Côte d'Ivoire

National Assembly

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
34
(2023)
Total number of laws adopted by Parliament in the previous legislature
213
(2020-01 - 2021-02)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by parliament
0
(2020-01 - 2021-02)
Number of laws adopted in the previous legislature that were initiated by the government
213
(2020-01 - 2021-02)
Percentage of laws initiated by parliament in the previous legislature
0%
(2020-01 - 2021-02)
Dates of the previous legislature
03 Apr 2017 to 29 Dec 2020
(2020-01 - 2021-02)
Outcome when the two chambers cannot agree on a piece of draft legislation
No information available

Executive-legislative relations

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

Sources: The Head of State may refuse to promulgate a law. However, the National Assembly has an appeal to the Constitutional Council to enforce it.

Number of times the Head of State declined to give assent to legislation, per year
0
(2023)
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
Constitutional/Supreme Court

Existence of a procedure to introduce emergency legislation

There is a procedure for introducing emergency legislation into parliament
Yes
Number of times the procedure for emergency legislation was used, per year
0

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