section_path: Special procedures/Revising the constitution
section_name: Revising the constitution
paragraph_text: Revising the constitution
  
  Parliament has the right to revise or amend the constitution, except for those articles dealing with the "form of the state as a parliamentary republic" and those safeguarding certain fundamental rights and freedoms (specifically protection of the value of the human, equality before the law, individual liberty, rule of law and freedom of religion). For those articles to be amended, article 110 of the constitution (which regulates revision of the constitution and lists the unalterable articles) would have to be amended first.
  
  The need for a revision of the constitution must first be established by a resolution of parliament, adopted, on the proposal of not less than fifty members of parliament, by a three-fifths majority of the total number of its members, in two ballots, held at least one month apart. The resolution must define specifically the provisions to be revised. Upon a resolution by parliament on the revision of the constitution, the next parliament must, in the course of its opening session, decide on the provisions (among those specifically defined in the original resolution) that will be revised by an absolute majority of the total number of its members (50% plus one majority). In the event that a proposal for revision of the constitution (in the previous parliament) receives the majority of the votes of the total number of members but not the three fifths majority specified, the next parliament may, in its opening session, decide on the provisions to be revised by a three-fifths majority of the total number of its members. A parliament endowed by its predecessor with the power to revise the constitution is called a "revisional parliament" (Αναθεωρητική Βουλή).
  
  Following the collapse of the military junta in 1974, the parliament that was elected was called the "5th revisional" as it operated under, and amended, the 1952 constitution. The resulting constitution of 1975 was essentially an entirely new constitution, especially since it incorporated the outcome of the 1974 plebiscite that established a parliamentary republic in place of a constitutional monarchy. Nevertheless, because it was officially deemed a revision of the 1952 constitution it was not called a "constituent parliament". Since the adoption of the new constitution in 1975, this has been revised on four occasions: in 1986, in 2001, in 2008 and in 2019. A minimum of five years must elapse after the successful conclusion of the revision process, before another may be initiated.