A month ago, elections for a constituent assembly were held in Venezuela. The assembly was controversial from the start, with opposition activists denouncing it as unconstitutional while its ...

The drafting of the Indian Constitution was a mammoth task that the Constituent Assembly completed in nearly three years.

A constituent assembly (sometimes also known as a constitutional convention or constitutional assembly) is a body composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution. As the fundamental ...

Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly met Saturday to reject the pro-government constituent assembly's proclamation of lawmaking authority a day earlier. Outspoken opposition spokesman ...

Opposition lawmakers have lambasted moves by the new constituent assembly to oust the legislature. But the assembly's president said they're moving into the legislative palace by "complying with laws ...

The debate over what's good for the country – a change in the form of government from presidential to parliamentary and a shift from the unitary to the federal system – is today's raging issue. There ...

Venezuelan President Maduro has declared the constituent assembly the most powerful institution in the country. The assembly moved to oust former chief prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, who has said she now ...

Venezuela's Constituent Assembly has approved a law its authors say would punish messages of hate in broadcast and social media with penalties reaching 20 years in prison. The new law comes in a ...

The announcement by President Nicolás Maduro that he would convene a constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution came as a surprise. Mr Maduro had always praised the 1999 constitution, which ...