Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias

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The Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias is a Spanish Organic Law that determines the fields, bodies and institutions of self-government of the Asturian autonomous community.

An Organic Law in Spanish law under the present Spanish Constitution of 1978 must be passed by an absolute majority of the Congress of Deputies. The Spanish Constitution specifies that some areas of law should be regulated by this procedure, such as the Laws of Development of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms contained in the first section of Chapter Two of Title I of the Constitution, which was the basis for the Statutes of Autonomy of the various autonomous communities of Spain. Prior to the 1978 constitution this concept had no precedent in Spain, but was inspired by a similar concept in the current French Constitution of 1958, which established the French Fifth Republic.

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History

On 1 June 1979, the political parties represented in the Deputation of Oviedo (UCD, PSOE, PCA and CD) agreed to start the autonomy process.

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The draft of the Statute of Autonomy would follow the article 143.1 of the Spanish Constitution, after being approved by 72 of the 78 municipalities of Asturias.

On 22 April 1980 the project was sent to the Congress of Deputies. It would be approved on 15 December 1981. The Organic Law 7/1981, of the Statute of Autonomy for Asturias was published in the BOE on 30 December 1981. [1]

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In 1999, it changed the name from "Statute of Autonomy for Asturias" to "Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias".

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References

  1. "Ley Orgánica 7/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Asturias" [Organic Law 7/1981, of 30 December, of the Statute of Autonomy for Asturias] (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. 11 January 1982. Retrieved 16 January 2016.