Constitución en Inglés

226 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 of its members may table a motion of observations, which may carry a penalty of removal of the respective official. Its approval shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of members of the body. 12. To table a motion of censure with respect to secretaries of the Office of the Mayor for matters related to their official functions, or for ignoring the summons or requirement of the district or municipal council, the motion of censure must be tabled by one-half of the members of the district or municipal council plus one. The vote shall take place between the third and tenth days following the end of the debate, with a public hearing on the respective official. Approval of the motion shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the relevant body. Once the motion is approved, the official shall be relieved of his/her functions. If it is voted down, no new motion of censure may be proposed on the same matter unless it is supported by new facts. Resignation of the official against whom the censure motion has been tabled does not prevent the motion from being approved in accordance with the provisions of this article. In each municipality there shall be a mayor, head of the local administration and legal representative of the municipality, who shall be popularly elected to a four-year institutional term and may not be reelected for the subsequent term. When the mayor is permanently prevented from discharging the duties of his/her office for more than eighteen (18) months before the end of his/her term, a [new] mayor shall be elected for the remaining term. If the end of the term ARTICLE 314