The World - News from Oct. 24, 1985
Brazil’s Congress approved a bill to set up a national commission to rewrite the constitution, vastly altered by the military regime that ran the country for more than two decades. The bill, passed on a vote of 399 to 61, calls for a constitution-writing commission to be made up of new senators and House of Representatives members to be elected Nov. 15, 1986. The commission will convene Feb. 1, 1987.
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