Constitución en Inglés

134 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 A violation of this provision implies relinquishment of his/her office. The President of the Republic or acting president may not leave the country for one year following the end of his/her term without prior permission from the Senate. When the President of the Republic travels abroad as part of his/her duties, the appropriate minister, according to the order of legal precedence, shall exercise under his/her own responsibility the constitutional functions that the President should delegate to him/her, both those that pertain to the minister and those that he/she exercises in the capacity of head of government. The delegated minister shall belong to the same party or political movement as the President. No citizen, who has served as president in any capacity, may be elected President of the Republic. This prohibitiondoes not apply toaVice President who has served as acting president for less than three months, continuously or discontinuously, during the four-year presidential term. The prohibition against reelection can be amended or derogated only through a referendum of popular initiative or constitutional assembly. No citizen can be elected as President of the Republic or as Vice President if that person has committed any of the disqualifying acts stipulated in Article 179, Numbers 1, 4, and 7, nor may a citizen be elected President or Vice President if in the year prior to the election he/she has been invested as Vice President or held any of the following offices: Minister; Director of an administrative Department; Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court, Council of State, ARTICLE 197

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