The 1993 Peruvian Constitution prohibits the President from running for a consecutive third term.
Then, he called for elections for a Democratic Constitutional Congress to write the 1993 Peruvian Constitution.
While an 1825 law decreed its characteristics, there is no official regulation concerning its use, and it is not recognised as a national symbol in the Peruvian Constitution.
"Under the Peruvian Constitution, this Government has no legitimacy," said one foreign businessman in Lima, who insisted on anonymity.
The 1979 Peruvian Constitution contained provisions for the decentralization of power through the creation of autonomous regions, but they were not implemented.
The Peruvian Constitution of 1993 bestows the responsibility of water and sanitation service provision to the city councils.
Belaúnde and the other two major candidates from 1962 ran again, receiving 708,931 votes, 39% of those cast and more than the one-third required under the Peruvian Constitution.
Benavides signed the new Peruvian Constitution, which replaced that of 1920 (which had been in effect since the administration of Augusto B. Leguía).
The Peruvian Constitution, although a valuable legal document, is full of technical flaws and ambiguous articles.
The Peruvian Constitution of 1993 recognized the natural resources and ecosystem variety of its country as a heritage.