The legislative branch is composed of a National Legislature and a Senate. The number of members of the first house are based on a 1/30,000 inhabitants basis and the number of the second is fixed to 12 with two elected per Senatorial Districts. A member's term is of four years with election called on the last Monday of April of the given year. The executive is composed of the President and his Cabinet. The President is elected directly by the population through a plurality of vote.