The protest leaders also want to nationalise Bolivia's oil and gas industry and convene a constituent assembly.
The prosecutor, like the Supreme Court, was appointed by a constituent assembly, over which Mr Miquilena presided.
Soon, he called elections for a Democratic Constitutional Congress that would serve as a legislature and a Constituent Assembly.
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Success furthermore depends on tribal federations working together in a constituent assembly that is yet to be set up.
Mr Mesa has also given in to a demand for a constituent assembly.
The incident comes as Libya's governing National Transitional Council prepares to hold elections for a constituent assembly in the coming weeks.
This weekend Tunisians will become the first Arabs to elect a constituent assembly, which in turn will draw up a new constitution.
The document approved on July 25th by a Constituent Assembly dominated by supporters of Rafael Correa, the leftist president, is a 444-article behemoth.
They insist that Mr Zelaya violated the constitution by trying to convoke a constituent assembly which they fear might have prolonged his term.
The huge support Correa received on April 15, 2007 has given him the legitimacy to convoke a Constituent Assembly to change the Constitution.
This past September Ecuadorians went to the polls and voted for a constituent assembly whose function it will be to write a new constitution.
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With only minor support of a few Representatives from other political parties, his administration had difficulties in trying to create a Constituent Assembly from the start.
Last year, Zelaya announced that he would hold a referendum to set up a constituent assembly that would change the constitution that barred him from reelection.
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In a well written, somewhat academic speech Correa lays out these policies including the reformulation of the state constitution and the creation of a Constituent assembly.
President Rafael Correa's proposal to create a Constituent Assembly to rewrite Ecuador's Constitution won an overwhelming 81.7% of the votes in a national Referendum on April 15, 2007.
Indeed, President Rafael Correa's proposal to create a Constituent Assembly to rewrite Ecuador's Constitution won an overwhelming 81.7% of the votes in a national Referendum on April 15, 2007.
Zelaya would "call a constituent assembly, " and that very night (Sunday, June 28) as soon as the results "came in" he was going to call the constituent assembly, dissolving the Supreme Court, National Congress, and any other institutions he deemed necessary.
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For example, both Correa and Morales rushed to call for a constituent assembly which basically means to dismantle the current legislative power in favor of a popularly elected assembly which would elect a new legislature which will end up being nothing but an extension of the executive power.
My view is that a vote for a new constituent assembly will never take place.
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Ecuador's Congress has consented to hold a plebiscite on the formation of a national Constituent Assembly.
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The Supreme Electoral Court has resolved to convene elections on September 30, 2007 for the 130 delegates to a Constituent National Assembly.
Political foes said the plans of Venezuela 's president-elect Hugo Chavez for a referendum to set up a new constituent assembly were unconstitutional.
Parties competing in October's elections for a new constituent assembly will have to include women on their electoral lists, or they will not be allowed to take part.
This has enabled Mr. Correa to win a majority in the constituent assembly which approved the constitution.
On taking office on January 15th Mr Correa plans to call a referendum on convening the constituent assembly.
This left leaving Ennahda back where it started - with two small coalition partners and a slight majority in the constituent assembly.
The new political arrangement was necessary to ensure "free and fair elections for another Constituent Assembly in a fearless environment, " Mr. Yadav said.
The rebels signed a peace deal with the government in 2006, joined mainstream politics and won the most seats in a 2008 election for the Constituent Assembly.
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