The 1984 Constitution of Guinea-Bissau was adopted by the national legislature, “acting as a faithful interpreter of the will of the people and exercising its responsibilities as the highest sovereign organ.”151 Likewise, the 1993 Constitution of the Czech Republic was an enactment of the Czech Parliament. Its preamble referred to its adoption by “[w]e the citizens of the Czech Republic [acting] through our freely elected representatives.”152 Some legislatures have simply changed their names before exercising such power. That is what the French National Assembly did on July 9, 1789 making itself the Constituent Assembly