Constitución en Inglés

119 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 177 Beginning in 2014, the assignment of additional seats shall be based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population, in accordance with the results of the census. It shall be the task of the electoral authority to adjust the number for the assignment of seats. If as a result of the application of the formula contained in the present article a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it shall keep the number of seats to which it was entitled until July 20, 2002. The Congress of the Republic shall issue regulations for the international constituency by December 16, 2013; if Congress fails to to issue these regulations, the National Government shall do so within thirty (30) days of that date. The regulations shall cover, among other things, the following matters: registration of candidates, registration of citizens entitled to vote from abroad, mechanisms to promote participation in the vote, polling places in consulates, and State funding for visits abroad by elected representatives. To be elected representative, it is necessary to be a citizen in good standing and be older than twenty-five years of age on the date of the election. The House of Representatives shall have the following faculties: 1. To elect the Ombudsman. 2. To examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury audit presented to it by the Comptroller General of the Republic. TRANSITIONAL PARAGRAPH PARAGRAPH 2 PARAGRAPH 1 ARTICLE 178