The
Council of the Republic
The National Assembly is the
highest governmental body in Angola and represents
the sovereign will of the Angolan people. It promotes
the implementation of the objectives of the state,
legislates and makes decisions on basic questions
relating to the State's life.
The
Assembly's jurisdiction includes making changes
in the constitutional law, approving laws, the
proposal of the Government, the National Plan
and the general state budget. The National Assembly
also monitors, at supreme level, the actions of
the government and of the other State organs.
The National
Assembly also authorizes the government to contract
and grant loans, approves international treaties,
grants amnesties and authorizes the President
to declare war and make peace. Council of the
Republic The Council of the Republic is the political
consultative body of the President of the Republic.
The Council of the Republic is presided over by
the President of the Republic and consists of
the President of the National Assembly, the President
of the Constitutional Court, the Attorney General,
the former President of the Republic, the Presidents
of the political parties represented in the National
Assembly, and ten citizens appointed by the President.
The Council of the Republic is the executive body
of the National Assembly, and its work consists
of guiding the State's entire administrative apparatus.
The Council of the Republic provides its views
on the dissolution of the National Assembly, the
resignation of the government, the declaration
of war and the making of peace and on acts of
the interim President of the Republic.
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