FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS.

EDUCACION, ARTES Y HUMANIDADES

MÓDULO: DESARROLLO HUMANO: CONSTITUCION POLITICA Y FORMACION CIUDADANA

Objectives:
I. Compare the relevant aspects of the legislative branch of Colombia with that of
another country.
II. Practice writing skills in a second language.

ACTIVITY
Write a paper that links the legislative branch of Colombia with that of another country;
establish differences and similarities.
( minimum one page, calibri font size 12, spacing 1.5 ).

Legislative branch of Colombia and legislative branch of Spain.

Legislative branch of Spain:
The legislative power of the State is exercised by the Cortes Generales, which represent
the Spanish people and control the actions of the Government. They are composed of two
Chambers: the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
The Congress is composed of 350 deputies elected by universal suffrage every four years.
All bills and proposed laws must first be examined by the Congress of Deputies, with the
Senate having the right to veto or amend the text prepared by the Congress and reserving
to the latter the final decision after further examination. Likewise, it is the Congress which
grants the investiture of the President of the Government and, therefore, it is this
Chamber which may cause his resignation, either through the approval of a motion of
censure or through the refusal to grant the confidence requested by the Government.

The Senate is presented as the Chamber of territorial representation and is composed of

265 senators. 208 of its members are elected by direct universal suffrage every four years
and another 57 are appointed by the Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous
Communities, which elect one senator each and another for each million inhabitants of
their respective territory.
Legislative branch of Colombia:
The Legislative Branch is responsible for formulating laws, exercising control over the
Government and reforming the Constitution. It is represented by a popularly elected
collegiate public corporation called the Congress of the Republic, which is composed of
the Senate of the Republic and the House of Representatives, thus constituting a
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MÓDULO: DESARROLLO HUMANO: CONSTITUCION POLITICA Y FORMACION CIUDADANA

bicameral system, i.e., an upper chamber represented by the Senate and a lower chamber
represented by the House of Representatives.
The representatives to the Chamber are elected for four-year terms through the right to
vote that the people have in exercise of citizenship, with the possibility of being reelected
in the following terms. And its operation is based in the capital of the Republic of
Colombia.
Legislative Function
To elaborate, interpret, reform and repeal laws and codes in all branches of legislation.