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Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mexican constitutional changes of 1835–1836
President
Antonio López de Santa Anna
on 15 December 1835, they were enacted in 1836. They were intended to centralize and strengthen the national government. The aim of the previous constitution was to create a political system that would emulate the success of the United States, but after a decade of political turmoil, economic stagnation, and threats and actual foreign invasion, conservatives concluded that a better path for Mexico was centralized power. The
Siete Leyes
were replaced in 1843, by the
Bases Orgánicas
.
[2]
The 15 articles of the first law granted
citizenship
to those who could read Spanish and had an annual income of 100
pesos
, except for male
domestic workers
, who did not have the right to vote, nor did women of any class.
The second law allowed the President to close
Congress and suppress the
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
. Military officers were not allowed to assume this office.
The 58 articles of the third law established a
bicameral
Congress of Deputies and Senators, elected by governmental organs. Deputies had four-year terms; Senators were elected for six years.
The 34 articles of the fourth law specified that the Supreme Court, the
Vice-president
,
The fifth law had an 11-member Supreme Court elected in the same manner as the President and vice-president.
The 31 articles of the sixth Law replaced the federal republic's nominally-
departments", fashioned after the
French model
, whose governors and legislators were designated by the President.
The seventh law prohibited reverting to the pre-reform laws for six years.
Las Siete Leyes were replaced in 1843 by the
Bases Orgánicas
.
References
^
Felipe Tena Ramírez,
Leyes fundamentales de México, 1808-1971
. pp. 202-248.
^
Michael P. Costeloe, "Siete Leyes (1836)" in
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
, vol. 4, p. 25. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
External links
Digitized copy of:
Bases y leyes constitucionales de la Republica Mexicana, decretadas por el Congreso general de la nación en el año de 1836
, U. S. Library of Congress.
Text of the Seven laws