Colegio Bilingüe Richmond

BY:Sebastian Guerra
Mr:Diego Villamizar

Exam
 What is a Constitution
• Constitution: are higher standards by which a nation
is governed.
 When was Slavery abolished?

• La abolición de la esclavización el primero de

enero de 1852.
 What is a Constitutional
Amendment?

• A constitutional amendment is a change to the

constitution of a nation or state.
 What is a Plebiscite?

• The plebiscite is one of the mechanisms of

participation that the Constitution provides for
Colombians to participate in political decisions that
affect them.
What did the 1957 amendment to the
Constitution change?

• To end the political violence and implement the

climate of dialogue, peace and understanding the
two traditional parties agree on a system of
government called the National Front.
 What was the goal of the 1968
amendment to the Constitution?
• A president ability to declare a state of emergency
and allow the executive to intervene selectively in
specific areas of the economy to prevent crises or
facilitate development plans.
Prior to the 1991 Constitution, could a
President be reelected?

• Before the 1991 Constitution, a president

could not be reelected.
 What were decree-laws?

• Regulation having the force of law issued by the

executive, without necessarily intervention or
approval.
What were the main requirements to
become President of Colombia?
• Required the president must be a native-born Colombian at
least fifty-five years of age and in full possession of his or her
political rights. The constitution also requires the president to
have had previous service as a congressional or cabinet
member, governor, or government official; as a university
professor for five years; or as a practicing member of a liberal
profession requiring a university degreeents to become
President of Colombia
 What were the main constituents of
the executive branch of government?
• The president oversees the executive branch of government,
consisting of a thirteen-member cabinet, various
administrative agencies, a developing bureaucracy, and more
than 100 semiautonomous or decentralized agencies,
institutes, and corporations, generally known as institutes
decentralizations. These appointive powers allow the approval
of either house of congress.
 Explain the Concept State of Siege?

• The state of siege is a state of emergency the

government can declare a country in special
situations, such as when public order is disturbed.
 What is a Cabinet Minister?

• A cabinet minister is an official appointed by the

president to make part of his cabinet, which exerts a
major public role in the executive branch, such as
transportation, health, defense etc.
 Who elects Congress?

• Members of Congress are elected by popular

vote for four-year terms.
What are the functions of the Senate?

• Issuing laws, exercises the functions of

Political Control, Public, Judicial and Electoral
Office, the protocol and Administrative
What are the functions of the House of
Representatives?
• In addition to making laws and amending the Constitution,
exercises the following functions:- Choose the
Ombudsman. Examine and concludes national treasury
account sent by the Comptroller General. - Accuses the
Senate to senior officials. It also knows of such complaints.
- It is responsible for dealing with such complaints.
It is responsible for commissioning staff to carry out
relevant evidence to the accused.
 How is the Judicial Power organized?

• The Judicial this Branch organized of the following

way:
• - Supreme Court of Justice
• - Constitutional court
• - Council of State
• - Top Council of the Judicature
• - General Fiscally of the Nation
 What are the functions of the
Supreme Court?
• To act as court of cassation.
• To judge the President of the republic or to whom it(he,she) does
his(her,your) times, to the justices of the Council of State and of the
Constitutional Court, to the members of the top advice(council) of
the judicature and to the general district attorney of the nation for
crimes committed in the exercise(fiscal year) of his(her,your)
functions or for common crimes when the Congress conceptúe that
there is place to follow-up of reason.
•
• To know about the contentious business of the diplomatic agents
credited before the government of the nation, in the cases foreseen
by the international law.
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• To give his proper regulation
 Who elects the members of the
Supreme Court?
• There are 23 judges for individual periods of
eight years, elected by the same corporation
in more than five candidates lists sent by the
Supreme Judicial Council.
What are the functions of the Council
of State?
• Judicial function: She is the manager of handling the right;
it(he,she) is to say, one entrusts to judge and, by means of the laws
that are established inside the constitution of the State, to look for
a solution to the conflicts that they present between(among)
individuals or between(among) individuals and the State. It(she) is
represented by the Constitutional Court, by the Supreme Court of
Justice, by the Council of State, by the Top Council of the Judicature,
by the District attorney's office and by the Jurisdictions.
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• Who elects the members of the Council of State? It is shaped by
seven members, five of them named by the President, for
extendable periods of four years, replaced two of them in half of
the presidential period. In addition, there does part(report) of the
Meeting the Secretary of the Treasury, who presides at it.