Executive Decree 127 is a executive resolution written and enacted by then-President Dymero Invisa. The decree was announced on January 6th, 2008 in front of Parliament and the nation. The decree, among other things, ordered sweeping changes in the form of Gilana's government. It replaced the nation's constitution, written in 1959, with a new one, made martial law permanent, and lengthened the term of its leader to lifetime.