It was approved by the Constitutional Congress on 5 February It is the successor to the Constitution of , and earlier Mexican constitutions.
The current Constitution of is the first such document in the world to set out social rights , serving as a model for the Weimar Constitution of and the Russian Constitution of Articles 3, 5, 24, 27, and seriously restricted the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico, [8] and attempts to enforce the articles strictly by President Plutarco Calles β in led to the violent conflict known as the Cristero War.
In , under the administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari , there were significant revisions of the constitution, modifying Article 27 to strengthen private property rights, allow privatization of ejidos and end redistribution of landβand the articles restricting the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico were largely repealed. Although the official anniversary is on 5 February, the holiday takes place on the first Monday of February regardless of the date.
The Titles, of variable length, are:. Carranza convoked a congress specifically to draft the new constitution. Carranza excluded the villista and zapatista factions from this congress; however, the demands and political threat of these factions pushed the delegates to adopt social demands not originally in Carranza's plan βi.
It replaced the liberal Constitution of , extending that constitution's restrictions on the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico. Its innovations were in expanding the Mexican state's power into the realms of economic nationalism , political nationalism, and protection of workers' rights. Unlike the congresses that produced the Mexican Constitution and the Constitution over a lengthy period, the Constituent Congress produced the final draft in a matter of a few months, between November and February The Liberal Party of Mexico 's PLM political program proposed a number of reforms that were incorporated into the Constitution.
