Second National Assembly at Astros

The Second National Assembly at Astros ( el, Βʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση στο Άστρος) was the second

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, a national representative body of the Greeks who had rebelled against the

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. It convened at

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between 29 March and 18 April 1823 under the chairmanship of

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. Its most important task was the revision of the Constitution of Epidaurus, adopted in the First National Assembly. The new Constitution was voted on April 13, and was called the '' Epidaurus Law'' to stress its continuity with the one of 1822. It was legally more articulate as compared to its predecessor. It allowed a slight superiority to the Legislative power as opposed to the Executive, given the fact that the latter's veto power was circumcised from an absolute to a suspending one. The new Constitution also marked an improvements as far as the protection of

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was concerned: property was protected, as was the honor and the security not only of Greeks but of all persons on Greek territory; it established the

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and abolished

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. It also abolished the previous local government bodies. President of the Executive (government) was elected

, of the Legislative (parliament)

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, while the delegates agreed also to seek financial aid and loan, mainly from the

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. However, the great disadvantage of the yearly term of the Administrative branches remained unaltered, a result of the ever-growing distrust between politicians and the military. The Assembly of Astros passed a new electoral law, according to which the right to vote was bestowed to ''men'' rather than to ''seniors'', while the voting age went down from 30 to 25 years. {{Greek War of Independence, state=collapsed 1823 in Greece 2nd History of Arcadia, Peloponnese Peloponnese in the Greek War of Independence