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Laos

Reported by:

Joilyn M. Padernilla

(BSED 3-A, Group 9)

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Laos

• The present government of Laosis a republic, effectivelycontrolled by the Communist LaoPeople’s Revolutionary Party(LPRP). The Lao People’sDemocratic Republic wasproclaimed on December 2,

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Laos

1975, replacing the Kingdom ofLaos, which gainedindependence from France in1953. From 1975 to 1991, powernominally resided in an interimSupreme People’s Assembly butwas actually wielded by the

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Laos

Political Bureau of the LPRP. In1989 national elections wereheld for the first time, and in1991 Laos’s first constitution wasenacted. All citizens who areaged 18 years or older may vote.

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Laos

A. Executive

Under the 1991 constitution,executive power is vested in apresident, who is chosen by theNational Assembly for a five-yearterm. The president is assistedby a vice president. The

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Laos

president appoints a primeminister, whose cabinet must beapproved by the NationalAssembly. The prime ministerand his government also serve afive-year term.

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LaosB. Legislature

Legislative power rests with theNational Assembly. Its 109members are elected every fiveyears. The National Assemblyhas the power to amend theconstitution, pass laws, andapprove the budget.

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Laos

C. Judiciary

Justice is administered by theSupreme People’s Court and byprovincial and district people’scourts. Both the president of theSupreme People’s Court and thepublic prosecutor general are

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Laos

appointed by the NationalAssembly. Judges are appointedby the Ministry of Justice.

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Laos

C. Local Government

Laos is divided into 16 provinces,the special region ofXaisomboun, and themunicipality of Vientiane.Provinces are divided intodistricts comprising towns and

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Laos

villages. All are administered bypeople’s administrativecommittees, whose activities areclosely monitored at the districtand provincial levels by parallelcommittees of the LPRP.

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Laos

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Laos

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