sentences:  It was a relatively short text consisting of twenty-three articles, the first nine articles laying out the principles upon which the state would be founded.It delegated the executive and legislative prerogatives to "the only true delegate of the sovereignty of the Nation", the National Assembly that was to be elected by direct popular vote.After the proclamation of the Republic on October 29, 1923, the executive powers were to be exercised by the President and the Council of Ministers on behalf of the National Assembly.