11. A rival pro-Chavez labor movement said that it will call a national assembly in February to create an entirely new union structure. 12. Abacha then took over, abolishing all political parties, dissolving the newly elected national assembly and local and state governments, and banning strikes and political gatherings. 13. But she could be elbowed aside in a hard-knocks battle for the presidency that will be decided on Wednesday by a ballot in the national assembly. 14. Habibie hopes to be re-named president by the new national assembly when it convenes later this fall. 15. He also wants to hold a national assembly in November at which convention members would evaluate and plan how the organization should change its way of doing business. 16. He served for many years in the national assembly and later, the senate. 17. He shut down television stations, engineered his own malleable national assembly and irked the United States when he grinned and slapped backs with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. 18. In El Salvador, the former guerrillas have more fully embraced the democratic process, however, and recently emerged as the largest party in the national assembly. 19. In a moment of national humiliation on Wednesday, the Indonesian national assembly formally accepted that vote. 20. In February an election for president and a national assembly will be held, with the formal handover of power three months later. |
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