11.   It abolishes the Senate, one of the two existing houses of Congress, and gives the president authority to dissolve the legislature in certain specified circumstances.

12.   Musharraf suspended the constitution, dissolved the legislature and declared a state of emergency.

13.   Parliament allows three tries before the outgoing president can dissolve the legislature and call new elections.

14.   A plebiscite last year gave him the right to dissolve the legislature if its actions contradict the constitution, but lawmakers ruled the decision would be non-binding.

15.   A one-line government statement said President S.R. Nathan, on advice of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, dissolved the legislature.

16.   Although Kuwait has the only parliament in the region, the country does not allow political parties and the emir has the right to dissolve the legislature.

17.   Among the reasons Scalfaro might dissolve the legislature would be the successful bringing of a no-confidence motion againt the government of Premier Lamberto Dini, an independent.

18.   Beijing plans to dissolve the legislature because it says Hong Kong Gov. Chris Patten introduced political reforms to broaden democracy in Hong Kong without Chinese consent.

19.   Both the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein want Britain to dissolve the legislature and call a new election if Trimble loses the vote.

20.   But infighting made their government ineffectual and the federal government dissolved the legislature last October, making early elections necessary.