31.   The government has said decentralizing power will be the centerpiece of a constitutional revision.

32.   The Paris mayor noted that such a referendum would require a constitutional revision.

33.   Whatever the outcome, Zeroual has ensured control with a constitutional revision that created an upper house.

34.   Zeroual has ensured control of the parliament with a constitutional revision that created an upper house.

35.   According to Lukashenko, the vote on the constitutional revision and the national holiday would be binding, while the other two questions would be consultative.

36.   Conservatives have meanhwile pushed for a constitutional revision to make the emperor head of state and to explicitly allow defence forces.

37.   There have been calls in both houses of parliament, including by upper house speaker Yegor Stroyev, for constitutional revisions to give the legislature more powers.

38.   Some congressmen have blamed the wranglings over the proposed constitutional revision for preventing them from passing the reforms.