Indeed, given the murky gender politics that Labour's candidate-selection process is liable to throw up, Mr Dewar may find that his choice of site for the new parliament is more laden with historical allusion than he imagined.
They urge that the pace of reform be slowed and simultaneous elections for both the presidency and a new parliament be substituted for the sequential approach announced by Yeltsin a fortnight ago.
The elections saw the introduction of a new design of ballot paper for the parliament vote and a new voting system for the council seats.
Earlier this week, the constitutional court in Turkey annulled the vote in parliament for the new president.
In June the Constitutional Court annulled February's poll, which saw major gains for the opposition, and dissolved the new parliament.
For Saakashvili, the new parliament sends a potent message to Moscow.
The Emir conferred with members of the royal family which suffers from divisions within and government, while protestors called for dissolution of the new parliament and reversal of the one-vote rule.
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The continuing troubles surrounding the building of a new chamber for the Parliament are a source of consternation for Mike Pringle.
The leader of the campaign to win new powers for the Scottish Parliament has said he is "enthusiastic" that the pro-union parties will be able to agree on which new responsibilities could be devolved to Holyrood.
In 1993, Boris Yeltsin abolished the former parliament, the Supreme Soviet, by force, and introduced a new constitution that provided for a new parliament, the State Duma, which had little real power.
Standing at the head of her own new list for the European Parliament, she polled nearly 9% and could find herself with a power-broking role if she keeps up her momentum.
The new Italian parliament has met for the first time since inconclusive elections, with parties deadlocked over the formation of a new government.
Privately, Swinney recognises the potential dangers for the SNP in devolution: that the new parliament might become a cul-de-sac which blocks the road to independence.
But MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, who was expelled from the Conservatives for opposing their new alliances in the European Parliament, said Mr Helmer and Mr Hannan should be disciplined and Mr Hague moved to a different position.
The Scottish government would get new powers to borrow money for capital spending and the Scottish Parliament would be empowered to introduce new Scotland-specific taxes, subject to the agreement of the UK Parliament.
And in an attempt to defuse the situation, the NTC has said the new parliament will now not be responsible for naming the panel that will draft Libya's new constitution.
The court dissolved the lower house of parliament last year, paving the way for the council to take over legislative powers pending a new parliament.
French EU diplomats recently stunned colleagues by arguing that, when the commission's proposals for new budget rules are debated in the European Parliament, only MEPs from euro-zone countries should be able to vote.
Mr Prodi now wants to pile on more topics, such as his plan to win new powers for the parliament.
The Catalan branches of Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party -- which opposes independence -- gained one seat, for a total 19 in the new parliament.
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With Mr Ahmadinejad set for a testy relationship with the new parliament, Ayatollah Khamenei may find it even easier to bend policy to his will.
The issue is that, under the constitution, the Italian president cannot dissolve parliament and call for new elections in the last 6 months of his mandate.
The issue has been that, under the constitution, the Italian president cannot dissolve Parliament and call for new elections in the last six months of his mandate.
In a meeting with the heads of political parties early this week, the head of the SCAF, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, urged politicians to form a new constituent assembly for drafting a new constitution without the participation of members of Parliament.
In the upper house of the New South Wales parliament, for instance, he claims to hold what he calls "the balance of prayer".
Earlier today in Baghdad, Iraq's new Parliament met for the first time.
So no minister who is elected to the body can be absent from the fray, at least for now, and Gillard herself has to attend to the new parliament.
The Tories who argued for no press law of any sort now appear to have conceded the need for a legal clause designed to give parliament the assurance that the new press regulator cannot be amended by a minister under pressure from the press without the agreement of MPs.
The lack of a parliament means that no budget has been passed for the new fiscal year, starting in October.
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