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La asamblea, la cual fue organizada por el gobierno, empieza ahora.

La asamblea, la cual fue organizada por el gobierno, empieza ahora.
The assembly, which was organized by the government, starts now.
From Lesson 267:Formal relative pronouns (el cual)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about La asamblea, la cual fue organizada por el gobierno, empieza ahora.

Why do we use la cual here instead of just que?
You actually can use que here! However, la cual is a more formal relative pronoun meaning "which." It is often used in writing or formal speech, especially to add extra non-essential information inside commas. Notice how la cual perfectly matches the feminine singular noun it refers back to, la asamblea.
What would happen to la cual if we were talking about multiple assemblies?
It would change to las cuales to match the plural noun. Unlike que, which never changes its form, this formal relative pronoun always has to match the gender and number of the noun it replaces (el cual, la cual, los cuales, or las cuales).
Why does organizada end in -a here?
This sentence uses the passive voice (fue organizada meaning "was organized"). In this structure, the past participle (organizada) acts like an adjective and must match the subject it describes. Since la asamblea is feminine and singular, the ending must be -a.
Why is it fue organizada and not era organizada?
We use the preterite tense (fue) because the organizing of this specific assembly was a single, completed event in the past. Using the imperfect tense (era) would suggest a repeated or ongoing action, like saying "was generally organized" or "used to be organized."

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