national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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The National Assembly for Wales opened in 1999.

From BBC

They have been holding a vigil outside the police detention centre since 8 January, when the head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, first announced that "a significant number" of prisoners would be freed as a goodwill gesture to demonstrate what he said was the interim government's will "seek peace".

From BBC

His bid to impose military rule lasted around six hours before opposition lawmakers flooded the National Assembly and voted it down in an emergency session.

From Barron's

Fabien Albertin, a French legislator, in 1932 revealed on the floor of the National Assembly leaked banking details of French politicians, clergymen, celebrities and industrialists.

From The Wall Street Journal

More prisoners could be released as part of an amnesty bill presented to the National Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal