General Assembly of Uruguay

The General Assembly of Uruguay (Spanish: Asamblea General de Uruguay) is the legislative branch of the government of Uruguay, and consists of two chambers: the Chamber of Senators and the Chamber of Representatives. General Assembly has 130 voting members: 99 representatives and 30 senators, the Vice President of the Republic, who serves as President of the General Assembly, and the Senate has the right to vote. The legislature meets in the Legislative Palace in Montevideo. Both senators and representatives are chosen through proportional representation for five-year terms.[1]

General Assembly of Uruguay

Asamblea General de Uruguay
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
Type
Type
HousesChamber of Senators
Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
Beatriz Argimón, National Party
since March 1, 2020
Martín Lema, National Party
since February 15, 2020
Structure
Seats130 members
99 deputies
30 senators
Senate political groups
Government
  •   National Party (10)
  •   Colorado Party (4)
  •   Open Cabildo (3)

Opposition

Government (56)

Opposition (43)

Elections
Proportional representation
Senate last election
27 October 2019
27 October 2019
Meeting place
Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo
Website
www.parlamento.gub.uy
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The General Assembly holds its sessions in the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Palace. During the 19th century, the legislature met in the Montevideo Cabildo.

History

In 1828, on the initiative of Juan Antonio Lavalleja, delegates were elected to what was to be the Parliament of the Eastern Province of Río de la Plata. As a consequence of the Treaty of Montevideo, such institution became the General Constituent and Legislative Assembly of the State, and had among other tasks the drafting of the country's first Constitution.[2]

The Assembly was unicameral. But since the establishment of the Constitution in 1830, the Uruguayan Parliament became bicameral, and has remained so to this day. The voting system of its members also changed: during the 19th century, voting was reserved for a minority, and senators represented departments. Later, the secret and universal vote was established, and the representativeness of the senators, who are elected at the national level, was reformulated.[3]

Attributes

The ordinary sessions span is from March 1 to December 15, or until September 15 in the event that elections are held, since the new Assembly must begin its sessions on February 15 of the following year.[4]

Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution requires that members of the Chamber of Representatives must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.[5] While Article Ninety-eight requires that the members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.[6]

The General Assembly is entitled to politically judge the conduct of the Ministers of State, to declare war and to approve or reject peace treaties, alliances, commerce, and conventions or contracts of any nature that the Executive Power enters into with foreign powers and designate every year the necessary armed force, as well as allowing foreign troops to enter the country. Denying or granting the departure of national forces outside the nation is also among the functions of the Assembly. The creation of new Departments, the setting of their limits, as well as the establishment of customs and export and import duties concern the legislative power, in addition to other functions established in Article Eighty-Five of the Constitution.[7]

Latest elections
Main article: 2019 Uruguayan general election
Party Presidential candidate First round Second round Seats
Votes % Votes % Chamber +/– Senate +/–
Broad FrontDaniel Martínez949,37640.491,152,27149.2142–813–2
National PartyLuis Alberto Lacalle Pou696,45229.701,189,31350.7930–2100
Colorado PartyErnesto Talvi300,17712.8013040
Open CabildoGuido Manini Ríos268,73611.4611New3New
Partido Ecologista Radical IntransigenteCésar Vega33,4611.431+100
Party of the FolkEdgardo Novick26,3131.121+100
Independent PartyPablo Mieres23,5801.011–20–1
Popular UnityGonzalo Abella19,7280.840–100
Green Animalist PartyGustavo Salle19,3920.830New0New
Digital PartyDaniel Goldman6,3630.270New0New
Workers' PartyRafael Fernández1,3870.060000
Invalid/blank votes88,399–91,612–––––
Total2,433,3641002,433,196100990300
Registered voters/turnout2,699,97890.122,699,98090.12––––
Source: Corte Electoral, El Pais (First round); Corte Electoral El Pais (Second round)

Library of the Legislative Power
Library of the Legislative Power.

The Library of the Legislative Power of Uruguay is a specialized institution whose main objective is to assist Uruguayan legislators and the cultural development of the community in the fulfillment of its functions, in order to provide documentation, information and advice to citizens, thanks to extensive bibliographic, jurisprudential, doctrinal and legislative collection.[8] It is considered the second most important library in Uruguay, behind the National Library, due to the large collection and the status of parliamentary and public library.[9] The current library was founded on August 25, 1929 and has its origin in the unification of the libraries of the Chamber of Representatives and the Chamber of Senators.[10]

  • Senate
  • Chamber of Representatives

See also

References
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  2. "WebCite query result". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Historia del Parlamento | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Asamblea General | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. "Cámara de Senadores | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. "Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. "Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo".
  9. "Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo celebra el Día Nacional del libro". Diario La República (in Spanish). 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  10. "Library of the Legislative Palace celebrates Book Day".
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