The 1994 reform to the Argentine Constitution was approved on 22 August, as a result of the Olivos Pact between by that time president of Argentina Carlos Saúl Menem, and the former president and leader of the opposition Raúl Alfonsín. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Constitution of Argentina The Constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of law in Argentina. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... The Olivos Pacts (Spanish: Pacto de Olivos) refers to a series of documents signed between governing president of Argentina Carlos Menem and former president and leader of the opposition Raúl Alfonsín, that formed the base of the constitution reform of 1994. ... Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ... Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from 8 July 1989 to 10 December 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). ... Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (born 13 March 1927) is an Argentine politician, who was the President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 9 July 1989. ...

Menem's main point of the reform was to allow a president to govern for two consecutive mandates. A similar modification was done in the 1949 Argentine Constitution Reform that allowed Juan Domingo Perón to stay in the presidential seat for two consecutive terms, but the reform was derogated with the 1957 reform. Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer and the President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and from 1973 to 1974. ...

On August 22, after three months of deliberations in the cities of Paraná and Santa Fe (traditional seat of constitutional conventions), the reform of 43 articles was finally approved. The deliberations didn't finished without altercates; for instance, Monsignor Jaime de Nevares resigned to his seat claiming the convention to be vitiated with absolute nullity. August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... Paraná is the capital city of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, located at coordinates 31°45′S 60°30′W on the shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of Santa Fe, capital of the neighbouring Santa Fe Province. ... Santa Fe is the capital city of the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. ... Monsignor is an ecclesiastical honorific used by certain priests and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Even though the reform changed the length of each term to 4 years instead of 6, what would invalidate Menem as a candidate for the following elections after 6 years of mandate, he not only obtained the faculty of presenting for the 1995 elections, but succeded in being re-elected.

Among the most important points of the reform are:

• The length of the presidential term was shortened from six to four years.
• The reelection of the president and the vice-president was allowed (only two consecutive terms).
• The requirement for the president to be a Roman Catholic was removed.
• The terms of senators and representatives (diputados) were also shortened.
• The electoral system, formerly an indirect vote (as in the United States) became a direct election, with a ballotage system.
• The capital, Buenos Aires, was given the special status of Autonomous City (Ciudad Autónoma).