Democratic Republic of the Congo

Senate

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Law-making

Data on parliament’s law-making role and activities

Legislative activity

Number of laws adopted by parliament, per year
No information available
Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
288
(2019-01 - 2019-12)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
17
(2019-01 - 2019-12)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
271
(2019-01 - 2019-12)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
6%
(2019-01 - 2019-12)
Dates of the previous legislature
15 Mar 2007 to 15 Dec 2019
(2019-01 - 2019-12)
Outcome when the two chambers cannot agree on a piece of draft legislation
The decision of the lower chamber will take effect after a certain deadline

Sources: Constitution, Article 135

Executive-legislative relations

Legislation adopted by parliament requires the assent of the Head of State
Yes

Sources: Constitution, art. 136

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
No information available
Consequences when the Head of State declines to give assent to legislation
The legislation is returned to Parliament for re-examination
Final decision when parliament and the Head of State do not agree
Not applicable

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

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Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No