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Political Setting: Laos Reported by: Steven Fincale (Crim. 2-A, Group 9)
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Political Setting:Laos

Reported by:Steven Fincale

(Crim. 2-A, Group 9)

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Political Setting: Laos

• The present government  of  Laos is  a  republic,  effectively controlled by the Communist Lao People’s  Revolutionary  Party (LPRP).  The  Lao  People’s Democratic  Republic  was proclaimed on December 2, 

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1975,  replacing  the Kingdom of Laos,  which  gained independence  from  France  in 1953. From 1975 to 1991, power nominally  resided  in  an  interim Supreme  People’s  Assembly  but was actually wielded by the

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Political  Bureau of  the  LPRP.  In 1989  national  elections  were held  for  the  first  time,  and  in 1991 Laos’s first constitution was enacted.  All  citizens  who  are aged 18 years or older may vote.

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A. Executive Under the 1991 constitution, executive  power  is  vested  in  a president, who  is  chosen by  the National Assembly for a five-year term.  The  president  is  assisted by a vice president. The

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      president  appoints  a  prime minister, whose cabinet must be approved  by  the  National Assembly.  The  prime  minister and his government also serve a five-year term.

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B. Legislature      Legislative power rests with  the National  Assembly.  Its  109 members  are  elected  every  five years.  The  National  Assembly has  the  power  to  amend  the constitution,  pass  laws,  and approve the budget.

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C. Judiciary      Justice is administered  by  the Supreme  People’s  Court  and  by provincial  and  district  people’s courts. Both the president of the Supreme People’s Court and  the public prosecutor general are 

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appointed  by  the  National Assembly.  Judges  are  appointed by the Ministry of Justice.

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C. Local Government   Laos is divided into 16 provinces, the  special  region  of Xaisomboun,  and  the municipality  of  Vientiane. Provinces  are  divided  into districts comprising towns and

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     villages. All are administered by people’s  administrative committees, whose activities are closely monitored  at  the  district and  provincial  levels  by  parallel committees of the LPRP.

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   Source:

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Republic of the PhilippinesCAPIZ STATE UNIVERSITY

Dumarao Satellite College, Dumarao, Capiz

Theme: “Understanding Better the Political, Economic & Socio-Cultural Setting of Southeast Asian Nations

for Peace, Prosperity & People”

March 09, 2015 (8:00-11:30 am)Campus Library