Documents of the reform
The documents that ordered the work of the Revising National Assembly: the law that convened it, its rules, the reports of its committees and the texts that came out of each reading. All are in Spanish.
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Framework of the reform
Law 70-09, declaring the need for constitutional reform
The law of February 27, 2009 that convened the Revising National Assembly and set the items of the reform.
Rules of the National Assembly
The rules for debate, voting and committees, with the amendments approved on April 14, 2009.
The texts, reading by reading
Texts approved on first reading
Transcript of the texts approved by the plenary, pending review by the Style and the Verification and Audit committees, updated to August 25, 2009.
Constitution proposed by the Verification and Audit Committee
The ordered text the Committee put before the plenary for the second reading, with each article’s earlier number.
Text approved on second reading
Transcript of the text of the reform approved on second reading, at the close of the meeting of October 22, 2009.
Standing Committee on Verification and Audit
Report of the Verification and Audit Committee
The report that opened the second reading: findings, corrections and thirty reconsiderations of the text approved on first reading.
Comparative study of five texts
The Constitution in force, the Executive’s draft, the text approved on first reading, the Style Committee’s proposal and the Verification and Audit Committee’s proposal, with its reasons, article by article.
Comparative study: Style Committee and Verification and Audit Committee
The two drafting proposals side by side.
Sequence of articles approved on first reading
List of articles with their heading, their correspondence with the 2002 Constitution and the date of approval.
Special committees
Report of the Special Committee on Title V, “The Judiciary”
Favorable report with modifications on the Judiciary, the Public Prosecution Service and their transitional provisions, July 29, 2009.