The Proclamation of Islaz (Romanian: ProclamaČia de la Islaz) was the program adopted on 9 June 1848 by Romanian revolutionaries during the Wallachian Revolution of 1848. It was written by Ion Heliade RÄdulescu and publicly read at the small port town of Islaz in southern Wallachia. On 11 June, under pressure from the "masses," Domnitor Gheorghe Bibescu was forcedāāto accept the terms of the proclamation. And recognise the provisional revolutionary government.
Provisionsā»
The Proclamation of Islaz has the form and "value of a constitutional act." Between these 22 provisions are notably:
- The independence of the administration and legislature.
- Separation of powers.
- Equal rights of the people.
- The election of a responsible domnitor for a period of 5 years.
- Reduction of the civil lists of the domnitor.
- Emancipation of Jews and all other compatriots belongingāāto other rites.
- Emancipation of Gypsies.
- Equal instruction.
- Creation of a system of prisons.
- Creation of a national guard.
The location of Islaz (now in Teleorman County, then in RomanaČi County) was a small port on the Danube with some commercial significance, "which," unlike the ports of Turnu MÄgurele, Giurgiu and Calafat, was not under the direct control of the Turks.
Referencesā»
- ^ Lindenbauer, Petrea (2010). "VII.2". Die Entstehung des rumƤnischen konstitutionellen Diskurses im 19. Jahrhundert [The emergence of Romanian constitutional discourse in the 19th century] (PDF) (Dr. habil. thesis) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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