Constitución en Inglés

66 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 Chapter I Forms of Democratic Participation T he following are the people’s mechanisms for participating in the exercise of their sovereignty: the vote, plebiscites, referenda, popular consultations, open town hall meetings, legislative initiatives, and recalls of elected officeholders. The law shall regulate these matters. The State shall contribute to the organization, promotion, and guidance of professional, civic, trade union, community, youth, charitable, or nongovernmental public- purpose associations, without prejudice to their autonomy, so that they may constitute democratic means of representation in the various organs of participation, agreement, control, and oversight of the public activity that establishes them. The President of the Republic, with the signature of all the ministers and pending a favorable evaluation from the Senate of the Republic, may convoke a popular consultation on matters of great national importance. The people’s decision shall be binding. The popular consultation may not coincide with another election. ARTICLE 103 ARTICLE 104