original passage: The National Assembly ("Assemblée Nationale") comprises 165 members elected for five-year terms by parallel voting. Of these, 90 are elected by plurality vote in single and multi-seat constituencies across Senegal, with a further 15 elected from overseas voters. The remaining 60 elected through proportional representation. The Senate, an indirectly elected upper chamber, was abolished in 2012, leaving a unicameral system.
original sentence: The Senate, an indirectly elected upper chamber, was abolished in 2012, leaving a unicameral system.
sentence2: Prior to 2012, does it sound like Senegal was attempting to set up their legislative branch to be similar to that of the United States, under the original Constitution?
sentence1: The National Assembly ("Assemblée Nationale") comprises 165 members elected for five-year terms by parallel voting. Of these, 90 are elected by plurality vote in single and multi-seat constituencies across Senegal, with a further 15 elected from overseas voters. The remaining 60 elected through proportional representation. Before it was abolished in 2012, the Senate had previously been elected in this way, leaving the lower house to be elected indirectly, but the current unicameral system is elected directly.