of the Union. The functions of Deputy of the Union Assembly of a representative from an autonomous island shall expire simultaneously with the powers of the Council of that island. Each Deputy who ceases to be a member of the Council of the island he comes from shall cease at the same time to be a member of Assembly of the Union. He shall be replaced. • Leader of first chamber The President of the Assembly of the Union shall be elected for the duration of the legislature. • Compensation of legislators • Replacement of legislators • Minimum age for first chamber • Eligibility for first chamber An Institutional Act shall determine the conditions and modalities for the election of the Deputies of the Assembly of the Union and its President, the terms of disqualifications and incompatibilities applying to members as well as their allowances. It shall specify the manner of election of those persons called upon to replace the Deputies whose seats have become vacant until the general or partial renewal of the Assembly of the Union. • Supermajority required for legislation The Assembly of the Union shall adopt with the majority of two thirds of its members its Rules of Procedure. Before their application the Constitutional Court shall rule on their conformity with the Constitution. Comoros 2001 (rev. 2009) Page 12