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parliament
noun
uk/ˈpɑː.lɪ.mənt/us/ˈpɑːr.lə.mənt/
in some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for ...
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As a result, the newlyelectedparliamenthad only four political parties represented as opposed to the six-party parliaments that had been elected on the previous three occasions.
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A directlyelectedparliamentmay see this more readily and with greater concern than a council of ministers.
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They have no elected governments and almost all have no law-makingelectedparliament.
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She now has a new constitution guaranteeing human rights and a democraticallyelectedparliament.
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It has none of the necessary supranational overview of a permanent commission of anelectedparliament.
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For example, after the 1979 elections, which used national electoral systems, the newlyelectedparliament referred the question to the political affairs committee.
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Had he been in the recentlyelectedparliament, he would know that it has thirsted for the blood of the commissioners.
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It is one of the principles of democratic politics that military operations may be mounted only with the mandate of a directlyelectedparliament.
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But we have never heard it before from a democratically elected government referring to a democraticallyelectedparliament.
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Such a thing cannot be acceptable to a democraticallyelectedparliament, and we will resist it with all the means at our disposal.
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I believe that there will be another vote before too long, perhaps within two or three months, because this is a democraticallyelectedparliament.
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Where is the dialogue with the citizens and the democraticallyelectedparliament?
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There is a democraticallyelectedparliamentand universal franchise among men and women.
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The consequences are that we shall have anelectedparliamentor assembly.
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Surely, the whole purpose of anelectedparliamentis to control bureaucracy.
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The truth is that he met civil rights campaigners and that his actions were quite normal for a member of a freelyelectedparliament.
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But now that it is anelectedparliament, there is considerable concern.
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Gradually, governments fell under the control of the elected parliaments and a new government had to be so constituted as to satisfy theelectedparliament.
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Let us hope that the newlyelectedparliamentwill usher in new winds of humanity.
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