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the Revolution (Provisional Constitution of Greece) was voted, which defined the political principles of the revolted regions, establishing the organizational scheme
of a unified state.
The said Constitution was revised on
13 April 1823, by the Second National Assembly (29 March-18 April 1823),
which convened at Astros of Kynouria.
The title Law of Epidaurus was chosen,
in order to put emphasis on the continuation between the revised Constitution and that of 1822,
the fundamental principles of which
were kept «unchanged and immovable»,
«as demonstrably beneficial for the people». The Constitution of 1823 recognised
a slight supremacy of the legislative authority over the executive one.
With regard to the bodies of government, Ministries were confined to seven and
local organizations were abolished.
Finally, the field of the fundamental rights protection was enriched.
The Third National Assembly of Troezen (19 March-5 May 1827), after repeated
Oath, First National Assembly (21 December 1821-15 January 1822)
postponements and in a crucial period for the outcome of the Revolution, voted in May 1827 the Political Constitution of Greece, consisting of 150 articles, with a provision for strict separation of authorities:
the executive authority belonged to Ioannis Kapodistrias, who was elected by a decree of the 2nd April 1827 for a seven-year term, while the legislative authority
to the representatives of the people,
the Parliament. In the same Constitution for the first time the principle of popular sovereignty is solemnly declared.
The Political Constitution was more compatible than the previous ones with Greek reality, with expanded protection
of individual rights.
The Constitutions of national range
were influenced by the French revolutionary Constitutions of 1793 and 1795,
the American Constitution of 1787,
the French Declaration of the Rights
of Man and the Citizen, as well as by
the constitutional draft of Rigas Velestinlis (1797) and the Constitutions
of the Ionian Islands.
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National Assemblies & Constitutions
«We swear in the name of the triune Divinity and the revered name of the country, to discuss issues in pure sincerity and brotherly love, without taking into consideration our personal interests and taking care solely of the common interest of Greece»
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