Constitución en Inglés

117 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 175 The following rules shall be observed in cases tried by the Senate: 1. The accused is automatically suspended from his/her office as soon as the charges are published. 2. If the charge refers to crimes committed in the exercise of his/her functions or disqualification based on official misconduct, the Senate may only impose the sanction of removal from office or temporary or absolute suspension of political rights. However, the accused shall be brought to trial before the Supreme Court of Justice if evidence indicates that he/she is responsible for a crime that deserves other penalties. 3. If the charge refers to common crimes, the Senate shall confine itself to declaringwhether therearegrounds for further measures, and in the affirmative case it shall place the accused at the disposal of the Supreme Court. 4. The Senate may commission a task force from among its own ranks for investigation, reserving for itself the decision and definitive sanction to be pronounced in a public session by at least two-thirds of the votes of the Senators present.