I wasn't challenging you, I was just asking rhetorically!Don't know. You are expert for history of Portugal. I'm not.
And BTW I happen to be Portuguese and (like everyone else around here) I happen to like history. I'm hardly an expert
I'm not sure what were the legal proceedings for constitutional revisions. After a quick peek at the 1826 constitution I've seen no mention to such procedures but I did notice there was a small revision in December 1907 (you know, during João Franco's dicatorship)! Either the House of Peers (a Portugue rip-off of the House of Lords) was still in session or the King and PM could really revise the constitution by decree.OK, so let's take your idea that Luis II decides to hold elections for new Cortes and so end dictatorship. Would he do that under old or new electoral law? He would have to impose that new law, because there's no Cortes in session....
Anyway there's no direct mention to the algorithm used so I think that could be reformed through an ordinary law.
The problem with the rotativism was also that the two main parties were starting to fall apart. There were several factions in the parliament to appease. You know, the Benelux system. It's a good system when the parties can get along otherwise you get what's happening with Belgium.
My take is that countries like early 1900s Portugal should have an election algorithm with a strong bias towards the most voted party.
And sure, that indirect election thingy should be reformed too.
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