NewsWhore
06-15-2009, 04:10 PM
The Constitutional Revisory Assembly has moved on eliminating expressions of "chief" and "supreme chief" from the Constitution.
The legislators in charge of drafting the new Constitution decided that the President of the Republic will be the person who "directs" domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration and will be the "supreme authority" of the Armed Forces and Police, as reported in Hoy.
The legislators also voted to change the titles used for city and town council executives. The Spanish term "sindico" will now be changed to "alcalde." In English both terms can be translated as mayor.
Likewise, cabinet members would now be known as "ministros" or ministers, instead of "secretarios" or secretaries of state.
Among other issues, the legislators incorporated into the new Constitution a provision by which the Executive Branch needs to send the National Budget to Congress no later than 1 October of each year.
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The legislators in charge of drafting the new Constitution decided that the President of the Republic will be the person who "directs" domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration and will be the "supreme authority" of the Armed Forces and Police, as reported in Hoy.
The legislators also voted to change the titles used for city and town council executives. The Spanish term "sindico" will now be changed to "alcalde." In English both terms can be translated as mayor.
Likewise, cabinet members would now be known as "ministros" or ministers, instead of "secretarios" or secretaries of state.
Among other issues, the legislators incorporated into the new Constitution a provision by which the Executive Branch needs to send the National Budget to Congress no later than 1 October of each year.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)