Benin’s new Senate raises questions over power and legitimacy
- Benin’s new senate was inaugurated in Porto-Novo last week, creating a second chamber of parliament with powers to review legislation, protect constitutional rules and discipline political figures.
- The new institution will be able to request a second reading of legislation and veto constitutional, electoral or political party reforms it considers a threat to democracy, peace or national unity.
- It will also be able to suspend or revoke the political rights of public figures whose conduct is judged as a threat to the country’s institutions or social cohesion, public law professor Gilles Badet to
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- Benin’s new senate was inaugurated in Porto-Novo last week, creating a second chamber of parliament with powers to review legislation, protect constitutional rules and discipline political figures.
- The new institution will be able to request a second reading of legislation and veto constitutional, electoral or political party reforms it considers a threat to democracy, peace or national unity.
- It will also be able to suspend or revoke the political rights of public figures whose conduct is judged as a threat to the country’s institutions or social cohesion, public law professor Gilles Badet to
Sources: RFI