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The Burundi parliament consists of the National Assembly and the Senate. The former has a number of hundred seats which are occupied by sixty percent Hutus and forty percent Tutsis. The Burundi parliament has many women as active members of the parliament. The National Independent Electoral Commission has introduced a number of additional seats in the Burundi parliament for ethnic representation.
The Senate of the parliament has a total of fifty-four seats.Among the fifty-four seats, thirty-four seats are occupied by members elected through indirect votes. The remaining seats of the governing body are assigned for various ethnic groups and former state chiefs. The election for selecting Senate members was held in 2005, 29th July and the next is scheduled in 2010.
The members of the Burundi parliament have the right to propose a bill as well as amend a bill in the assembly. This proposed bill may come out as a law in the future. The members also have the right to ask any question on behalf of the government.
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