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03-16-2011, 04:10 PM
The Chamber of Deputies opted for a single reading and passed with a simple majority the observations by the Executive Branch to the Organic Law that creates the National Council of Magistrates (CNM).
Diario Libre reported that immediately, the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) and legal expert Eduardo Jorge Prats expressed their opinion that the approval by a simple majority of the observations made by the President was a violation of Article 102 of the Constitution. The bill was passed with 92 votes in favor and 71 voted against the proposals and there were three abstentions. The approval sparked a debate on the legality of the decision, a point on which there was no agreement in the chamber.
"With this interpretation of the majorities needed to approve the presidential observations to the organic laws, the National Congress committed a real violation of the Constitution", said Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman of FINJUS. He commented that it is not a good thing to abuse the parliamentary processes, or the majorities in the CNM or the presidential power to observe the laws. Jorge Prats suggested that in order to approve the President's observations, the practice has been to get a simple majority, and that to reject them would need a two-thirds vote, assuming that the system is established for ordinary laws.
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Diario Libre reported that immediately, the Institutionalism and Justice Foundation (FINJUS) and legal expert Eduardo Jorge Prats expressed their opinion that the approval by a simple majority of the observations made by the President was a violation of Article 102 of the Constitution. The bill was passed with 92 votes in favor and 71 voted against the proposals and there were three abstentions. The approval sparked a debate on the legality of the decision, a point on which there was no agreement in the chamber.
"With this interpretation of the majorities needed to approve the presidential observations to the organic laws, the National Congress committed a real violation of the Constitution", said Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman of FINJUS. He commented that it is not a good thing to abuse the parliamentary processes, or the majorities in the CNM or the presidential power to observe the laws. Jorge Prats suggested that in order to approve the President's observations, the practice has been to get a simple majority, and that to reject them would need a two-thirds vote, assuming that the system is established for ordinary laws.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)