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Citizens’ assemblies are the latest incarnation of an idea called sortition, the random selection of representatives, that dates back to classical Athens.

Alternatively, taking a cue from ancient Greece, policies could be written or decided on through sortition—juries, that is.

Officials said he planned to use the bomb to kill himself and gain attention for a political belief called sortition, in which politicians are chosen at random for office instead of being elected.

Rosenfeld told investigators that the purpose of the dramatic suicide he planned was to draw attention to his belief in “sortition,” it said.

They say he wanted to draw attention to his belief in "sortition" - a political theory that advocates the random selection of government officials.