Constitución en Inglés

148 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 Congress shall examine for a period of up to thirty days, extendable with the agreement of both houses, the explicatory report that the Government submits to it on the reasons for the state of emergency and the measures taken during the emergency, and it shall make an explicit pronouncement on need for the state of emergency and its appropriateness. During the year following the declaration of emergency, Congress may repeal, amend, or add to the decrees treated in this article in areas that ordinarily only the Government can propose. Congress may exercise these powers at all times in connection with decrees that fall under the jurisdiction of its members. If it has not already been convened, Congress shall meet in its own right under the conditions and for the purposes provided for in this article. The President of the Republic and the ministers shall be responsible when they declare a state of emergency without the presence of any of the circumstances stipulated in the first paragraph, and it shall also be responsible for any abuse committed in the exercise of the powers that the Constitution assigns to the Government during an emergency. The Government may not infringe on the social rights of workers through the decrees mentioned in this article. The government shall send to the Constitutional Court Court on the day following their promulgation the legislative decrees issued under the powers mentioned in this article so that theCourtmay determine their constitutionality. Should the Government fail to fulfill its obligation to transmit these decrees, the Constitutional Court shall automatically and immediately take cognizance of them. PARAGRAPH