Constitución en Inglés

107 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 152 Organic laws shall require an absolute majority of the votes of the members of both houses for their approval. By means of statutory acts the Congress of the Republic shall regulate the following subject areas: a. Fundamental rights and duties of individuals, and procedures and recourses for protecting these rights; b. Administration of justice; c. Organization and regulations of political parties and movements, the statute of the right of opposition, and electoral functions; d. Institutions and mechanisms of citizen participation; e. States of exception; f. The equal electoral treatment of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic who comply with the requirements established by law. The National Government or members of Congress shall present before March 1, 2005, a bill for a statutory law that implements Article 152, Letter (f) of the Constitution and additionally regulates the following matters: guarantees for the opposition, participation of civil servants in politics, the right of equal access to communications media that make use of the electromagnetic spectrum, the predominant state financing of presidential election campaigns, the right to reply in conditions of equality when the President of the Republic is a candidate, and rules about disqualifications of presidential candidates. The bill shall be accompanied by a request to expedite the law-making procedure. The need for the process to be speeded up can be also insisted if so required. TRANSITIONAL PARAGRAPH