Constitución en Inglés

122 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 ARTICLE 180 6. Those who are related among themselves through marriage or de facto relationship or by kinship to the third degree of consanguinity, second degree of affinity, or first civil degree, and register for the same party, movement, or political group for elections to public office or of members of public bodies that must be held on the same date. 7. Those who hold dual nationality, with the exception of Colombians by birth. 8. No one may be elected to more than one public body or office, nor to a public body and a public office if the respective terms of office overlap, even partially. The disqualifications provided for in Numbers 2, 3, 5, and 6 refer to situations occurring in the constituency where the respective election must take place. The law shall regulate other cases of disqualification based on kinship with officials not contemplated by those provisions. For the purposes of this article the national constituency shall be deemed to coincide with each of the territorial constituencies, except for the disqualification stipulated in Number 5. Members of Congress are prohibited from engaging in the following activities: 1. Holding public or private office or employment. 2. Negotiating, in their own name or another’s name, matters before public authorities or persons who administer taxes, or acting as agents before them, or signing any contract with them, whether directly or through a third party. The law shall establish exceptions to this provision.