Articles
- Art. 1. - The supreme laws of the Republic are: the Constitution of 1857, the Reform Laws enacted on September 25 of 1873 and the Act of December 14 of 1874.
- Art. 2. - Prohibition of reelection of the President and state governors has the same validity as the supreme laws.
- Art. 3. – Don Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada is disavowed as president of the Republic, as well as all officials and employees of his government.
- Art. 4. - The governments of all states will be recognized if they adhere to this plan. If this does not happen, the head of the army of each state will be recognized as governor.
- Art. 5. - There will be elections for the Supreme Powers of the Union, the two months after the occupation of the capital of the republic, and without reconvening. The Congress elections shall be held in accordance with the laws of February 12, 1857 and October 23, 1872, with the first ones on the first Sunday following two months after the occupation of the capital.
- Art. 6.- The Executive Power will settle, while the elections are done, in the city who obtains the majority of votes of the States Governors, and will not have any more attributions that the merely administrative ones.
- Art. 7.- Assembled the will be the 8° constitutional Congress, its first works will be: the constitutional reform of the Article 2, which guarantees the independence of the municipalities, and the law that political organization gives to the Federal District and territory of California.
- Art. 8.- Are responsible, guilty and morality all that direct or indirectly cooperate to the maintenance of the Government of don Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, becoming effective from the moment in which the guilty are situated in power of anyone force belonging to the regenerator army.
- Art. 9.- The generals, chiefs and officials who with opportunity help the present plan, will be recognized in their assignements, rank and decorations.
- Art. 10.- Porfirio Díaz will be recognized as general in chief of the army.
- Art. 11.- Opportunely the general will be named, whose chief will enjoy extraordinary powers in administration and war.
- Art. 12.- For no motive it will be possible enter agreements with the enemy, under the threat of the life to the one that do it.
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