1940 Paraguayan constitutional referendum

none A constitutional referendum was held in Paraguay on 4 August 1940.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p428 978-0-19-928358-3Lewis Paul H. Paraguay since 1930 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 233–266 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/paraguay-since-1930/CBBCEF364F4003F50F2604111C2B6E5D Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.005 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription It saw voters approve the new constitution. Background In 1939, amid a political stalemate, President José Félix Estigarribia dissolved Congress and assumed "temporary" dictatorial powers. The following year, he issued a new constitution. The key institution was a "strong, but not despotic" president who was vested with sweeping powers to suspend civil liberties and take actions that he deemed necessary for the good of the state. The Senate was abolished and the Chamber of Representatives limited in power. A new, corporatist-inspired Council of State was created to represent interests in business, farmers, bankers, the military, and the Roman Catholic Church.paraguay Thomas C. Bruneau Constitutional Developmentparaguay Richard S. Sacks Historical Setting Results 92.4 7.6 80 Direct Democracy References 1940 constitutional Constitutional referendum Paraguayan constitutional Category:Constitutional referendums Paraguayan constitutional referendum Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results