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1973–1980 Suspended the Constitution of 1925 after seizing power in a United States-sponsored coup d'état and constructing a military dictatorship. Ratified the Constitution of 1980 in its place. Sobhuza II Swaziland: 1973 Repealed the Constitution and suspended Parliament, replacing the government with a state of absolute monarchy.
On 17 January 1973, Marcos issued Proclamation No. 1102 certifying and proclaiming that the 1973 Constitution had been ratified by the Filipino people and thereby was in effect. These results were challenged during the Ratification Cases heard by the Supreme Court of the Philippine in 1973. The court upheld the results and the ratification of ...
The 1973 Constitution was promulgated after Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of martial law and was supposed to introduce a parliamentary-style government. Legislative power was vested in a unicameral National Assembly whose members were elected for six-year terms.
The Constitution defined the role of Islam; [31] Pakistan was to be a Federation of Four Provinces and shall be known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; [32] introduction of check and balances, separation of powers, and provided the federal system under which the government should govern. The Constitution established a "Bicameral Parliament ...
January 10–15 – A national plebiscite referendum is held among the citizens' assemblies to ratify the new Constitution. [1] [2]January 15 – Chinese Lim Seng (Guan Suo So), upon order from Pres. Marcos on January 3, is publicly executed by firing squad in a firing range in Fort Bonifacio, Rizal for drug trafficking; the country's first execution by that method after 27 years, and only ...
The 1973 Philippine martial law referendum was a national referendum in which the citizens' assemblies voted for: . The ratification of the 1973 Constitution; The suspension of the convening of the Interim National Assembly provided in the transitory provisions of the 1973 Constitution
Batas Pambansa Blg. 54 — Setting the date of January 30, 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines; Batas Pambansa Blg. 61 — General Banking Act; Batas Pambansa Blg. 62 — Savings and Loan Association Act; Batas Pambansa Blg. 63 — Private Development Banks Act
However, upon the amendments to the 1973 Constitution in 1981, which created a so-called modified parliamentary form of government, which has some sorts of semi-presidentialism, to be patterned after that in Peru, most of the executive powers held by the Prime Minister were restored to the President, who would be directly elected by the people ...