Constitución en Inglés

233 Corte Constitucional de Colombia what the district council determines based on the size of the population. Each district mayor will be elected for a four-year term by at least 40 percent of citizens’ votes in direct, secret ballot, as long as he/she exceed the second-place candidate by 10 percent. If no candidate obtains such a majority, three weeks later another vote will be held, limited to the two candidates who received the highest number of votes. The candidate who receives the greatest number of votes in the second round will be declared district mayor. Elections for the district mayor, district councilors, and members of administrative boards will occur on the same day for terms of four (4) years, and the mayor may not be reelected for a subsequent term. If an absolute vacancy occurs more than eighteen (18) months before the end of the term, another mayor will be elected for the remainder of the term. If less than eighteen (18) months remains in the term, the President of the Republic will appoint a mayor for the remainder of the term from the same party, political group, or coalition in which the elected mayor was registered. Local mayors will be appointed by the district mayor from a slate of three candidates submitted by each local administrative board. In cases expressly indicated by the law, the Presidentof theRepublicwill suspendor remove the district mayor from office. Councilors and administrative board members cannot sit on the directive boards of decentralized entities. Candidates who participate in the second round will be allowed to adjust, in accordance with the programmatic resolutions they anticipate, their platforms of PARAGRAPH