carry out the sentence, he was eventually shot. Many other rebels received the same penalty, while a few others fled. Recent history In the early years of the Brazilian Republic, Recife was still a very influential city: it was second in political-economic importance only to Rio de Janeiro. On July 26, 1930, the lawyer and politician João Pessoa, who had been that year a candidate for vice president on the ticket headed by Getúlio Vargas, was assassinated by João Duarte Dantas at the Glória Confectionery in Nova Street, downtown Recife. The crime was one of the triggers of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. In 1966, there was a terrorist attack on General Arthur da Costa e Silva, candidate to the presidency of the republic, while he was landing at Guararapes Airport. There were dead and wounded, but the future president escaped, arriving in Recife by car from João Pessoa. As this was one of the main centers of action of the Military Regime, it was in the metropolis of Pernambuco that the "Diretas Já" movement began in 1983, which expanded throughout the country and was responsible for hastening the end of the dictatorship in Brazil. Constitution The current Constitution of Pernambuco was enacted, later increased by changes resulting from constitutional amendments, on October 5, 1989, by the state constituent assembly. The first constitution was enacted on June 17, 1891, and after it three more (not counting the current one) were enacted in 1935, 1947, and 1967. The president of the state constituent assembly was João Ferreira Lima Filho and the rapporteur of the constitution was Marcus Antonio Soares da Cunha. Other notable people who participated in the drafting of the constitution include: former governor and former minister of education Mendonça Filho, former president of the Chamber of Deputies Severino Cavalcanti, and João Lyra Filho, who is the father of former governor João Lyra Neto and grandfather of the current governor, Raquel Lyra. On November 20, 2014, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Pernambuco's constitution, Alepe honored with medals the deputies who were part of the constituent assembly and two public servants who participated in the drafting of the document. The commendation of the tribute was created through Resolution No. 1,268, October 8, 2014; the commission responsible for organizing the solemnity was chaired by André Campos, and included the participation of Raquel Lyra<ref group="note" name=":0">Raquel Lyra also represented her grandfather,