France, Aug. 3 -- The new institution will be able to request a second reading of legislation and veto constitutional, electoral or political party reforms it considers a threat to democracy, peace or national unity.

It will also be able to suspend or revoke the political rights of public figures whose conduct is judged as a threat to the country's institutions or social cohesion, public law professor Gilles Badet told RFI.

"This senate is the second chamber of the Beninese Parliament and, as such, it provides a mechanism for quality control over the work carried out by the National Assembly," said Badet, a former secretary-general of Benin's Constitutional Court who teaches at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Gadomey.

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