Sentence examples for first legislature from inspiring English sources

In 2003, the assembly became the first legislature in the world to have equal representation for both men and women.

Ohio University was established by Ohio's first legislature in 1804 as the first public institution of higher education west of the Allegheny Mountains.

"He was a dictator," said Blanco, who stood against the rightwing González as the Socialist candidate in 1979 and served as a councillor in the first legislature.

These insights, as well as my own experiences as an elected member of the Egyptian People's Assembly of 2012, the first legislature that was elected freely and without government manipulation, will inform the research.

In 2003, Wales became the first legislature in the world to have an equal number of men and women assembly members (AMs), with 30 out of its 60 AMs female.

But the prime minister sought to shrug off the defeats on Monday, saying it was normal for some councils of the ruling party to be unsuccessful during the first legislature of a government.

First, legislatures undo the laws passed through ballot initiatives and then make it more difficult for voters to pass future initiatives.

The 15 regions have in the past existed only on paper and are electing their first legislatures as the result of a constitutional reform aimed at decentralizing gov ernment.

In 2017, Mr. Maduro created a second legislature, which was filled with loyalists in elections widely condemned as fraudulent.

In mid-2017, Maduroduro made a bid to consolidate power: a referendum for a second legislature to replace the opposition-controlled National Assembly.

Mr. Carvajal — who in 2017 criticized Mr. Maduro for setting up a second legislature — now provided a valuable weapon to the opposition, which for years has contended that the president's inner circle has ties to drug runners and militants.