Constitución en Inglés

212 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 of decentralized entities of their respective departments, districts, or municipalities. Spouses or domestic partners of deputies and councilors may not be appointed officials of their respective territorial entities if they are kin at the second level of consanguinity, the first level of affinity, or merely civil kin. Without prejudice to what is established in the Constitution, a law shall determine the qualifications, disabilities, incompatibilities, date of possession, durations of sessions, absolute or temporary disqualifications, causes of expulsion, and forms of filling vacancies for citizens who are elected by popular vote to assume public functions in territorial entities. A law shall also make the other provisions that are necessary for their election and performance of their functions. Laws may not concede exemptions or preferential treatment in relation to the property taxes of territorial entities. Laws also may not impose surtaxes on top of taxes except as stipulated in Article 317. Territorial entities may issue public notes and bonds of public debt, subject to the conditions of the financial market and also to contract foreign credit, all of this in accordance with the law regulating the matter. For the preservation of the public order or for its restoration where it has been disturbed, the decrees and orders of the President of the Republic shall be applied forthwith and preferentially over measures decreed by the governors; decrees and orders of governors shall be applied in similar manner and with the same effects in relation to mayors’ measures. ARTICLE 293 ARTICLE 294 ARTICLE 295 ARTICLE 296