Constitución en Inglés

124 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 in discussion of matters submitted for their consideration. The law shall determine the rules governing conflicts of interest and objections. Members of Congress lose their seats for the following causes: 1. Violation of rules on disqualifications and incompatibilities or rules on conflict of interest. 2. Absence in the same termof sessions from six plenary meetings at which legislative acts, bills, or motions of censure are voted upon. 3. Failure to take their seat within eight (8) days of the installation of legislative chambers, or on the date on which they are summoned to take their seat. 4. Improper payment of public funds. 5. Duly proven influence trafficking. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply when force majeure is involved. The loss of a seat shall be decided by the Council of State in accordance with law and within no more than twenty working days counted from the date that the request was made by the respective chamber’s executive committee or by any citizen. Members of Congress enjoy immunity for their opinions and votes that they cast in the exercise of their office, without prejudice to disciplinary rules included in the respective chamber’s internal regulations. ARTICLE 184 PARAGRAPH ARTICLE 183 ARTICLE 185