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07-15-2009, 04:21 PM
Legislators working on Constitutional reform have agreed to limit the President's power for the first time ever. They voted in favor of a measure stopping the President from annulling judgments passed by city governments and filling vacancies for mayors or city council officials.
Legislators also voted for a measure preventing the President from filling temporary vacancies at the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Land Courts, Justices of the Peace and Instruction Judges.
The President will no longer decide on the members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the Chamber of Accounts and Congress.
The changes are set out in Article 108 of the Constitution on the powers of the President.
The legislators also agreed that the President would only be able to approve contracts worth 200 minimum salaries without congressional approval and included a item obliging the Executive Branch to send the budget for the upcoming year to Congress no later than the first of October of that current year.
It was also decided that the President would now bear the title of "Supreme Authority of the Armed Forces and the Police, instead of "Supreme Chief."
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Legislators also voted for a measure preventing the President from filling temporary vacancies at the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Land Courts, Justices of the Peace and Instruction Judges.
The President will no longer decide on the members of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), the Chamber of Accounts and Congress.
The changes are set out in Article 108 of the Constitution on the powers of the President.
The legislators also agreed that the President would only be able to approve contracts worth 200 minimum salaries without congressional approval and included a item obliging the Executive Branch to send the budget for the upcoming year to Congress no later than the first of October of that current year.
It was also decided that the President would now bear the title of "Supreme Authority of the Armed Forces and the Police, instead of "Supreme Chief."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)