The House of Assembly was established in 1967 when the Legislative Council was disbanded and bicameral legislature was established in the new constitution.[4]
Constitution
A maximum of 76 members are permitted by section 95 (1) of the Constitution.[3] There are currently 66. Fifty-five members are elected from single-member constituencies corresponding to the tinkhundlas (tribal communities).[3] Fourteen tinkhundlas are in Hhohho District, 11 in Lubombo District, 16 in Manzini District, and 14 in Shiselweni District. The King appoints the other ten members,[3] at least half of whom must be women.[5] The 66th member is the Speaker of the House, who is elected from outside the House.[3] If the percentage of women members falls below 30%, a maximum of four women may be elected from the administrative regions.[2]
Each member must be a citizen of Eswatini, at least 18 years old, a registered voter, and have "paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes".[5]
Candidates are first nominated at the tinkhundla level. The top three finishers by secret ballot then proceed to a general election, also by secret ballot, in a first-past-the-post system of voting, where the candidate who receives the most votes is elected.[5][6] All candidates run on a non-partisan basis, as political parties are banned in the country, and serve five-year terms.[2]
^ abc"Swaziland's Constitution of 2005" (PDF). constitueproject.org.
^ ab"Swaziland: Constitution and politics". Commonwealth of Nations.
^ ab"Swaziland National Elections / 20 September 2013 / Report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission" (PDF). Commonwealth of Nations. 25 September 2013.
March 22, 2023
house, assembly, eswatini, lower, chamber, country, bicameral, parliament, assembly, debate, pass, bills, typetypelower, house, parliament, eswatinihistoryfounded1967leadershipspeakerpetros, mavimbela, since, october, 2018seats76, currently, 66meeting, placelo. The House of Assembly of Eswatini is the lower chamber of the country s bicameral Parliament 2 The Assembly may debate and pass bills 3 House of Assembly of EswatiniTypeTypeLower House of the Parliament of EswatiniHistoryFounded1967LeadershipSpeakerPetros Mavimbela 1 since 11 October 2018Seats76 currently 66Meeting placeLobambaWebsiteweb wbr archive wbr org wbr web wbr 20220615225736 wbr https wbr www wbr parliament wbr gov wbr sz wbr Parliament buildings in Lobamba Contents 1 History 2 Constitution 3 Elections 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe House of Assembly was established in 1967 when the Legislative Council was disbanded and bicameral legislature was established in the new constitution 4 Constitution EditA maximum of 76 members are permitted by section 95 1 of the Constitution 3 There are currently 66 Fifty five members are elected from single member constituencies corresponding to the tinkhundlas tribal communities 3 Fourteen tinkhundlas are in Hhohho District 11 in Lubombo District 16 in Manzini District and 14 in Shiselweni District The King appoints the other ten members 3 at least half of whom must be women 5 The 66th member is the Speaker of the House who is elected from outside the House 3 If the percentage of women members falls below 30 a maximum of four women may be elected from the administrative regions 2 Each member must be a citizen of Eswatini at least 18 years old a registered voter and have paid all taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner of Taxes 5 The House selects ten of the 30 members of the upper chamber the Senate of Eswatini the King appointing the rest 6 Elections EditCandidates are first nominated at the tinkhundla level The top three finishers by secret ballot then proceed to a general election also by secret ballot in a first past the post system of voting where the candidate who receives the most votes is elected 5 6 All candidates run on a non partisan basis as political parties are banned in the country and serve five year terms 2 Observer teams from the Commonwealth of Nations were present at the 2003 2008 and 2013 elections 7 The most recent election took place in September 2018 7 See also EditHistory of Eswatini List of national legislatures List of speakers of the House of Assembly of Eswatini Legislative branchReferences Edit Petros Mavimbela is New Parly Speaker Time Of Swaziland Retrieved 12 October 2018 a b c The Parliament of Swaziland Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2016 11 01 a b c d e Legislature Government of Swaziland eSwatini profile BBC News 3 September 2018 a b c Swaziland s Constitution of 2005 PDF constitueproject org a b Swaziland Constitution and politics Commonwealth of Nations a b Swaziland National Elections 20 September 2013 Report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission PDF Commonwealth of Nations 25 September 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title House of Assembly of Eswatini amp oldid 1101186342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
