Duma political prisoners should be released, trade unions given rights and land reform be introduced. Nicholas II rejected these suggestions and dissolved the assembly in July, 1906. The imperial State Duma was elected four times: in 1906, twice in 1907, and in 1912. The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума, "Gosudarstvennaya Duma", common abbreviation: Госдума, "Gosduma") in Russia is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. Under Russia's 1993 constitution, there are 450 deputies of the State Duma (Article 95), each elected to a term of four years (Article 96);
Sibusiso Duma killer. Duma first killed on 9 September 2007 when he used his minibus taxi to run over and kill a Department of Education security guard; Mqeku Zondi. Duma agreed to drive Mr Zondi to his residence for an agreed fee. The conductor of Duma’s taxi Mlungisi Bhengu, testified that Zondi reneged on paying the fare for some of the journey at which point "Duma drove into the old man, ran over him with the wheels of the taxi and then reversed over his body again". Duma then alighted from his taxi and robbed the victim of his remaining money and