Ulaanbaatar
President of Italian Senate to visit
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia will receive the President of Italy’s Senate Mr Pietro Grasso this April 20-23.
The Chairman of the Great State Khural (parliament) Z.Enkhbold invited him to pay an official visit to Mongolia.
The Italian parliament consists of two houses--the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. According to the principle of full bicameralism, the two houses perform identical functions. Their main function is to make the laws of the country.
Both Houses are elected every five years. The only differences between them lie in the membership and the rules for the election of their members. The 630 deputies, who must be at least 25 years of age, are elected by all Italians over 18 years of age. The 315 elected senators must be at least 40 years of age and their electors must be over 25.
In addition to elected members, the Senate also includes life senators--appointed by the President of the Republic "for outstanding merits in the social, scientific, artistic or literary field", and the former Presidents of the Republic, who are ex officio life senators.
