Constitución en Inglés

145 Corte Constitucional de Colombia ARTICLE 213 In the case of a serious disruption of public order that imminently threatens institutional stability, the security of the State, or the peaceful coexistence of the citizenry, and that cannot be addressed by ordinary police powers, the President of the Republic, with the approval of all the ministers, may declare a state of internal disturbance throughout the Republic or part of it for a period no longer than ninety days, extendable by two additional ninety-day increments, the second of which requires a prior and favorable vote of the Senate of the Republic. By means of such a declaration, the Government shall have the powers that are strictly necessary to address the causes of the disruption and prevent the spread of its effects. Legislative decrees that the Government issues can suspend laws incompatible with the state of disturbance and shall cease to have effect as soon as public order is declared to have been restored. The Government may extend the application of these emergency decrees for up to ninety more days. Within three days of a declaration or extension of a state of disturbance, Congress shall meet in its own right, with all its constitutional and legal powers. The President shall transmit to it an immediate report concerning the reasons for the declaration. In no case may civilians be prosecuted or judged by the military penal system.