The people’s administrative power and democratic regime

In the forward-marching evolutionary process, state socio-economic control by means of the Constitution and laws has been exercised in all aspects of the Lao society.

Since the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on December 2, 1975, our nation has transformed from a kingdom to a republic, with a President as head of state. The national legislative power rests in the National Assembly and the people’s assemblies at the provincial and district level. The executive power is vested in the government and the law is administered by the people’s court and the people’s prosecutors.

The administrative system works under the principle: the Party leads and manages and the people are the masters of the nation with five tiers of administration- central, provincial and prefecture, district, tasseng, and village.

The legislature, based on the people’s democratic regime, consists of representatives of the Lao people of all ethnic groups, who have the right to vote and to be elected member of the legislature. Six general elections to the National Assembly have been held.

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