1. The Bundestag is elected through direct elections, by proportional representation (mixed-member).

2. These provisions were abrogated by a 1994 constitutional amendment, and direct elections to the Senate took effect in 2001.

3. His term was marked by a severe economic crisis and growing dissatisfaction with the military rule, culminating in the Diretas Já protests of 1984, which clamored for direct elections for the Presidency, the last of which had taken place 24 years prior.

4. The United Nations to offer, once national reconciliation is achieved and upon request of the governmental authorities, advisory services and technical assistance concerning, inter alia, the drafting of a constitution, which should embody internationally accepted human rights principles and provide for the holding of direct elections;