Constitución en Inglés

227 Corte Constitucional de Colombia is less than eighteen (18) months away, the Governor shall appoint a mayor for the rest of the term; the appointee must belong to the party, political group, or coalition with which the elected mayor had been registered. The President [of the Republic] and the governors in the cases restrictively stipulated by law may suspend mayors or remove them from office. A law shall establish the sanctions that apply for any improper exercise of that power. The following are powers of the mayor: 1. To executeand to ensure the execution of the Constitution, laws, government decrees, ordinances, and council resolutions. 2. To protect public order in the municipality, in accordance with the law and the instructions and orders that the mayor may receive from the President of the Republic and the departmental governor. The mayor is the highest police authority of the municipality. The National Police shall promptly and diligently execute the orders issued to it by the mayor through the local commander. 3. To direct the administration of the municipality; ensure the fulfillment of official functions and the provision of services under his/her authority; represent the municipality legally and extralegally; and appoint and remove officials under his/her jurisdiction as well as managers or directors of public institutions and industrial or commercial enterprises of a local character, in accordance with the relevant provisions. ARTICLE 315