Greek Constitution of 1968
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The Greek Constitution of 1968 was a largely unimplemented constitution
of Greece promulgated by the then-ruling military regime in May 1968 and confirmed by a plebiscite in September 1968 following an intensive three-month propaganda campaign by the regime. It retained the Greek monarchy, and envisaged a return to a parliamentary system, but also explicitly reserved a regulatory role for the Greek military, which was tasked with the "maintenance of the social and political order". Further watchdogs were envisaged in the form of a constitutional court and a powerful National Security Council. In the event, as elections were never held and military rule continued, the constitution was never fully implemented. It was replaced by the Greek Constitution of 1973, again drafted by the junta, which abolished the monarchy and created a presidential republic (see Metapolitefsi
).
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
of Greece promulgated by the then-ruling military regime in May 1968 and confirmed by a plebiscite in September 1968 following an intensive three-month propaganda campaign by the regime. It retained the Greek monarchy, and envisaged a return to a parliamentary system, but also explicitly reserved a regulatory role for the Greek military, which was tasked with the "maintenance of the social and political order". Further watchdogs were envisaged in the form of a constitutional court and a powerful National Security Council. In the event, as elections were never held and military rule continued, the constitution was never fully implemented. It was replaced by the Greek Constitution of 1973, again drafted by the junta, which abolished the monarchy and created a presidential republic (see Metapolitefsi
Metapolitefsi
The Metapolitefsi was a period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 and the democratic period immediately after these elections.The long...
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