Constitutional reform and the 'promised' democracy in Argentina Online publication date: Mon, 30-Nov-2020
by Raúl Gustavo Ferreyra
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies (IJHRCS), Vol. 7, No. 4, 2020
Abstract: This essay deals with the constitutional reform process in Argentina, which has been a constitutional state since 1853; however, the most stable constitutionality cycle, in which citizens take part with no discrimination, persecution or proscription at all, started in December 1983 and still continues at present. Argentina's Federal Constitution establishes an extremely rigid reform process that has been unchanged as from its original drafting, which resulted in only three reforms in the 19th century and three more during the 20th century. The amendment that occurred in 1994 introduced the maintenance and development of the democratic system as a material limit to constitutional changes. Nevertheless, the earth-shattering economic, social and financial crisis faced by Argentina makes these constitutional provisions on democracy look like normative vocabulary of a biblical promised land rather than truly lay and constitutional writings of citizens in peace.
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