Constituent Assembly of Peru

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Constituent Assembly

Asamblea Constituyente
Peruvian Aprista Party
Seats100
Meeting place
Legislative Palace (Peru)

The Constituent Assembly was the tenth

Fernando Belaúnde Terry. It was replaced 14 years later by the 1993 Constitution
.

Composition and Structure

Board

Representatives

Peruvian Aprista Party
Christian People's Party
Popular Workers Student Farmers Front
  • 63. Hugo Blanco
  • 64. Genaro Ledesma
  • 65. Magda Benavides Morales
  • 66. Hernán Cuentas Anci
  • 67. German Chamba Calle
  • 68. Ricardo Napuri Schapiro
  • 69. Enrique Fernández Chacón
  • 70. Juan Cornejo Gómez
  • 71. César Augusto Mateu Moya
  • 72. Romain Ovidio Montoya Chávez
  • 73. Victoriano Lázaro Gutiérrez
  • 74. Saturnino Paredes Macedo
Peruvian Communist Party
  • 75. Raúl Acosta Salas
  • 76. Eduardo Castillo Sánchez
  • 77. Luis Alberto Delgado Bejar
  • 78.
    Jorge del Prado
  • 79. Isodoro Gamarra Ramírez
  • 80. Alejandro Olivera
Revolutionary Socialist Party
  • 81. Antonio Aragón Gallegos
  • 82. Miguel Echeandía Urbina
  • 83. Avelino Mar Arias
  • 84.
    Antonio Meza Cuadra
  • 85. Leonidas Rodríguez Figueroa
  • 86. Alberto Ruiz Eldredge
Popular Democratic Union
  • 87. Carlos Malpica Silva Santisteban
  • 88. Javier Diez Canseco
  • 89. Ricardo Díaz Chávez
  • 90. Víctor Cuadros Paredes
Workers and Farmers National Front
Christian Democrat Party
Peruvian Democratic Movement
  • 97. Marco Antonio Garrido Malo
  • 98. Javier Ortiz de Zevallos
Odriist National Union
  • 99. Manuel Adrianzen Castillo
  • 100. Víctor Freundt Rosell

Innovations of the Constitution

The main innovations of this Constitution, compared to its predecessor, were:

  • The President, the two Vice-Presidents and members of Congress (deputies and senators) would be elected jointly every five years in general elections (previous renovations were abolished parliamentary by thirds or halves)
  • The set up the second round of the elections for President, should not reach more than half (50% plus one) of the votes validly cast
  • Strengthened the authority of the President of the Republic. This could be seen "in whole or in part" the bills passed in Congress and could dissolve the House of Deputies if it censured three of the Presidential Cabinet. Could also grant pardons and commute sentences. It also gave him more power over the budget, which allowed a greater capacity to implement its policies.
  • Corrected parliamentary excessive powers referred to in the Constitution of 1933
  • Limited death penalty only for cases of treason in foreign war. It was abolished for crimes like murder and others included in the law.
  • Established citizenship for all Peruvians from 18 years (before the minimum age was 21 years)
  • It repealed the restriction on voting by illiterate
  • Watched the insurgency right (obviously, to defend the constitutional order and not to alter or bruise)
  • Created the
    Constitutional Tribunal of Peru
    , as the controlling body of the Constitution
  • On the economic side, the rules would be the social market economy, corporate pluralism and freedom of trade and industry