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Congress of Guatemala

The Congress of the Republic is the unicameral

Unicameralism

Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Many countries with unicameral legislatures are often small and homogeneous unitary states and consider an upper house or second chamber unnecessary....
legislature

Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
of the Republic of Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
.

It comprises 158 deputies

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
, who are elected by direct universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the Suffrage to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and noncitizens....
to serve four-year terms (the number was increased from 113 for the 2003 election). Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the remainder elected on a district list basis. Each of the country's 22 departments

Departments of Guatemala

|||}Guatemala is divided into 22 Department :#Alta Verapaz Department#Baja Verapaz Department#Chimaltenango Department#Chiquimula Department...
serves as a district, with the exception of the department of Guatemala, containing the capital, which, on account of its size, is divided into two (distrito central and distrito Guatemala).

Guatemala also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

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The Congress of the Republic is the unicameral

Unicameralism

Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Many countries with unicameral legislatures are often small and homogeneous unitary states and consider an upper house or second chamber unnecessary....
legislature

Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
of the Republic of Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
.

It comprises 158 deputies

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
, who are elected by direct universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the Suffrage to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and noncitizens....
to serve four-year terms (the number was increased from 113 for the 2003 election). Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the remainder elected on a district list basis. Each of the country's 22 departments

Departments of Guatemala

|||}Guatemala is divided into 22 Department :#Alta Verapaz Department#Baja Verapaz Department#Chimaltenango Department#Chiquimula Department...
serves as a district, with the exception of the department of Guatemala, containing the capital, which, on account of its size, is divided into two (distrito central and distrito Guatemala).

Guatemala also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

See also

Politics of Guatemala
Politics of Guatemala

Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential system representative democracy republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system....
List of political parties in Guatemala
List of political parties in Guatemala

Political parties in Guatemala lists political party in politics of Guatemala.Guatemala has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful....

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