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TITLE V: OF THE PARLIAMENT
• Structure of legislative chamber(s)
Article 78
The Parliament consists of two Chambers: the National Assembly and the Senate.
The Congress is the meeting of the two Chambers of the Parliament.
The Congress meets under the presidency of the President of the National
Assembly.
Article 79
The members of the National Assembly have the title of "Deputy" and those of the
Senate, the title of "Senator".
• Eligibility for second chamber
• Second chamber selection
Article 80
The Senate is composed of representatives of the territorial collectivities, of the
customary and religious authorities, of the employers, of the workers, of the
Burkinabe living abroad and of persons of distinction appointed by the President of
Faso.
• Claim of universal suffrage
The Senators representing the local collectivities are elected by those locally elected
of their respective regions by universal indirect suffrage.
• Minimum age for second chamber
The Senators representing the customary and religious authorities, the workers, the
employers and the Burkinabe abroad are designated by their respective structures.
No one may be elected or appointed Senator if they are not forty-five years old on
the day of the ballot or of the appointment.
• Secret ballot
• First chamber selection
• Claim of universal suffrage
The Deputies are elected by direct, equal and secret universal suffrage.
• Term length for first chamber
• Term length of second chamber
Every parliamentarian must benefit[,] the case arising, from a leave of absence or
from a suspension of contract[,] as the case may be.
Article 81
The duration of the mandate is of five (5) years for the Deputies and of six (6) years
for the Senators.
However, by derogation of the paragraph above and in the case of force majeure or
of necessity expressed by the Government and recognized by the Parliament with
the absolute majority of the votes of the members composing the Parliament, the
duration of the legislature may be prorogued until the validation of the mandate of
the Deputies or of the Senators of the new legislature.
This extension may not surpass a time of one (1) year.
This modification is applied to the current legislature.
• Electoral districts
• Replacement of legislators
• Minimum age for first chamber
• Eligibility for first chamber
• First chamber selection
• Outside professions of legislators
• Eligibility for second chamber
Article 82
The law determines:
• the electoral circumscriptions;
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Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
the number of seats and their division;
the modes of the ballot;
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