national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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The former National Assembly vice president had walked out of jail Sunday as part of a slow-moving wave of releases of political prisoners.

From Barron's

A former vice-president of the National Assembly, Guanipa spent eight months in prison and was among several political prisoners released since the US seized Venezuela's then-President Nicolas Maduro in January.

From BBC

Early in 1977, when Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi still reigned, my mother was arrested during a peaceful demonstration in front of the National Assembly to demand the freedom of political prisoners, including her brother.

From The Wall Street Journal

The amnesty bill announced by Rodríguez is expected to be approved by the National Assembly in the coming days.

From BBC

A few hours later, the National Assembly approved a new hydrocarbons law to ease the path for foreign investment in oil—ending a quarter-century of state-imposed barriers to entry for most international energy companies.

From The Wall Street Journal