Promulgation and Oath-taking of the 1869 Constitution
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https://doi.org/10.5944/eeii.vol.5.n.9.2018.22987Keywords:
ceremony, Constitution, Parliament, ceremonial, oath, promulgation, solemnAbstract
Every new regime brings along transcendent modifications in a state's ceremonial, protocol, symbols, configuration and performance of ceremonies, so as to define and legitimize the new political regime while rupturing with the previous one. In June 1869, a series of ceremonies and events originated either from political initiative alone or from popular approaches that accepted political power as a means to legitimize the new political state. One of those remarkable ceremonies that were held in Madrid that month was the solemn act of promulgation and oath-taking of the 1869 Constitution, then replicated throughout all capital and major cities in the provinces. As analyzed in this study, the oath-taking of the Fundamental Law allowed for a profuse set of normative regulations that affected a number of institutions along with their members and officials.
It was therefore a fundamental act carried out with outstanding formalities at the ceremony held at the Constituent Parliament on June 6, 1869, and in all the resulting ceremonies concerning institutions, their civil and military officials and other members thereof. A long, sequential series of provisions were published in the Madrid Gazette until the end of 1870to cover key aspects of oath-taking, such as its ceremonial and process, and the consequences of not carrying it out. Therefore, this oath-taking was one of the solemn ceremonies and events that took place in Madrid back in June 1869, together with the inauguration of the National Pantheon, the unveiling of Mendizábal's statue, the appointment of the Regent and his constitutional oath, and so on.
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