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Legislature
Burundi
- EnglishThe National Assembly is composed of at least one hundred Deputies on the basis of 60% of Hutu and of 40% of Tutsi, including a minimum of 30% of women, elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years[,] and of three Deputies originating from the Twa ethnicity co-opted in accordance with the electoral code.
In the case where the results of the vote do not reflect the percentages above specified [visés], it [then] proceeds to redress the corresponding [afférents] disequilibrium by means of the mechanism of co-optation provided for by the electoral code.
The number of candidates to be elected per circumscription is established by the electoral law proportionally to the population. (Art. 169) - KirundiInama nshingamateka igizwe n’imiburiburi n’abashingamateka ijana barimwo 60 % b’abahutu na 40 % b’abatutsi, bose hamwe harimwo n’imiburiburi abashingamateka b’abakenyezi 30 % batowe n’abanyagihugu bagatorerwa ikiringo c’imyaka itanu harimwo n’abashingamateka batatu b’Abatwa bongeweko nk’uko Ibwirizwa rigenga amatora ribitegekanya.
Iyo biboneka ko mu vyavuye mu matora ibitigiri bivugwa mu korongo ka mbere k’iyi ngingo bitashitse, birakosorwa biciye mu buryo bwo kugena abandi bashingamateka nk’uko Ibwirizwa rigenga amatora ribitegekanya.
Igitigiri c’abashingamateka batorwa mu ntara imwe imwe gishingwa n’Ibwirizwa bafatiye ku gitigiri c’abanyagihugu baba muri iyo ntara. (Ingingo ya 169) - FrenchL’Assemblée nationale est composée d’au moins cent députés à raison de 60% de Hutu et de 40% de Tutsi, y compris un minimum de 30% de femmes, élus au suffrage universel direct pour un mandat de cinq ans et de trois députés issus de l’ethnie Twa cooptés conformément au code électoral.
Au cas où les résultats du vote ne reflètent pas les pourcentages sus-visés, il est procédé au redressement des déséquilibres y afférents au moyen du mécanisme de cooptation prévu par le code électoral.
Le nombre de candidats à élire par circonscription est fixé par la loi électorale proportionnellement à la population. (Art. 169)