Cámara de los Représentantes del Pueblo (House of Peoples' Representatives)

General Information

Parliament name (generic / translated)	Cámara de los Représentantes del Pueblo / House of Peoples' Representatives
Structure of parliament	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Angel Serafin-Seriche Dougan Malabo (M)
Secretary General	Bienvenido Ekua Esono (M)
Composition
Members (statutory / current number)	100 / 100
Women (current number)	10 (10.00%)
Mode of designation	Directly elected 100
Term	5 years
Last renewal dates	4 May 2008

Legal Framework
Electoral law	12 January 1993 Last amendment: 09.01.1995
Mode of designation	Directly elected 100
Voting system	Proportional: Closed party-list proportional representation system. Voting is not compulsory.
Voter requirements	(data unavailable)
Candidates
Eligibility	Be a citizen of Equatorial Guinea over 25 years of age. Be in full possession of one's civil and political rights. Be a native or have taken up residence in an electoral district and have been registered as living there in the census. Know how to read and write properly. Have been declared a candidate in accordance with the present Law.
Incompatibilities	Those subject to a sentence depriving them of their liberty, for the duration of the sentence. Even if the sentence does not involve imprisonment, those convicted of electoral fraud, rebellion, breaches of State security or attacks on the life, physical integrity or liberty of persons. Church ministers of any religion. Members of a political party other than the one for which they ran as candidates. Persons who, having opted for a foreign nationality, have not given up such a nationality as provided for by law.
Candidacy requirements	(data unavailable)

Appointment and term of office
Title	Speaker of the House of Representatives of the People
Term	duration: 5 years (term of House) reasons for interruption of the term: resignation, death, dissolution
Appointment	based on lists presented by the political parties after validation of mandates
Eligibility	NA (no information received)
Voting system	elected by acclamation or by secret ballot in the case of a secret ballot : absolute majority in the first round, relative majority in the second round
Procedures / results	NA (no information received)
Status
Status	represents the House with the public authorities in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker can assume his/her role and functions
Board	the Board is regulated by the Standing Orders consists of the Speaker, two Deputy Speakers, two Members and two Secretaries meets at the request of the Speaker
Material facilities	NA (no information received)