Constitución en Inglés

189 Corte Constitucional de Colombia He/she shall exercise the functions determined by law, including the direction and organization of elections, civil registry, and identification of persons, and he/she shall conclude contracts in the name of the Nation in the cases specified by law. The National Registry Office shall be staffed by civil servants pursuing a special administrative career which may be entered only by means of a merit-based contest and which provides for a flexible retirement in accordance with service needs. In all cases, positions involving administrative or electoral responsibilities are subject to the principle of free removal, in accordance with the relevant statute. The term of the current members of the National Election Commission and the National Civil Registrar shall continue until the year 2006. The following election for any of these positions shall take place in accordance with the provisions of the present constitutional amendment. TRANSITIONAL PARAGRAPH