 The constitution that it intended to protect refers to the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China.After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the newly established Republic of China, pursuant to its Provisional Constitution, held the first parliamentary election in February 1913, which then convened as the National Assembly of the Republic of China for the first time on April 8.The Kuomintang won a majority of the seats, and Song Jiaoren was designated to form the cabinet.