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 )

THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IN COLOMBIA AND MEXICO

The legislative branch is composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, which
together form the Congress of Colombia, located in the capital of the republic. The basic
functions of the Congress are to amend the constitution, make laws and exercise political
control over the government. All members are directly elected by the people for four
years. There are 100 members of the Senate, which are elected at the national level, and
the House of Representatives, which are elected by electoral districts. The other two
Senate seats are reserved for representatives of aboriginal communities. The law could
also allow members of the House of Representatives to be elected using an out-of-district
system to ensure the participation of racial and political minorities. Both the Senate and
the House of Representatives have human rights committees.
Congress has several important special powers. For example, it can grant amnesty or
pardon for political crimes. It also has the power to approve or reject agreements signed
by the government with other countries or international organizations. Congress must
prioritize government bills to ratify human rights treaties. In addition, it may grant the
president extraordinary powers to issue regulations with the force of law for a period of
up to six months if the public interest so requires.

Article 50 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States establishes that the
legislative power "shall be vested in the Assembly, which shall be divided into two
chambers, one of which shall be the Chamber of Deputies and the other the Senate. Thus,
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MÓDULO: DESARROLLO HUMANO: CONSTITUCION POLITICA Y FORMACION CIUDADANA

the federal parliament is based on the principle of a bicameral system. The following
article also states that the House of Representatives is essentially a House of
Representatives whose members are elected every three years. According to the
constitutional mandate, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 300 deputies
elected by a relative majority of votes in single-mandate constituencies and 200 deputies
elected by the principle of proportional representation of regional lists in several
constituencies. system. The Magna Carta itself establishes the requirements that
candidates for representation must meet, some of which include:

I. Becoming Mexican citizens by birth and exercising their rights;

unfrozen. Must be at least twenty-one years of age on election day;
3. Must be a resident of the state in which the election is held or have lived in the state for
more than six months prior to the date of the election. To run as a candidate for
representative on a multi-seat constituency list, you must be a resident of one of the
federal units comprising the constituency, or have been a resident of the constituency for
more than six months. to the date of collection.