GENEVA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji has said here that China's National People's Congress (NPC) is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with its global counterparts, ...

Tran Thanh Man has called on all parliaments to seek common ground, overcome differences, and join hands in building a future ...

Dozens of delegates walked out in protest whilst Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian ...

Geneva: The Shura Council concluded its participation in the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which was held ...

Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Olena Kondratiuk called on participants of the World Conference of Speakers of ...

The FTPA provided for five-year parliaments as a norm. The only exception would be an “early election” under section 2 of the act. The exception would apply in two cases.

Participants of the World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Geneva staged a demarche during the speech of Speaker of ...

Cambodia’s AKP news agency reported that the 16th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus concluded successfully in ...

Women dance and sing as they protest to demand better representation of women in parliaments, at Nigeria's National Assembly in Abuja, March 2, 2022. (Timothy Obiezu/VOA) ...

Following three failed attempts by the Government to force an early election using the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, on Oct 29 Parliament voted in support of a Dec 12 general election.

Parliaments were and remain institutions of frustrating negotiation and very often unpalatable compromise. They also represent an imperfect but significant check on the abuse of power.

In 2011, the Fixed-term Parliaments Act (FTPA) set the length of time between general elections at five years - and transferred the power to call an early election from the prime minister to MPs.