Constitución en Inglés

132 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 27. Grant temporary patents to persons who have made inventions or improved processes according to the law. 28. Issue certificates of naturalization, in accordance with law. The President of the Republic shall be elected for a four-year term by one-half plus one of the votes, which citizens shall cast in a secret, direct ballot on the date and following the procedures stipulated by law. If no candidate should secure the said majority, a runoff election shall be held three weeks later, in which only the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round of balloting shall participate. The candidate with the larger number of votes shall be declared president. In the case of the death or permanent physical incapacity of either of the two candidates receiving the majority of votes, his/her party or political movement may enter a new candidate for the runoff election. If the party or movement fails to do so or if the vacancy stems fromanother reason, that candidate shall be replaced by whoever won third place in the first round and so on in successive and descending order. Should the vacancy occur less than two weeks before the second round of balloting, the runoff election shall be postponed fifteen days. In order to be President of the Republic, an individual must be Colombian by birth, a citizen in good standing, and over thirty years of age. The President of the Republic shall assume his/her office before Congress and shall take the following oath: “I swear to God and promise to the people to faithfully execute the Constitution and the laws of Colombia.” ARTICLE 190 ARTICLE 191 ARTICLE 192