1.   The conference called for mass action in support of a transitional government and for a constitutional assembly to negotiate the new constitution.

2.   The constitutional assembly would have a four-year life.

3.   A constitutional assembly can also be called.

4.   A permanent constitution is to be written by a constitutional assembly made up of both houses of parliament.

5.   He promised a referendum on a constitutional assembly that would dissolve congress, which he does not control, and write a new constitution.

6.   In the post-quill era, the Constitutional assembly has a toll-free hot line and an E-mail address.

7.   In three elections last year, a constitutional assembly was first convoked and next selected and then finally it submitted a new charter to voters for approval last December.

8.   Since its election in July, a constitutional assembly dominated by supporters of Chavez has taken over the court system and stripped Congress of its power to pass laws.

9.   The ANC, the dominant force in the constitutional assembly, says it will resist power-sharing in the permanent constitution.