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constituted of independents as defined by Article 98 of this Constitution.
• Leader of second chamber
Article 182
From its first session, the Senate adopts its internal regulations which determine its
organization and its functioning. It elects equally its Bureau.
The first session meets of plain right the first working day that follows the seventh
day after the validation of its election by the Constitutional Court. This session is
presided over by the oldest Senator.
Article 183
The Bureau includes one President and [des] Vice-Presidents.
Article 184
The formation of parliamentary groups is forbidden within the Senate.
Article 185
• Length of legislative sessions
The Senate meets every year in three ordinary sessions of three months each and at
the same moment as the National Assembly.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
[Des] Extraordinary sessions, not exceeding a duration of fifteen days, can be
convoked at the demand of the President of the Republic or at the demand of the
absolute majority of the members composing the Senate, on a determined agenda.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
[Des] extraordinary sessions are opened and closed by decree of the President of the
Republic.
• Organic laws
• Quorum for legislative sessions
Article 186
The Senate may not deliberate validly except if two-thirds of the Senators are
present. The decisions are made with a majority of two-thirds of the Senators
present or represented.
The organic laws are voted by the majority of two-thirds of the Senators present or
represented, except [sans que] this majority cannot be inferior to the absolute
majority of the members composing the Senate.
• Ordinary court selection
Article 187
The Senate is provided with the following competences:
1. Approving the amendments to the Constitution and to the organic laws,
including the laws governing the electoral process;
2. Be referred to the report of the Ombudsman on all aspects of the public
administration;
3. Approving the texts of the laws concerning the delimitation, the
attributions and the powers of the territorial entities;
Burundi 2005
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