These "autonomic pacts" filled in the gap left by the open character of the constitution. Among other things: They described the final outline of the territorial division of Spain, with the specific number and name of the autonomous communities to be created. They restricted the "fast-route" to the "historical nationalities" and Andalusia; all the rest had to take the "slow-route". They established that all autonomous communities would have institutions of government within a parliamentary system. They set up a deadline for all the remaining communities to be constituted: 1 February 1983.
These "autonomic pacts" filled in the gap left by the open character of the constitution. Among other things They described the final outline of the territorial division of Spain with the specific number and name of the autonomous communities to be created. They restricted the "fast-route" to the "historical nationalities" and Andalusia; all the rest had to take the "slow-route". They established that all autonomous communities would have institutions of government within a parliamentary system. They set up a deadline for all the remaining communities to be constituted: 1 February 1983.