constituent assembly

conˌstituent asˈsembly noun [countableC]

a group of elected representatives that have the power to write or change their country’s constitution 立宪会议

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constituent assembly• Elections should then follow for a constituent assembly which would draft a constitution.• Voters also heavily endorsed a clause on the ballot paper calling for the convening of a constituent assembly to reform the Constitution.• The classical idea of a constituent assembly submitting a constitution to referendum was thus to be mediated through the Landtage.• These included the dissolution of the present government and constituent assembly.• Opposition parties repeated their call for the election of a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution.• On April 30 Lekhanya announced proposals to set up a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution.• Phase Two would begin with the election of the constituent assembly, replacing the existing tri-cameral parliament from which blacks were excluded.

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