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The Parliament of Afghanistan:
As Afghanistan is a Constitutional
Monarchy, the King, the National Assem-
bly and the Senate together constitute the
Parliament, which is divided into three parts
independent of each other.
First is the Legislature, whose drafts of
new laws are confirmed and adopted by
the National assembly and the Senate.
1. The National assembly is composed
of the people, who are elected by the Nation.
They are elected as follows, the people of an
electoral district assemble at a specified
place, which is announced beforehand by
the authorities of the district and after debate
systematically elect their member. The right
to stand as a candidate and be elected for
the membership of this assembly is enjoyed
by all equally, and every Afghan subject
has the right to be elected without distincti-
on of race or religion. An electoral period
in this assembly is three years, but there
is no obligation to wait for the electoral
period to end and the people can re-elect
their representative repeatedly. There are
116 electoral districts and the number of
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