Editing Dissolution of parliament (section)

== Czech Republic ==
The [[Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic]] may be dissolved by the president when at least one condition specified by the constitution is fulfilled. The Senate can never be dissolved. After the dissolution, snap elections are to be held no later than after 60 days.

The chamber can be dissolved if
*The chamber does not pass a motion of confidence to the government formed by the prime minister who was recommended by the speaker of the chamber (Who can do so after 2 failed government with a prime minister appointed solely by the president).
*The chamber fails to pass the government proposed law linked to the motion of confidence in 3 months.
*The chamber adjourns its meeting for a time longer than 120 days.
*The chamber is not quorate for a time longer than 3 months.
*The chamber passes a motion of dissolution by a constitutional majority (120 out of 200 deputies must support it). President is obliged to dissolve the chamber if such motion passes.

Since the formation of the Czech Republic, the Chamber of Deputies was only dissolved once. In 2013, by passing a motion of dissolution after a lengthy crisis following the fall of [[Petr Nečas' Cabinet|Petr Nečas' government]],

Before such practice was made possible by amending the Constitution in 2009, Chamber of Deputies was once dissolved in 1998 by passing a special constitutional act, which shortened its term, but such practice was blocked by the [[Constitutional Court of Czechia|Constitutional Court]], when it was tried again in 2009<ref>[[:cs:Ústavní zákon o zkrácení pátého volebního období Poslanecké sněmovny]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=March 2019}}