11.   In protest, Beijing dismantled the legislature elected under his reform and installed a temporary, handpicked lawmaking body after the handover.

12.   Muchit Muzadi, another deputy chairman of the lawmaking body, said only Abdurrahman knew the right time to resign from the leadership of the organization.

13.   President Biljana Plavsic issued the decree dissolving parliament Thursday, but allies of wartime leader Karadzic, who dominate the lawmaking body, refused to recognize the move.

14.   The Duma is the main lawmaking body of the parliament, while the Federation Council consists mainly of regional leaders, many of them appointed by the president.

15.   The Democrats sought to void laws passed by the provisional legislature, on the grounds that Hong Kong already has an elected lawmaking body.

16.   The lawmaking body was scheduled to reconvene in April, but political squabbling left the National Assembly in limbo.

17.   The speaker of the leftist-dominated parliament signaled Tuesday that the lawmaking body might ratify a treaty establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and Vatican.

18.   They are not a lawmaking body, the chairman explained, since all law is already found in the Sharia, Muslim legal tradition.

19.   After the members of the new lawmaking body took their oaths in order of seniority, independent legislator Andrew Wong was uncontestedly elected president of the Legislative Council.

20.   Under Russian law, a criminal case against a member of parliament can not be submitted to court unless the lawmaking body gives its consent.