constitutional assembly

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandassembly

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constitutional
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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assembly
noun
uk
/əˈsem.bli/us
/əˈsem.bli/
a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of ...
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And the latter, of course, include theconstitutionalassembly.
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Looking at the firstconstitutionalassemblydebates, there is no doubt that federalist opinion prevailed.
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They also formed the basis ofconstitutionalassemblyplatforms and influenced the content of constitutional reforms.
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Yet it also limited possibilities for the congress to undermine the officialconstitutionalassembly.
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They proposed instead that the new constitution should be debated in aconstitutionalassemblyfollowed by a referendum.
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Theconstitutionalassemblyenacts a provision that says that the legislature ought to be elected by popular election.
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Aconstitutionalassemblyand referendum were, according to the government, appropriate in a transition from a dictatorial or one-party regime.
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The potential impact of the quota law is demonstrated by the influence exercised by a substantial number of women organising together in theconstitutionalassembly.
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They also constructed the significance of three institutions involved in constitutional reforms : the national congress, the officialconstitutionalassembly, and the alternative assembly.
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Our second-order assessment of this provision will revolve around the moral and political standing of theconstitutionalassembly, whose members may or may not be popularly elected.
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Let us have that openly and let us discuss that in aconstitutionalassembly.
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This proposed referendum was not acceptable to the opposition either, however, mainly because they wanted aconstitutionalassemblyfirst which would have given power to political forces outside parliament.
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It is envisaged that such a government will then call aconstitutionalassembly; this will agree a constitution, to be put to a referendum.
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More than 1,800 candidates, among them 11 women, contested for the 172-seatconstitutionalassembly.
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Prior to that, aconstitutionalassemblytook place in the autumn of 1958.
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Its powers were expanded to include responsibility for calling aconstitutionalassembly, referendums, and general elections.
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I will do the work of the nation, not in the free air of a greatconstitutionalassemblybreathing the free spirit of a free people.
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None of the members ofconstitutionalassemblyor any leader hardly wear any uniform as we can say national.
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Returns from elections for delegates to theconstitutionalassemblyalso showed there were widespread misgivings about the independence movement.
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The revolutionaries organized the election of aconstitutionalassemblywhich debated the nature of the future government.
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He was an important member of theconstitutionalassemblyand was one of the writers of the constitutional laws.
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Aconstitutionalassemblyselected by the erstwhile parliament has been formed and has begun the work of drafting the constitution.
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It was drafted in mid-1999 by aconstitutionalassemblythat had been created by popular referendum.
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The parties agreed on a process whereby a negotiated transitional constitution would provide for an electedconstitutionalassemblyto draw up a permanent constitution.
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It was founded with the primary goal of passing the new constitution formulated by theconstitutionalassemblyappointed by parliament in 2011.
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