[1] Amongst the changes to the system of government, the new constitution would create a National Council of Administration (known as the colegiado) alongside the presidency.
[3] The colegiado system had been first proposed by President José Batlle y Ordóñez in 1913, with the aim of creating an executive body similar to the Swiss Federal Council.
[2] Batlle had been opposed to the presidential system, believing that a collegiate body would lower the risk of a dictatorship emerging.
[3] It provided for a bicameral General Assembly with a term of four years, and introduced universal male suffrage.
[3] It also provided for the separation of church and state and allowed for constitutional amendments to be made with a two-thirds majority in both chambers of the General Assembly.