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- | ==<center>TITLE VI<br>Legislative | + | ==<center>TITLE VI<br>Legislative Power</center>== |
- | <u>Article.</u> The | + | <u>Article.</u> The Legislative Power of the nation shall be exercised by a Congress composed of two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. |
- | <u>Article.</u> In elections of | + | <u>Article.</u> In elections of Deputies and Senators a method shall be used, that, in practice, will result in giving an effective proportionality in representation to opinions and to political parties. |
- | <u>Article.</u> Deputies and | + | <u>Article.</u> Deputies and Senators represent the nation and are not subject to any imperative mandate. |
- | <u>Article.</u> Verification of the elections of | + | <u>Article.</u> Verification of the elections of Deputies and Senators and cognizance of nullification protests that may be brought against them, are under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. |
- | <u>Article.</u> By its own right Congress shall meet regularly in the capital of the Republic on July 15 of each year, and shall hold sixty sessions. The number of sessions may be prolonged by thirty more by resolution by both chambers enacted on their own initiative or at the request of the | + | <u>Article.</u> By its own right Congress shall meet regularly in the capital of the Republic on July 15 of each year, and shall hold sixty sessions. The number of sessions may be prolonged by thirty more by resolution by both chambers enacted on their own initiative or at the request of the Executive Power. |
- | <u>Article.</u> By convocation by the | + | <u>Article.</u> By convocation by the Executive Power and on the date indicated by it, Congress shall meet in special sessions to deal solely with matters that the Executive Power submits to it, and shall close upon completing its mission. |
Congress shall also meet in special session when so decided by an absolute majority of its regular members, who shall make the convocation through the president of Congress or directly. | Congress shall also meet in special session when so decided by an absolute majority of its regular members, who shall make the convocation through the president of Congress or directly. | ||
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In the event that the designated alternates refuse to or cannot attend the chamber, the president thereof shall convoke a by-election to fill the vacancy. | In the event that the designated alternates refuse to or cannot attend the chamber, the president thereof shall convoke a by-election to fill the vacancy. | ||
- | <u>Article.</u> Any meeting or action of members of Congress for the purpose of exercising the | + | <u>Article.</u> Any meeting or action of members of Congress for the purpose of exercising the Legislative Power, held otherwise than in accordance with the constitutional provisions, shall be void. |
- | <u>Article.</u> The following may not be elected as regular or alternate members of the | + | <u>Article.</u> The following may not be elected as regular or alternate members of the Legislative Power: |
- | 1) Members of the | + | 1) Members of the Executive Power, the Judicial Power, the Electoral Power, the Public Ministry, the Tribunal of Accounts, the Departmental or Municipal Boards and Councils, or of salaried Councils or Boards of Directors of the Autonomous Rntities until six months after permanent separation from their posts; |
2) Members of the clergy; | 2) Members of the clergy; | ||
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5) Those whose citizenship rights are suspended. | 5) Those whose citizenship rights are suspended. | ||
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<u>Article 147.</u> Each of the chambers has the following powers, without intervention by the other: | <u>Article 147.</u> Each of the chambers has the following powers, without intervention by the other: | ||
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8) To invite the other chamber to take part in joint debate; | 8) To invite the other chamber to take part in joint debate; | ||
- | 9) To appoint, in accordance with regulations, committees of inquiry. The | + | 9) To appoint, in accordance with regulations, committees of inquiry. The National, Departmental, or Municipal administrative authorities, and the judicial authorities, are obligated to submit to the said committees the information and documents which they request. |
- | Any | + | Any Deputy or Senator may ask the Ministers of State for data and reports which he considers necessary for the exercise of his functions; |
10) To reprimand or remove, by a two-thirds majority vote, any of its members because of misconduct in the performance of duty, incapacity, or physical or mental disability, duly substantiated. In cases of resignation, it shall decide by a simple majority vote; and | 10) To reprimand or remove, by a two-thirds majority vote, any of its members because of misconduct in the performance of duty, incapacity, or physical or mental disability, duly substantiated. In cases of resignation, it shall decide by a simple majority vote; and | ||
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13) To authorize the establishment of banks of issue; | 13) To authorize the establishment of banks of issue; | ||
- | 14) To approve or reject the treaties, conventions, concordats, and other international agreements signed on behalf of the Republic, and to authorize the | + | 14) To approve or reject the treaties, conventions, concordats, and other international agreements signed on behalf of the Republic, and to authorize the Executive Power to declare war and conclude peace; |
15) To permit or prohibit the entry of foreign troops into the territory of the Republic, and in the former case, to fix the time when they must depart; | 15) To permit or prohibit the entry of foreign troops into the territory of the Republic, and in the former case, to fix the time when they must depart; | ||
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23) To exercise any other powers that are within its competence according to this Constitution. | 23) To exercise any other powers that are within its competence according to this Constitution. | ||
- | <u>Article 149.</u> At the initiative of the | + | <u>Article 149.</u> At the initiative of the Executive Power, Congress in separate session also has the following powers: |
1) To authorize awards, indemnities, pensions, prizes, and honors, without prejudice to the authority that the President of the Republic holds as chief of the armed forces; | 1) To authorize awards, indemnities, pensions, prizes, and honors, without prejudice to the authority that the President of the Republic holds as chief of the armed forces; | ||
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3) To issue military ordinances and enact the organic law of the military courts; | 3) To issue military ordinances and enact the organic law of the military courts; | ||
- | 4) To | + | 4) To grant permission to the President of the Republic to leave the country; |
- | 5 | + | 5) To authorize the Executive Power to negotiate loans pledging the national treasury and indicating funds for their amortization. |
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===<center>Chapter II<br><u>The Chamber of Deputies</u></center>=== | ===<center>Chapter II<br><u>The Chamber of Deputies</u></center>=== | ||
- | <u>Article 150.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall consist of at least sixty | + | <u>Article 150.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall consist of at least sixty Deputies elected, with their respective alternates, directly by the people, in departmental election districts, at the ratio of one regular Deputy and one alternate for every thirty thousand inhabitants or fraction thereof exceeding fifteen thousand; but in any case each department shall be entitled to have one Deputy. |
<u>Article 151.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall be renewed in the aggregate every four years. | <u>Article 151.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall be renewed in the aggregate every four years. | ||
- | <u>Article 152.</u> | + | <u>Article 152.</u> To be elected Deputy a person must be a natural-born _____, a citizen in the exercise of his rights, at least twenty-five years of age, and be a native of the department to which the electoral circumscription belongs or to have had three years' continuous residence therein. |
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<u>Article 153.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall have exclusive power: | <u>Article 153.</u> The Chamber of Deputies shall have exclusive power: | ||
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3) Whenever irregular procedures in the handling of government expenditures are revealed in the annual report of the comptroller general on the execution of the general budget of the nation, to adopt the pertinent measures as provided in this Constitution and the laws, without prejudice to the comptroller general's own powers; | 3) Whenever irregular procedures in the handling of government expenditures are revealed in the annual report of the comptroller general on the execution of the general budget of the nation, to adopt the pertinent measures as provided in this Constitution and the laws, without prejudice to the comptroller general's own powers; | ||
- | 4) To examine accusations presented by its own members or by private individuals against the President of the Republic, | + | 4) To examine accusations presented by its own members or by private individuals against the President of the Republic, Deputies, Senators, magistrates of the courts of justice, Ministers and Vice Ministers of State, diplomatic agents, the attorney gernal, and the comptroller general; and if the charge appears well founded, to submit the corresponding impeachment to the Senate. |
===<center>Chapter III<br><u>The Senate</u></center>=== | ===<center>Chapter III<br><u>The Senate</u></center>=== | ||
- | <u>Article 154.</u> The Senate shall consist of at least thirty regular | + | <u>Article 154.</u> The Senate shall consist of at least thirty regular Senators and their respective alternates, elected directly by the people, in a single national election district. |
<u>Article 155.</u> The Senate shall be renewed every four years by parts in the manner determined by law. Each Senator shall remain eight years in office. | <u>Article 155.</u> The Senate shall be renewed every four years by parts in the manner determined by law. Each Senator shall remain eight years in office. | ||
- | <u>Article 156.</u> | + | <u>Article 156.</u> To be elected Senator a person must be a natural-born _____, a citizen in the exercise of his rights, and at least forty years of age. |
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<u>Article 157.</u> The Senate shall have exclusive power: | <u>Article 157.</u> The Senate shall have exclusive power: |