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In 1713, Charles de Saint-Pierre presented a plan "A project for settling an everlasting peace in Europe," where in it is stated in Article 1: There shall be from this day following a Society, a permanent and perpetual Union, between the Sovereigns subscribed. [19] By itself the word perpetual appears much earlier in the history of political ...
During Primo de Rivera's dictatorship (1923–1930) many of its articles were suspended in a de facto dictatorship. Constitution of 1931: 1931–1939 Parliamentary republic Unicameral parliament, firstly with universal male suffrage, then female suffrage from 1933. Civil War lost by the Republican side.
Paliza Nouel is the son of businessman and honorary consul of Spain in Puerto Plata, Juan Ignacio Paliza García, [5] and nephew of entrepreneurs José Manuel Paliza and Elena Viyella de Paliza. His grandfather Benito Paliza Torre was a Spanish immigrant who was dedicated to work in the coffee industry upon his arrival to the Dominican Republic ...
Statues of the three founding fathers. From left to right: Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte and Matías Ramón Mella. La Trinitaria (Spanish: [la tɾiniˈtaɾja], The Trinity) was a secret society founded in 1838 in what today is known as Arzobispo Nouel Street, across from the "Del Carmen's Church" in the then occupied Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic.
The Congress of the Dominican Republic was founded after the drafting of the Constitution, on 6 November 1844. In the chapter 2 of this Constitution is mentioned how the legislature would be divided into two legislative bodies called Tribunat (corresponding to the current House of Deputies) and Conservative Council (corresponding to the current Senate).
The Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic (known by its acronym, SCJ) is the highest court existing in the Republic and is, therefore, the head of the judiciary in the country. The Supreme Court is the final court empowered to administer justice, i.e. that its judgments can not be appealed, although they may eventually be reviewed by the same ...
Painting of founding fathers of the Dominican Republic: Matías Ramón Mella, Juan Pablo Duarte, and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez. On the night of February 27, 1844, the leaders of the Triniatrios were going to make their dreams come true: to not only free the Dominicans from Haitian control, but to established an independent state free from all foreign power.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (Spanish: Procuraduría General de la República) of the Dominican Republic is a government institution belonging to the executive branch that is responsible for representing the Dominican State in courts of law, defending public interest, assuring respect for the due process of law and overseeing penitentiaries in the Republic.