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The Assembly of the Representatives of the People enjoys financial and
administrative independence within the framework of the state budget.
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People shall determine its rules of
procedure and ratify them by an absolute majority of the members of the Assembly.
The state shall put at the disposition of the Assembly of the Representatives of the
People the necessary human and material resources to allow for members of the
Assembly to fulfill their obligations.
• Minimum age for first chamber
• Eligibility for first chamber
Article 53
Every Tunisian voter who has acquired Tunisian nationality at least ten years prior
and is no younger than twenty three years of age on the day of candidacy is eligible
to be elected to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, provided that
they are not prohibited from holding such a position as specified by the law.
• Restrictions on voting
Article 54
Every Tunisian citizen aged eighteen years shall be deemed a voter in accordance
with the conditions established by the election law.
• Secret ballot
• First chamber selection
• Claim of universal suffrage
Article 55
Members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People shall be elected by
universal, free, direct, secret, fair and transparent voting, in accordance with the
election law.
The election law guarantees the voting and representation rights to the Assembly of
the Representatives of the People for Tunisians resident overseas.
Article 56
• Scheduling of elections
• Term length for first chamber
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People shall be elected for a term of five
years, during the last sixty days of the parliamentary term.
• Emergency provisions
In the event of inability to hold elections as a result of imminent danger, the term of
the Assembly shall be extended according to the provisions of a law.
Article 57
• Length of legislative sessions
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People shall hold an ordinary session
each year starting in October and ending in July. The first session of the Assembly of
the Representatives of the People shall begin within fifteen days following the
announcement of the definitive results of the legislative elections, at the request of
the Speaker of the outgoing Assembly.
In the event that the beginning of the first session of the term of the Assembly of the
Representatives of the People coincides with its recess, an extraordinary session
shall be held in order to proceed to a vote of confidence in the government.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
• God or other deities
• Oaths to abide by constitution
Tunisia 2014
During its recess, the Assembly of the Representatives of the People shall convene in
an extraordinary session upon the request of the President of the Republic, the Head
of Government, or one-third of its members, to examine a specific agenda.
Article 58
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