National Congress of Chile

The National Congress of Chile represents the legislative branch of the Republic of Chile Government. This body was founded on July 4, 1811. This legislative body comprises of two houses.

This bicameral legislative body of Chile comprises of the Chamber of Deputies or the lower house and the Senate or the upper house with 120 and 49 parliamentarians respectively. This body is supervised according to the laws laid by the Political Constitution of 1980. The main objective is to exercise the identification of citizenship, to abide by the laws of the Republic of Chile and keep a control over the motions of the government.

The laws, which are established in this legislative body of Congress in Chile, are social security law incorporated in 1924, restrictions on the PCCh incorporated in 1948, the Labor Code formed in 1931, Corfo in 1939, the minimum wage law in 1943, and agrarian reform in 1967. These laws need to be ratified by majority of the population in the Houses. The ordinary laws are sanctioned by the members present in both houses.



A bill to become a law requires a qualifying quorum to be ratified by the majority at the legislative house. The organic constitutional laws, which are designed to give a relevance to the constitution on vital matters, need approval by four-sevenths of every parliamentarian in this body. The laws of highest degree, which are those reflecting the constitution, need the ratification of three- fifths of all the members of the legislature.

The National Congress of Chile is the only bicameral legislative body that takes care of the special laws and their enactment procedures. The Chile Government takes special effort to keep an eye on the legislative process of the nation.