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DECREE NO 756
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,
Article 131, in accordance with Rule 131 of the Constitution, and at the initiative of Ciro Cruz Zepeda Peña, José Manuel Melgar Henriquez, José Francisco Merino López, Marta Lilian Coto Vda. de Cuellar, José Antonio Almendariz Rivas, Elvia Violeta Menjívar Escalante, Guillermo Antonio Gallegos Navarrete, Luis Roberto Angulo Samayoa, Jorge Alberto Villacorta Munoz, Nelson de la Cruz Alvarado, Rolando Alvarenga Argueta, Schafik Jorge Handal Handal, Jose Rafael Machuca Zelaya, Hector Ricardo Silva Arguello, Rodolfo Antonio Parker Soto, Salome Roberto Alvarado Flores, Rene Napoleon Aguiluz Carranza, Douglas Alejandro Alas Garcia, Juan Francisco Villatoro, Irma Segunda Amaya Echeverria, Jose Orlando Arevalo Pineda, Jose Salvador Arias Penate, Miguel Francisco Bennett Escobar, Efren Arnoldo Bernal Chevez, Roger Alberto Blandino Nerio, Juan Miguel Bolanos Torres, Noel Abilio Bonilla Bonilla, Blanca Flor America Bonilla, Isidro Antonio Caballero Caballero, Carmen Elena Calderón Sol de Escalon, Carlos Alfredo Castañeda Magana, José Ernesto Castellanos Campos, Roberto Eduardo Castillo Batlle, Humberto Centeno Najarro, Hector David Cordova Arteaga, Luis Alberto Corvera Rivas, Jose Ricardo Cruz, Hector Miguel Antonio Dada Hirezi, Agustin Diaz Saravia, Roberto Jose D' Aubuisson Munguia, Walter Eduardo Duran Martinez, Jorge Antonio Escobar Rosa, Julio Antonio Gamero Quintanilla, Vilma Celina Garcia Monterrosa, Cesar Humberto Garcia Aguilera, Nelson Napoleon Garcia Rodriguez, Nicolas Antonio Garcia Alfaro, Ricardo Bladimir Gonzalez, Santos Fernando Gonzalez Gutierrez, Noe Orlando Gonzalez, Jesus Grande, Manuel de Jesus Gutierrez Gutierrez, Carlos Walter Guzman Coto, Mariela Peña Pinto, Gabino Ricardo Hernandez Alvarado, Mario Marroquín Mejía, Segundo Alejandro Dagoberto Marroquín, Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla, Calixto Mejía Hernández, Marco Tulio Mejía Palma, Manuel Vicente Menjívar Esquivel, Miguel Ángel Navarrete Navarrete, Ruben Orellana, Renato Antonio Pérez, William Rizziery Pichinte, Teodoro Pineda Osorio, Mario Antonio Ponce Lopez, Gaspar Armando Portillo Benitez, Francisco Antonio Prudencio, Zoila Beatriz Quijada, Norman Noel Quijano Gonzalez, Jose Mauricio Quinteros Cubias, Manuel Orlando Quinteros Aguilar, Oscar Edgardo Mixco Sol, Carlos Armando Reyes Ramos, Dolores Alberto Rivas Echeverria, Ileana Argentina Rogel Cruz, Federico Guillermo Avila Quehl, Salvador Sanchez Cerén, Juan de Jesus Sorto Espinosa, Ernesto Antonio Angulo Milla, Enrique Alberto Luis Valdés Soto, Donato Eugenio Vaquerano and Maria Patricia Vásquez de Amaya.
DECCRETA the following:
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY INTERNAL RULES
CHAPTER I FUNDAMENTALS
ARTICLE 1.-Object
This Regulation is intended to regulate the organization, operation, and parliamentary procedures of the Legislative Assembly, according to the powers granted to him by the Constitution. In this Regulation, the Legislative Assembly may also be called the Assembly.
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ARTICLE 2.-Nature
The Legislative Assembly is a collegiate body, composed of Deputies and deputies, elected in the form prescribed by the Constitution and the law; it is primarily the task of legislating. Their attributions are established in the same Constitution.
ARTICLE 3.-Start of the period, installation and place of assembly
To start the legislative period, the deputies and the elected deputies will meet without need of the call in the capital of the Republic, on the first day of May of the year of his election.
After the Assembly has been installed, it may be moved to another place in the Republic for sessioning, when so agreed.
ARTICLE 4.-Quorum and
majority of members of the Assembly will be sufficient to deliberate. In order to take a resolution, at least the favorable vote of the half plus one of the deputies and the elected deputies will be required, except in cases where, according to the Constitution, a different majority is required.
CHAPTER II PROCESS OF INSTALLATION OF THE ASSEMBLY AND START OF THE PERIOD
ARTICLE 5.-Preparatory Commission
In order to take the necessary steps to install the Assembly, the Preparatory Commission will be formed with Deputies and Elected elected owners. To this end, at least 10 days before the start of the new period, each of the coordinators of the parliamentary groups with representation in that legislature shall communicate in writing and through the President of the Assembly, the Board of Directors. Directive of the legislature which is to complete its functions, the name of the Deputy or the Deputy to represent them in the said Commission.
The Board of Directors must take the necessary steps to facilitate the meetings of the The Preparatory Commission and the installation of the new legislature.
The meetings of the Deputies and The Members of the Preparatory Commission shall be held in the legislative chamber within eight days prior to the installation of the new legislature, and their agreements shall be communicated to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 6.-Installation Commission
For the purpose of installing the new legislature, the deputies and the elected elected owners will meet, chaired by the Preparatory Commission, on the first day of May of the year of their election, at the time (i) the Commission, and at least the number required to deliberate. In this meeting, the Committee on Installation will be elected by a simple majority of votes, which will be made up of a director and two secretaries, who will be elected to the session.
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The Installation Commission will review the credentials extended by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the document of identity and the others required by law, in order to accept them or not. For such review, the director will declare a recess; the examination will be completed and the corresponding report prepared, the session will resume to release the report.
ARTICLE 7.-Election of the Board of Directors
Approved of the report Commission of Installation, will proceed to elect the Board of Directors, by simple majority of votes, in nominal and public form.
ARTICLE 8.-Constitutional protest
Elect the Board of Directors, one of the vice presidents will take the protest the President or the President; subsequently, the President or the President shall take The protest to the other deputies and deputies. The text of the protest will be the one established in article 235 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE 9.-Decree of Installation and Communications
This will be declared installed by the Assembly, by means of a decree that will sign, by at the very least, the majority of the members of the Board of Directors; in addition, the deputies and the deputies present may sign it.
The Board of Directors will transmit the decree for publication to the Official Journal; it will communicate the conclusion of the installation session and the election of the Board of Directors, the President of the Republic, President of the Supreme Court of Justice and the President of the Court of Auditors of the Republic; he will send the other relevant communications and will convene, in a timely manner, the solemn opening session of the legislature.
ARTICLE 10.- Inattendance of Deputies or Deputy owners to the installation session
The deputies or the deputy owners who do not attend the law protest at the installation session will be obliged to submit to their meeting. protest, within the next fifteen days, counted from the celebration of this, prior to acceptance of their documents, which will be reviewed by the Board of Directors.
The deadline set out in the previous paragraph must be extended by the Board of Directors, when the Deputy or the Deputy justifies the reason for their inability to Submit to the protest; in this case, the alternate will be called for as long as the impossibility lasts.
CHAPTER III BOARD OF DIRECTIVE
ARTICLE 11.-Integration of the Board of Directors and term of office
The Board of Directors be composed of a Presidency, Vice-Presidencies and Secretariats, in accordance with the protocol of Parliament groups will be agreed at the beginning of the respective legislative period. The participation of all parliamentary groups will be formed, based on the criteria of plurality and proportionality.
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In the protocol, the precedence of the Vice-Presidencies and Secretariats may be regulated. The members will be able to last the entire legislative term.
ARTICLE 12.-Powers of the Board of Directors
They are the privileges of the Board of Directors:
1) Comply and enforce this Regulation.
2) Take the providences necessary to execute the functions that the Constitution, the secondary laws and this Regulation point to the Assembly.
3) To direct the administrative activities of the Assembly.
4) TO DESIGNATE THE MANAGER OR DIRECTORS WHICH SHALL CARRY OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHECKING OF CHEQUES, FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE ORGAN LEGISLATIVE, WHICH WILL COMMUNICATE TO THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC; IN ADDITION, IT WILL DISTRIBUTE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK BETWEEN EACH OF THE MEMBERS. (1)
5) Receive, examine and accept or reject, where appropriate, the respective documents of the Members and the Deputy owners who have not submitted to the installation session or the documents of those who, having been presented, do not have been accepted; in order to ensure that, in accordance with the formal and legal requirements, prior to the law, these Members and Deputy owners are incorporated into the Assembly.
After the Assembly has been installed, when a Member is called or Deputy Member of the Board of Directors for the first time, the Board will review the documents and inform the Assembly for their respective protest of the law.
6) Take the protocol providences for the plenary sessions: installation, opening, solemn, ordinary, extraordinary and closing, as well as the other acts that I organized or in
7) Appoint the Members or the Members, after consultation with the coordinator of the parliamentary group, who will represent the Assembly in any solemn act, as well as those who will participate as speakers, in name of her, at the opening session, the solemn sessions and the other acts she or she organized
8) Appoint the deputies or the deputies who will integrate the permanent commissions established in this Regulation, based on the proportional integration of the Assembly, after consultation with the coordinators of the Parliamentary groups.
9) Name and integrate the transitional and ad hoc commissions.
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10) Recommend, to commissions, a reasonable time limit for the issuance of opinions.
11) Agree on the transfer of files from one commission to another, after consultation with the commission in charge of their study.
12) Draw up the agenda proposal for each session of the Assembly, which will be released in advance and should contain, where appropriate, the extract of the opinions presented by the committees, the initiatives of law and applications which, in writing, are submitted, the resolution of which corresponds to the Assembly. Correspondence and opinions shall be submitted in due time to the convening of the meeting of the Board of Directors.
13) Making the knowledge of the Assembly the requests that are timely and written by the citizens, before each plenary session, to intervene in it.
14) Sign the decrees, agreements and minutes of the Assembly.
15) Sign their agreements.
16) Velar for the early processing and resolution of the issues that resolve the Assembly, the Board of Directors or the commissions, if any.
17) Dictate the provisions relevant to ensure the preservation and authenticity of the minutes of the Constituent Assembly session, the magnetophonic recordings and audio videos containing the incidents and the participation of the deputies and the deputies in the discussion and approval of the 1983 Constitution; as well as constitutional reforms related to the Peace Accords and other reforms to the Constitution.
18) Dictate the relevant provisions to ensure the preservation and authenticity of the Constitution. the minutes, the magnetophonic versions and the videos of all the sessions of the Assembly, which may be consulted by the Members, the Members and the general public.
19) Approve the organisation and the operating manuals of the various offices of the Assembly.
20) Develop the budget of the Authority Legislative and subject to consideration by the Assembly, for discussion and approval, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
21) Grant a license to the President or President of the Assembly for justified reasons, for the time being
22) Grant a license to the deputies and deputies in need be absent for more than five days.
23) DEFINE THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY AND FOLLOW UP ON THE COMMITMENTS TO THE AGENCIES OF WHICH IT IS A MEMBER; FOR WHICH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE, AFTER HAVING INTEGRATED PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT COMMISSIONS, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
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THE COORDINATORS OF PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE WORK RESOLUTIONS, WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION (UIP), THE PARLIAMENT OF THE AMERICAS (PARLATINO), THE LATIN AMERICAN PARLIAMENT (PARLATINO), THE FORUM OF PRESIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN BASIN (FOPREL), OF THE CONFEDERATION PARLIAMENT OF THE AMERICAS (CUP), AS WELL AS OF THE FRIENDSHIP GROUPS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO WHICH THE ASSEMBLY BELONGS. (11)
24) Designate Members, Diputados and other persons who are required to integrate the official missions referred to in this Regulation.
25) Appoint, remove, accept resignations and grant licenses to officials administration and to the employees of the Assembly, as well as to the consultants, whatever source of funding they are hired.
26) Authorize all kinds of expenditures from the budget of the Assembly or any other source of funding.
27) Authorizing wage increases, promotions, promotions or penalties administrative officers and employees, in accordance with the law governing the salary scale system of Assembly employees, other applicable laws and corresponding manuals.
28) Take all necessary steps to ensure the installation of the next legislature, as referred to in Article 6 of this Regulation.
29) Report to the coordinators of the parliamentary groups of the agreements adopted.
30) Resolve administrative cases are not covered by this Regulation and report to the Assembly.
31) Other than
ARTICLE 13.-Powers of the Presidency
The President or the President of the Assembly is your legal representative; chairs the Assembly, the Board of Directors and the Political Commission.
the Presidency:
1) Meet and enforce the Constitution, the Rules of Procedure and the provisions adopted by the Assembly and the Board of Directors.
2) Exercise the judicial and extrajudicial representation of the Assembly; it may grant powers, prior agreement of the Board of Directors. However, when it comes to notifications to the Assembly, coming from the Supreme Court or some of its halls, these
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will have to be received by the full Assembly.
3) Celebrate contracts of any nature, subject to the agreement of the Board of Directors.
4) Convocation to plenary sessions, the Board of Directors and the committees, as well as other acts which it organizes or participates in the Assembly.
5) Open, suspend, resume, close and conduct the sessions of the Assembly, those of the Board of Directors and those of the Political Commission, how to ensure the order of these.
6) Determine the commission that will rule on matters submitted to the Assembly's knowledge.
7) Concede the word to the deputies or the deputies in the sessions that I chair, in the order that have requested.
8) Suspend the sessions that you chair, in case of serious disturbance of the order.
9) Order that the public leave the place where the sessions are held, in case of disturbance to the order or the
10) Call on the Members of the Assembly or the Members of Parliament when, in the Assembly or in the other
11) Taking on behalf of the Assembly, during the corresponding plenary session, the Committeethe Rules of Procedure, the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Rules of Procedure, the Rules of Procedure and the Rules of Procedure " protest of law to the President and Vice President of the Republic, as well as to other officials that the Assembly has to choose.
12) Grant a license to the deputies or the deputies for up to five days.
13) Velar for the good functioning of the Assembly and compliance with the agreements of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 14.-Powers of the Vice-Presidents
They are the powers of the Vice-Presidents or Vice-Presidents:
1) Replace the President or the President in case of temporary absence, as well as exercise their powers.
2) Auxiliary President or President in the exercise of their duties.
3) Meet the missions entrusted to them by the President or the President.
4) Meet other missions entrusted to them by the Assembly or the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 15.-Duties of the Secretaries
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They are the privileges of the Secretaries:
1) Sign the official correspondence sent by the Assembly. The communications will suffice to sign one of them.
2) Submit to the Board of Directors, through the Management of Legislative Operations, the official notes, motions, opinions and requests received, to integrate them to the Assembly's session agenda, as appropriate.
3) Establish the quorum of Assembly sessions.
4) Give reading to the correspondence that is brought to the attention of the Assembly.
5) Take control of the Assembly. incidents that arise in the Assembly sessions and marginalize the notes in the correspondence, with the support the Legislative Operations Manager or who is delegated.
6) Monitor that the Management of Legislative Operations, through the Legislative Index Unit and the legislative support technicians of the respective committees, verify that the decrees and agreements published in the Official Journal are in accordance with the approval of the Assembly or the Board of Directors; if they are not in conformity, the Secretariat shall immediately inform the Board of Directors to take the providences of the case.
7) Velar for the prompt and effective processing of the decrees and agreements
8) Verify the minutes of the sessions of the Assembly, which shall contain a complete and reliable relationship of what has occurred in the respective session.
9) To carry, through the Management of Legislative Operations, the control of the minutes, the decrees, the agreements and other necessary ones.
10) The others that this Regulation or the Board of Directors entrust to them.
CHAPTER IV DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES
ARTICLE 16.-Representation and action of the Deputy or the Deputy
The deputies and the deputies are representatives of the people and will act with honesty, probity, morality and strict respect for the Constitution and the Law. In the exercise of their functions, they shall be directed to the satisfaction of the common good, safeguarding the values of justice, peace, legal certainty, solidarity, freedom and democracy; as well as, in general, the protection of human rights. fundamental of people.
ARTICLE 17.-Rights of Deputies and Diputados
Are rights of Deputies and Diputados:
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1) Participate in voice and vote in plenary sessions.
2) Participate in voice and vote in the (3) PRESENT THE BILLS OR PETITIONS THAT THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE, WHICH MUST BE PRESENTED SEPARATELY WHEN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES
. (2)
4) Obtain appropriate administrative and logistical support for the best performance of their work.
5) Receive the institutional information they require to illustrate their initiatives, as well as their participation in the training process the law and in the work of commissions.
6) Counting with an individualized, decorative office, secretarial service, service personnel and equipment.
7) Receiving special security services.
8) Request, to the Assembly, that the President of the Republic provides the reports, in accordance with the 7th of the article 168 of the Constitution.
9) To enter, for the fulfilment of the legislative functions, in the buildings and the public and municipal offices, in working hours and in activities related to the fulfilment of its obligations. The above must be coordinated, in advance, with the officials or managers of the institution to visit. They must be kept due consideration and respect.
10) Be treated with due regard and respect, in care of their position, by any person or authority.
11) To receive a remuneration according to their investiture, which allows them to
ARTICLE 18.-Duties and obligations of the deputies and the deputies
They are duties and obligations of the deputies and the deputies:
1) To know and to comply with the Constitution and the present Regulation.
2) Knowing of the bills that are studied in the commissions to which they belong and be informed about the other projects that have to vote; which for this purpose, must be distributed to all the deputies and the deputies, in good time to be discussed in the Assembly.
3) Accept and perform in the Legislative committees in which they are named, as well as fulfilling the responsibilities or tasks entrusted to them by the Assembly, the Board of Directors
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or the commission to which they belong.
4) Attend and be present in the sessions of the legislative committees that make up, in the plenary sessions and other official activities to which they are called, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.
5) Save, at all times, the behavior and decorum
6) Excuse, in writing, by means of the Coordinator of the parliamentary group to whom they belong, when they have been called, and it is impossible for them to attend the session or they are absent from it.
7) To request, in writing, permission to the Board of Directors, through the respective coordinator of the parliamentary group, when they need to be absent for more than five days, stating the reasons and time they need to be absent. The Board of Directors will decide what is appropriate.
8) Interpose, in writing, the resignation before the Assembly, when there is a fair cause. The Assembly will decide what is relevant.
ARTICLE 19.-Special care for inassistance
DEPUTIES OR DEPUTIES WHO, WITHOUT A LICENSE OR WITHOUT A FAIR CAUSE, DO NOT ATTEND THE PLENARY SESSIONS OR THE MEETINGS OF COMMISSIONS THEY INTEGRATE, OR WHO LEAVE THE SITTING, BEFORE THE END OF THE SITTING, AND DO NOT REPLACE THEM ANOTHER MEMBER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 21 OF THIS REGULATION, SHALL LOSE THE CORRESPONDING REMUNERATION, EXCEPT BY CHANCE OR FORCE MAJEURE CHECKED. (2) (7)
ARTICLE 20.-Procedure to impose penalty for inassistance
TO IMPOSE THE PENALTY REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE, IN THE EVENT OF INATTENDANCE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES OF DEPUTIES OR DEPUTIES ALTERNATE MEMBERS OR DEPUTIES WHO ARE CALLED, AND WHERE THE SUBSTITUTE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 21 (2) OF THIS REGULATION, SHALL ALSO NOT BE LODGED, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM IN WRITING SITUATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE LIST OF ASSISTANCE, TO BE ISSUED BY THE DISCOUNT ORDER AND THE REFERENCE TO THE INSTITUTIONAL PAYER OF THE ASSEMBLY, WHO WILL MAKE THE CORRESPONDING REMUNERATION DISCOUNT. IF THE DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT MEMBER IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION SHALL FORWARD THE REPORT AND, FAILING THAT, THE RAPPORTEUR SHALL MAKE THE REPORT; WHERE THE CHAIRMAN, THE SECRETARY AND THE RAPPORTEUR ARE NOT ASSISTED, THE REPORT SHALL BE MADE BY A VOICE, IN ORDER OF HIS NOMINATION; IF THE REPORT IS ABANDONED BEFORE THE END OF THE SESSION, IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO FORWARD THE COPY OF THE ATTENDANCE LIST.
IF NO MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION APPEARS, AFTER HALF AN HOUR LATER
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OF THE CONVOCATION, THE INSTITUTIONAL TECHNICAL ADVISOR WILL INFORM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY.
IF THE INATTENDANCE IS TO A PLENARY SESSION, THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE THE SECRETARY OR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN CHARGE OF VERIFYING THE QUORUM. (7)
CHAPTER V DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES
ARTICLE 21.-Integration of Deputies and Deputy Members to the Assembly
Deputies and Deputy Members will be elected in the same way as the Members of Parliament and the Members of Parliament and, by appeal of the Assembly, may be able to form part of it, on a written proposal from the coordinator of the parliamentary group to which they belong, in the cases provided for in Article 131 of Article 131 of the Treaty. the Constitution. When they are not called to form the Assembly, they may attend the meetings of the committees and in this case they shall have the right to speak.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH, DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES WHO ARE NOT CALLED TO THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES WITH VOICE AND VOTE, IN PLACE OF THE OWNERS OF THE OWNERS AND DEPUTIES, BY APPOINTMENT AND THROUGH A NOTE SIGNED BY THE CORRESPONDING COORDINATOR OR COORDINATOR, OR DEPUTY COORDINATOR OR DEPUTY COORDINATOR, WHERE APPROPRIATE, OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP TO WHICH HE BELONGS, PROVIDED THAT THE OWNER OR DEPUTY OWNER, TO WHOM IT IS REPLACED, DOES NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY CARRY OUT WORK IN ANOTHER COMMISSION; THIS INCORPORATION MAY ALSO BE CARRIED OUT WITH OWNERS OR MEMBERS OF THE OWNER, IN THE SAME CONDITIONS LAID DOWN FOR ALTERNATE MEMBERS AND DEPUTIES. (5)
ARTICLE 22.-Protest of Deputies and Deputy Members
Deputies and Deputy Members will give up the constitutional protest after they have been held by the deputies and the deputy owners, in the same session or another that the effect is called.
In any case, the deputies and the deputies will have to present the documents that are required of the owners.
ARTICLE 23.-APPEALS OF DEPUTIES OR DEPUTIES
DEPUTIES AND ALTERNATE DEPUTIES MAY FILL IN JOBS OR PUBLIC OFFICE WITHOUT TO LOSE THE QUALITY OF SUCH; IN CASE OF BEING CALLED TO CONFORM ASSEMBLY, MUST BE GRANTED PERMISSION IN THE EMPLOYMENT OR POSITION THAT THEY PERFORM. (2)
ARTICLE 24.-REMUNERATION FOR APPEAL TO DEPUTY OR ALTERNATE MEMBER
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IF A DEPUTY OR ALTERNATE MEMBER, WHO PERFORMS EMPLOYMENT OR PAID EMPLOYMENT IN ANY PUBLIC INSTITUTION, IT IS CALLED TO FORM ASSEMBLY, WILL PROCEED THE CORRESPONDING REMUNERATION IF THE REFERRED APPEAL IS FOR FIVE DAYS OR MORE, IF IT IS FOR LESS TIME WILL NOT BECOME PAID FOR THE APPEAL AND THE PERMIT IN THE JOB OR POSITION MUST BE WITH PAY, IF NO SALARY IS PAID IN ANY PUBLIC INSTITUTION, THE REMUNERATION IT SHALL PROCEED FROM THE DAY IN WHICH IT IS CALLED. (2)
CHAPTER VI PARLIAMENTARY ETHICS
ARTICLE 25.-Compliance with ethical standards
In addition to the administrative duties and obligations, the deputies and the deputies must comply with the ethical standards contained in this article. Chapter.
ARTICLE 26.-Ethical Duties
It is the ethical duties of the Deputies and the Members:
1) TO OBSERVE AT ALL TIMES CORRECT AND HONORABLE CONDUCT, AS WELL AS THE COMPOSURE, DIGNITY AND DECORUM CORRESPONDING TO HIS POSITION. (2)
2) Apply the principles of probity and transparency in legislative management.
3) Strengthen the institutional credibility of the Assembly.
4) Act in such a way that its conduct may allow for public examination of the
5) To always put the public interest in the private interest.
6) Fulfill your duties and duties as civil servants and citizens.
7) Take charge without discriminating against any person for reasons of race, creed, color, gender, economic situation, ideology, political affiliation, or others.
8) Be respectful in the exercise of their duties, especially in dealing with citizens, other deputies or deputies and staff of the Assembly.
9) Present the probity declaration within the prescribed time limit.
10) RECEIVE THE ADMONITION THAT HAS BEEN IMPOSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENTARY ETHICS. (2) (10)
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ARTICLE 27.-Ethical Bans
These are ethical prohibitions of the Members and Members:
1) Press, in any form, to another Deputy or Deputy to prevent him from freely expressing his will in the votes to be held in the Assembly or in the committees.
2) Prevalise his position to obtain or to provide for special services, appointments or benefits, by remuneration or gift.
3) Request or accept, directly or by person, gifts, gifts, payments, fees or any other type of royalty, for actions related to the functions of the office.
4) Use unduly the
5) Use, for private benefit, the reserved or privileged information that they obtain according to their position.
6) Direct, administer, sponsor, represent or provide services to natural persons or legal entities which manage or operate concessions granted by the State or its suppliers or contractors.
7) Receive, directly or indirectly, personal benefits arising from contracts, concessions or franchises held or granted by the Assembly.
8) Be contractors or owners of public works or companies that are State or municipality funds; obtain concessions from the State for the exploitation of national wealth or public services; be representatives or administrative proxies of persons who have such contracts or concessions; and to carry out paid public posts, except for the cases mentioned in the Constitution.
9) Participate in decision making, when there is direct interest to him or his family members within the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity.
ARTICLE 28.-Parliamentary Ethics Committee
For the purposes of The Assembly shall elect the Parliamentary Ethics Committee at the beginning of each parliamentary term; the Assembly shall elect the Parliamentary Ethics Committee at the beginning of each legislature. with the understanding protocol referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation.
ARTICLE 29.- Functions of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee
The Parliamentary Ethics Committee will have the following functions:
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1) Promote among all Members and the Members respect and observance of the rules ethics contained in this Regulation.
2) Velar for the application of the ethical standards set forth in this chapter.
3) Receive in writing, from the Deputies or the Diputados and to process, as appropriate, the complaints, complaints or charges against the Members of the European Parliament or the Member States for failure to comply or violation of the duties and prohibitions contained in this chapter.
THE COMMITTEE MAY PREVENT THE PETITIONER FROM SENDING THE INDICATED TEST WITHIN THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF THREE WORKING DAYS. SHOULD THE PREVENTION OF THE COMPLAINT, COMPLAINT OR ACCUSATION NOT BE REMEDIED, THE COMPLAINT SHALL BE DECLARED INADMISSIBLE, THE PROCEEDINGS BEING REFERRED TO THE FILE. (10)
The complaint, complaint or accusation must be accompanied by all evidence held by the person who formulates them and if they do not have them, they must be carefully indexed, as well as the sources from which they can be obtained.
Yes it appears that the complaint, complaint or accusation is not truthful, it will be for defamatory and those who have formulated it will be obliged to indemnify the defamed in damages and to the application of other sanctions to that it has happened, staying safe the the right of the injured person to the other civil or criminal actions that he could exercise.
4) Recommend to the Board of Directors or to the Assembly, as appropriate, within a maximum period of thirty working days from the filing of the complaint, complaint or accusation, the application of the penalties to be applied.
ARTICLE 30.-Procedure of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee
The procedure will be subject to the due process rules by the following procedure:
1) In the first phase of the process, the complaint, if appropriate, will be reported to the the facts attributed to it, in order to give it a ruling, within a maximum of three working days. Subsequently, within a maximum period of eight working days, the file shall be substantiated with all the information held by the Committee for the purpose of qualifying whether or not there are sufficient grounds for continuing the process.
2) In violation of the rules of this Chapter, the Committee shall, before the Board or the Assembly, issue a detailed report recommending the relevant.
3) The Board of Directors or the Assembly shall, where appropriate, apply the sanctions, taking into consideration the evidence obtained, the gravity, modality and circumstance of the fault and the determining reasons.
4) If the investigation turns out that the complaint is malicious or would be reckless on the part of the complainant, the complainant will be punished with the maximum penalty provided for the facts
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5) During the investigation, the Committee shall ensure the legality of the process in all its extension and the presumption of innocence of the Deputy or the Deputy, until it resolves its responsibility.
6) defined in this article, concerning the procedures for the receipt and processing of complaints, the procedure stipulated for special commissions of investigation will be applicable, as appropriate.
ARTICLE 31.-Ethical sanctions
The deputies or the deputies who are in violation of the provisions of this chapter will be the purpose of the corresponding sanctions, which shall be imposed on them by the Board of Directors or the Assembly, where appropriate, according to the seriousness of the failure, taking into account the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee. The penalties will be as follows:
1) Private assembly. The Board of Directors will sanction with private admonition the Deputies and the Diputados who incur the non-compliance with the ethical duties mentioned in Article 26 of this Regulation.
2) Public assembly. The Assembly will sanction with public admonition the deputies and the deputies who violate the prohibitions of Article 27 of this Regulation.
ARTICLE 32.-Resource of review
Within three working days of the notification, the person concerned may appeal for review of the failure of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee. The Committee must resolve within a maximum period of five working days.
ARTICLE 33.-Appeal of appeal
The appeal against what is resolved by the Committee shall be submitted in writing to the Assembly, in the term unextendable eight working days following the date of the personal notification of the sanction resolution. The Assembly will have to resolve the appeal within a maximum of 15 days, following the opinion of the Political Commission.
CHAPTER VII PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS
ARTICLE 34.-Conformation of parliamentary groups
At the beginning of the legislature, the deputies and the deputies will form parliamentary groups, which will have to be integrated by the deputies and the deputies of the political party through which they were elected.
The deputies or the deputies who leave your parliamentary group will not be able to obtain the additional administrative benefits they correspond to the parliamentary groups, except that the new
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group as number equal to or greater than five Members or Deputy owners. ** DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ARTICLE 34-A.-WOMEN ' S PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL MAKE UP THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP OF WOMEN, WHICH CAN BE CALLED GPM, COMPOSED OF ALL WOMEN. ELECTED OWNERS AND ALTERNATES.
THE WOMEN ' S PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MUST APPOINT A COORDINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE MADE UP OF AN OWNER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER OF EACH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE SHALL APPOINT A CHAIRPERSON, AND ONE VICE-PRESIDENT, FROM THE GPM, WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVING THE QUALITY OF THE VOICE.
THE GPM PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCY WILL BE ELECTED IN THE MONTH OF MAY EACH YEAR, ON A ROTATING BASIS, AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
THE OBJECT OF THE WOMEN ' S PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WILL BE TO PROMOTE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN FAVOUR OF WOMEN, THROUGH A CONSENSUS AGENDA, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE THAT GENDER EQUALITY POLICY IS RESPECTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION AND YOUR ACTION PLAN, WITH THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE GENDER UNIT. (6)
ARTICLE 34-B.-YOUTH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES WILL FORM THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH CAN BE CALLED GPJ, COMPOSED OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. ALTERNATE MEMBERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 35.
THE YOUTH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SHOULD APPOINT A COORDINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE MADE UP OF ONE OWNER AND ONE ALTERNATE FROM EACH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE SHALL APPOINT A CHAIRMAN AND A GPJ VICE-PRESIDENT, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE STATUS OF MEMBERS.
THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCY OF THE GPJ WILL BE ELECTED IN MAY OF EACH YEAR, ON A ROTATING BASIS, AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
THE OBJECT OF THE YOUTH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WILL BE TO PROMOTE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN FAVOR OF YOUTH, THROUGH A CONSENSUS AGENDA.
MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WILL SIGN A PROTOCOL OF UNDERSTANDING AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LEGISLATURE. (14)
ARTICLE 35.-COORDINATOR, DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS AND FUNCTIONS.
PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS WILL DESIGNATE, FROM AMONG THEIR MEMBERS, A COORDINATOR
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WHICH WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS:
1) ADMINISTER THE RESOURCES THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSIGN THE GROUP.
2) TO PROPOSE, TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES THAT WILL INTEGRATE THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENTARY ETHICS.
3) TO PROPOSE, TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP TO INTEGRATE THE OFFICIAL MISSIONS.
4) PROPOSE TO THE DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES TO BE CALLED TO FORM THE ASSEMBLY.
IN THE ABSENCE OF THE COORDINATOR, THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR, ALSO APPOINTED BY THE RELEVANT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, WILL REPLACE HIM.
THE REMUNERATION OF THE COORDINATORS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS WILL BE EQUAL TO THAT OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED SUPPORT STAFF IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES OF THE GROUP THAT COORDINATE. (2)
ARTICLE 36.-Allocation of resources to parliamentary groups
The Board of Directors will allocate resources, physical space and staff for parliamentary groups, in proportion to the number of members that make up them.
CHAPTER VIII LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONS
ARTICLE 37.-Integration, object and number of committee members
The commissions will be integrated by the owners and the owners, with the aim of studying and ruling legislative initiatives, which the President of the Assembly entrusts to them in distributing the correspondence in plenary sessions. They shall be composed of the number of members to be determined by the Board of Directors, based on the proportionality of the composition of the Assembly.
The committees shall listen to the interested parties in the legislative projects or to the affected by them, if in writing they request to be heard.
ARTICLE 38.-Commissions classes
The commissions are: permanent, transitional, ad hoc and special.
1) Permanent: are set out in Article 39 of this Regulation.
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2) Transits: they are constituted by an agreement of the Board of Directors, for the corresponding The legislative period.
3) Ad-hoc: they are established by an agreement of the Board of Directors, for a concrete work.
4) Special: they are appointed by the Assembly, in accordance with the number 32 of article 131 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE 39.-STANDING COMMITTEES (4) (6) (8)
STANDING COMMITTEES ARE: (4) (6) (8)
1) POLICY. (4) (6) (8)
2) LEGISLATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS. (4) (6) (8)
3) EXTERNAL RELATIONS, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND SALVADORAN INTEGRATION. (4) (6) (8)
4) JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. (4) (6) (8)
5) CULTURE AND EDUCATION. (4) (6) (8)
6) PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORT AND HOUSING. (4) (6) (8)
7) MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. (4) (6) (8)
8) ECONOMY. (4) (6) (8)
9) BUDGET AND SPECIAL BUDGET. (4) (6) (8)
10) DEFENCE. (4) (6) (8)
11) PUBLIC SECURITY AND COMBAT TO NARCO-ACTIVITY. (4) (6) (8)
12) HEALTH. (4) (6) (8)
13) ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. (4) (6) (8)
14) FAMILY, CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (4) (6) (8) (12)
15) WORK AND SOCIAL FORECAST. (4) (6) (8)
16) YOUTH AND SPORT. (4) (6) (8)
17) WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY. (4) (6) (8)
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18) AGRICULTURE. (4) (6) (8)
19) ELECTORAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. (4) (6) (8)
20) FINANCIAL. (4) (6) (8)
ARTICLE 40.-Structure and operation of commissions
At the beginning of work, the commissions shall elect from among its members a presidency, a secretariat and a report; the other members shall have the quality of voice: everything will be brought to the attention of the Board of Directors. Its resolutions will also be taken by the majority of its members; they will agree on the internal rules of their action, seeking to harmonise the proper study of the dossiers with their rapid dispatch. To this end, they shall keep an entry and exit record of the files in their knowledge. The committees shall also draw up a report or an aid to the treaty at the sittings. They will present to the Assembly, every three months, a clear and succinct report on the work done.
The majority of the members of the committee must be present to be able to meet.
ARTICLE 41.-The Presidency of the commissions
The Presidency of the commission has the following attributions:
1) Set the quorum, open, suspend if necessary, resume and close the commission sessions.
2) Suspend the session, when there is no sufficient number to make decisions.
3) Propose the agenda to be developed in the
4) Address the discussion of the issues during the sessions of the committee, making the observations that it deems pertinent.
5) Conceding the word to the deputies and the deputies, in the order that they have requested, as well as to the the other persons attending the commission.
6) CALL THE ORDER TO THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE COMMISSION IN CASE OF SERIOUS DISTURBANCE OF THE COMMISSION, AND IF THE ATTITUDE PERSISTS TO MAKE SUCH PERSONS LEAVE THE ENCLOSURE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. (2)
7) Know of the permissions of the deputies and the deputies to be absent from the session of the commission.
8) To see why the opinions of the deputies and the deputies in the committee are heard.
9) resolution and handling of matters known to the commission.
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10) Vellar for compliance with the provisions of this Regulation and those adopted by the commission.
ARTICLE 42.-Duties of the secretariat of the commissions
They are attributions of the Secretariat:
1) Replace the President or the President, in case of temporary absence.
2) Give account, through the technical of legislative support, to the commission, of official notes, motions, requests and other correspondence to be received in the committee.
3) Extend the minutes or help of the committee sessions.
4) Monitor the appropriate and correct elaboration, as well as the drafting of the opinions or reports of the commission.
5) Monitor the proper processing of the files under study or rule by the commission, as well as verify their submission to the file after they have ruled.
6) Sign the correspondence sent by the commission and send a copy to the Board Directive.
7) To carry out, through the technical support technician of the commission, the control of sessions, opinions, agreements, notes and other documents related to the work of the commission.
8) Read the opinions of its respective committee in the sessions of the Assembly.
ARTICLE 43. commissions
They are the privileges of the relator or the rapporteur:
1) Explain and illustrate the commission's opinion before the Assembly, if required by any Diputado or Deputy.
2) Replace the President or the Secretary, in case of their temporary absence.
3) Auxiliary the President or the Secretary, if any, in the exercise of their functions and fulfill any other work that is required for the best performance of the commission.
ARTICLE 44.-Support to commissions
The Board of Directors will provide the commissions with appropriate staff and equipment, for compliance
ARTICLE 45.-Collaboration of public or private institutions
Commissions may require the presence and collaboration of officials, representatives or
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technicians of any public, autonomous, municipal or private institution, to illustrate in their work, or request opinions, reports and documents necessary for their mission.
ARTICLE 46.-Permanent legislative support technicians in commissions
Legislative committees will have a legislative support technician The institution must be a lawyer; they may also be assisted by a a technical partner specializing in the field; they must be present at the committees ' sessions. The legislative support technician shall be responsible for the protection of the files under study by the committee; the drafting of the opinions, which shall reflect the agreements of the commission; the notes, the decrees and the other activities which the Commission entrusts to it. It will also prepare the files to send to the file, immediately after the approval of the relevant opinion and once the study has been completed.
The legislative support technician will ensure that the content and the wording of the the decrees that are sent to sanction are exactly what the Assembly has approved. For its purpose, it shall be assisted by the magnetophonic tapes and other available instruments. It will carry out the review before passing the document to the Board of Directors, keeping it with its rubric.
In the same way, it will have the responsibility to verify that the publication in the Official Journal corresponds to the text that was sent to the President of the Republic for his sanction. In the event that differences between the approved and the published are checked, it shall immediately inform the Board of Directors of the Assembly and the Chair of the respective committee.
The failure to comply with the provisions of the two This is a serious fault and may result in dismissal, as long as negligence or malice is found; for which due process must be respected; without prejudice to the criminal actions to which there may be.
ARTICLE 47.- Eventual technical support
The commissions may request that the Board of Directors, through the Special Technical Advisory Fund, name other possible advisors for specific projects, which require specialized advice on the subject of study.
In each session, the parliamentary groups may have accredited advice. These advisors will intervene when the commission determines it.
ARTICLE 48.-Convening of the commissions
The commissions will be held according to the convocation held by the Presidency of the Assembly, in the corresponding plenary session and, in an extraordinary manner, when after the meeting to which it has been convened, so agrees.
Failure to comply with these responsibilities will result in the administrative penalties imposed by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 49.- Hearings for individuals
When the commissions consider it appropriate, prior The interested party's written request will
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audience to individuals or representatives of petitioners, on some topic that commissions are studying.
ARTICLE 50.-Public consultations
The commissions may agree to hold public consultations on the topics under study; to do so, they will organize the events they deem appropriate. The Board of Directors will take the providences to facilitate the conduct of the consultations within the scope of the Assembly's possibilities.
ARTICLE 51.-Expedients in the committee
Applications, motions and in general all correspondence related to the work of the Assembly, will be studied and ruled by the commission that the Presidency will timely determine; for this the respective file will be opened.
If later correspondence is presented on the same subject, the Board of Directors will accumulate it directly in the same file, to be known The commission will not have to be included in the agenda of the plenary session.
ARTICLE 52.-Opinions
The committees will issue opinions by resolution of the majority of their members, reasoning their agreements and proposals. The opinions shall contain as minimum requirements: the name of the commission, the number of files, the correlating number of opinions, the date of issue, the relationship of the case concerned, the relationship of the work carried out, the arguments and the reasons for which it is ruled. The opinions shall be documented and signed, at least by the majority of the members of the committee. For reasons of order and security, the file shall be submitted to the Assembly duly compaginated, insured and followed.
The above requirements shall be fulfilled, the opinion shall be sent to the Board of Directors for inclusion in the Proposal for a plenary session agenda.
If the opinion is partial, once approved by the Assembly, the commission will continue to study the application in what has not been resolved.
ARTICLE 53.-Transfer of file to another committee
Assigned the study of a file to a commission, if it considers the matter not to be a matter for it, will make it known to the Board of Directors to decide what is appropriate; on the contrary, if a committee considers that a matter is of its competence and is in the study of another committee, it will ask the Board of Directors to move it and It will resolve the matter, having heard the opinion of the commission that has it under study.
ARTICLE 54.-Special Commissions
The Assembly may appoint special committees to investigate matters of national interest, with the number of Member of the Commission. It will adopt the agreements or recommendations it deems necessary, based on the report of these commissions.
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When appointing special committees, the Assembly will elect a presidency, a secretariat and a relatory. The other members will have the quality of vowels, who will enjoy the same functions as set out in this Regulation for the standing committees, in whatever applicable.
ARTICLE 55.-Deadline to issue report
The commissions They will develop their research work on the specific issues that have been entrusted to them, with all the necessary amplitude. The Assembly may set the deadline for special committees to issue a report.
The investigative work shall be concluded, the special committees shall issue the relevant report for the Assembly to accept or reject it, as well as adopt the agreements or recommendations it deems necessary.
ARTICLE 56.-Obligations to collaborate with special commissions
Officials and public employees, including those of official and autonomous institutions Members of the Armed Forces are under the obligation to collaborate with the special commissions . The appearance and declaration of persons required by these commissions shall be mandatory, under the same warning as they are observed in the judicial proceedings and shall provide in writing any information requested to them.
ARTICLE 57.-Juramentation of the declarant
Any person called to testify before a special commission shall be obliged to do so under oath, which shall be taken by the Presidency of the commission, after having indicated to the compare the rights that assist him in this matter and to have read the penalties that the law It is a crime of false witness, under the same warnings as are observed in the judicial proceedings. In addition, such persons will provide in writing any information requested to them.
The declarant will be sworn in with the following formula: "Do you swear by God to tell the truth in what you were asked?", to which the declarant will answer: "If I swear."
If the declarant's belief does not allow him to be sworn in, he will promise to speak the truth under his word of honor.
ARTICLE 58.-Public character of special commissions
Special commissions meetings will be However, the committees may, exceptionally, agree that their meetings are private. The privacy statement will not affect other Members or Members of the House to be able to witness the session.
ARTICLE 59.-Scope of special commission resolutions
The findings of the special committees of inquiry of the Assembly will not be binding on the courts, nor will they affect the proceedings or the judicial decisions, without prejudice to the
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result is communicated to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic for the exercise of
resolution of the Assembly will be binding when it refers to the heads of Public Security or State Intelligence for serious violations of human rights, according to the ordinal 37 of the article 131 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE 60.-Reports pending at the end of the legislature
Yes to The term of the legislature is pending the report of a special commission, the new legislature will resolve what it deems appropriate.
CHAPTER IX OFFICIAL MISSIONS ABROAD
ARTICLE 61.-Integration of missions
The Board will integrate the official missions it considers to be coming, under the following criteria:
1) The representation will be plural. The Members and the Deputy Members shall, in advance, have the authorization of the respective coordinator of the parliamentary group, except where the participant is a member of international bodies, or when the President of the Assembly is invited to represent this State Body and delegate to a Deputy or a Member to represent it.
2) The relevance of the mission for reasons of political, cultural, scientific or legislative interest.
3) The knowledge or affinity of the Deputy or the Deputy on the object of the mission.
4) Official mission, as a general rule, shall be integrated at least four working days in advance, except in the case of a chance or force majeure, and may only be modified with the approval of the Board of Directors, two days prior to the departure.
5) In the official missions, a mission coordinator will be appointed, who will present the report to the Board of Directors, which will be duly documented and will include the commitments that have been made.
ARTICLE 62-Deputies and Deputies and staff of the Assembly on official missions
The deputies and the deputies Alternate members may include official missions, only when they are called to form the Assembly at the time the mission is carried out; if the Deputy or Deputy Member of the Assembly works as an employee of the Assembly, he/she may participate in this quality, with the assignment of viatics, according to the position in which it is carried out.
The Board of Directors may also appoint in the official missions to members of the staff of the Assembly.
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ARTICLE 63.-Period and viatics of official missions
The Board of Directors will determine the time of the mission. The viatics will be fixed on the basis of the General Regulations of Viatics, only in relation to the amount; but, this can be increased depending on the place, the time of year and the cost of living of the place in which it will be realized.
CHAPTER X LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SESSIONS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
ARTICLE 64.-Session classes
Sessions will be ordinary, extraordinary and solemn.
1) Ordinary sessions: held during the legislative period in the day and time to be determined by the Presidency of the Assembly, when the call is made respective. The Presidency, in consultation with the coordinators of the parliamentary groups, may modify the day and time for the session and will communicate the change of the call in due course.
2) Extraordinary sessions: they are held on the occasion of the convening of the Presidency of the Assembly, at the time of the meeting. Its purpose is to deal with one or more specific topics, which will be revealed in the call. It will also be an extraordinary session to be convened by the Council of Ministers, in accordance with the provisions of Article 167 (7) of the
. Directive, for special acts and with a protocolary observance, according to the agenda to be drawn up for this purpose. These sessions will not be able to deal with issues other than those established by the Board of Directors on the agenda.
On one June of each year, there will be a solemn session to receive the annual report of the President of the Republic, except for the year in which starts and ends the presidential term; on such occasion, the session will be to give the office to the President and the Vice President of the Republic.
ARTICLE 65.-Numbering of the sessions
The plenary sessions will be listed in the order of the class, and a typing version shall be drawn up which shall have the full
ARTICLE 66.-Establishment of the quorum and substitutions
To open the session, the Presidency of the Assembly will give the floor to a secretary or, failing that, to any other member of the Board of Directors, to verify the quorum. The quorum shall be at least composed of the majority of the Members of Parliament or of the elected representatives or alternates who have previously been called to form the Assembly. Immediately after the quorum has been established, the appeal of the deputies or deputies to the Assembly will be made that day or in the next few days, according to the provisions of Article 21 of this regulation.
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If necessary, the deputies or the deputies who make up the Assembly may be replaced. by a Deputy or Deputy Member to be called by the Assembly during the course of the session. The Members or the Deputy owners, who have not integrated the quorum at the beginning of the sitting, may be incorporated in the Assembly by means of the coordinator of the parliamentary group concerned, a requirement which cannot be circumvented.
At least one hour before the plenary session, the coordinators of the parliamentary groups will have to submit, in writing to the Board of Directors, through the Management of Legislative Operations, the requests of the deputies ' appeal. or the Members who will make up the Assembly on that day; likewise, with the exception of time requirement, will be made for substitutions that are required during the session development.
ARTICLE 67.-Approval of the agenda
ESTABLISHED THE QUORUM AND THE CALLS MADE, THE PRESIDENCY WILL SUBMIT TO THE APPROVAL FROM THE ASSEMBLY THE PROPOSAL FOR AN AGENDA PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH MAY BE AMENDED BY THE ASSEMBLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION AND ON THE PROPOSAL OF SOME DEPUTY OR DEPUTY. (10)
THE MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE ENTRY OF CORRESPONDENCE IN THE ASSEMBLY, SHALL BE MADE WHEN THE CONTENTS OF THE MOTIONS OR THEIR NATURE ARE CONSIDERED URGENT AND REQUIRE TO BE KNOWN IN THE SESSION OF THAT SAME DAY AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ASSEMBLY, COULD NOT BE POSTPONED FOR THE NEXT SITTING. THE INTERVENTIONS IN THIS CASE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE STATEMENT OF THE EXTRACT OF THE REQUEST AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR URGENCY. (10)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, in urgent cases and when the Assembly so provides, the agenda may be modified at another time of the session.
ARTICLE 68.-Approval of the minutes
After the approval of the The Presidency will submit, for the approval of the Assembly, the minutes of the previous sessions, which must have been delivered to the Members by the coordinators of the parliamentary groups, using electronic or other means. mechanisms, at least five working days before the session to be submitted for approval.
approval of the minutes of the previous sessions may be postponed to the judgment of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 69.-Knowledge of the opinions issued by the commissions
Approved or not the minutes referred to in the previous article, the The President shall submit to the knowledge of the Assembly the opinions issued by the committees, to which the respective draft decree, agreement or statement shall be added, if any; without this requirement it shall not be approved.
be submitted to the Assembly, the opinion shall be signed by at least the majority of the the members of the Commission, a requirement that will be verified prior to their reading.
ARTICLE 70.-Reading and discussion of the opinion presented by the commissions
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The opinion and the draft of the resolution, if any, will be discussed, unless the The Assembly agrees to postpone it.
DEALING WITH BILLS THAT CONTAIN TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES, TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF BUILDINGS, GENERAL BUDGET OF THE STATE, SPECIAL BUDGETS OF DECENTRALIZED INSTITUTIONS, AND THE LAW OF WAGES, AS WELL AS THE REFORMS TO THESE BODIES OF LAWS, MAY IF THE FULL LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE SO PROVIDES, EXCEPT IN CASES WHERE A WAIVER IS REQUESTED, IT SHALL BE OMITTED; HOWEVER, IN THE CASE OF OPINIONS DEALING WITH TERRITORIAL LIMITS, THE READING OF THE PROCEDURE MAY NOT BE AVOIDED. THE RESPECTIVE COMMISSION FOR RECORDING PURPOSES. (3) (10) (13)
ARTICLE 71.-Opinion within the same plenary session
When the urgency of the case merits it and the Assembly so decides, the respective committee shall draw up the relevant opinion during the session's development. or in the recess, and in the same session will present it.
ARTICLE 72.-Reading and distribution of correspondence
Concluded reading and discussion of the opinions, the President of the Assembly will read the summary of each of the pieces of Correspondence included in the agenda, and will be distributed to the committee to be ruled on . When requested by a Member, the full text of the motion may be read by a secretary of the Board.
If a Member considers that the matter should be ruled by a different committee, to which the President determined, in the same session, will ask you to send it to the commission that the Deputy proposes, and the President will decide what he deems pertinent.
ARTICLE 73.-Requirements for receiving correspondence
All bills presented to the the Assembly, it must have the initiative that the Constitution points out; the Members who wish To join the initiative, they will only be able to do so when the correspondence is distributed in the plenary session in which it is known. After that moment, when a Member requests it, his name may be entered in support of the respective decree.
Any type of correspondence, which must be known to the Assembly, must at least count on the signature of a Member.
ARTICLE 74.-Requests that do not compete with the Assembly
Applications whose resolution does not compete with the Assembly, will be referred by the Board to the competent official, so that this report on the situation raised; inform the applicant, both of the processing of the application, and of the reply sent by the official.
ARTICLE 75.-Interventions in the distribution of correspondence
At the time of distributing the correspondence and in each of the pieces, the Deputies and the
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Members will be able to speak for up to forty minutes for each parliamentary group with more than ten Deputies or Members; representations with less than ten, shall be entitled to twenty minutes. In both cases, each group will use, discretionally, the time to participate.
ARTICLE 76.-Waiver of formalities
In urgent cases, and when approved by the Assembly at the request of a Member or Deputy, they may be dispensed the procedures set out in this Regulation and the case may be discussed in the same session in which the correspondence is known, even without the opinion of the respective committee.
In order for the waiver of the procedure to be granted, the must attach the draft decree or resolution, where appropriate, which may not be approved if the latter is missing requirement. In all cases, the application and the project must be read, before, in full.
ARTICLE 77.-Investing the order of the agenda
By decision of the Assembly, in urgent and special cases, the order of the agenda, in order to know the correspondence before the opinions.
ARTICLE 78.-Participation of citizens in the Assembly
The Assembly may agree to hear from any citizen, if he considers it appropriate; for this, the applicant he must submit his request in writing, before each sitting, and express, in particular, the case in which he intervene. The Board of Directors shall report to the Assembly and propose the time of the intervention, which may be extended by the Assembly.
Approved by the Assembly, the intervention of the petitioner or the petitioners shall be made immediately after the secretary or the secretary has read the request, the motion or the opinion that originated the application.
In the intervention, the citizen shall only address the issues that have been authorized to him in accordance with his request; his words must conform to morality, not be offensive against the dignity of the Assembly, its members, other organs of the State or its members, nor against particular persons.
The Presidency will prevent the citizen who contravene the provisions of the previous paragraph, that his intervention must conform to the provisions of the present Article 79. If reincide, it will require you to permanently abandon the Blue Hall.
ARTICLE 79.-Convening and closing of the session
Terminating the reading of the correspondence, the Presidency of the Assembly will convene the working sessions of the committees of the Assembly or other necessary legislative activities; if there is no other point to be dealt with, will close the session.
If the session is suspended for some reason, and cannot be continued on the same day, the day and time to resume. In this case, the calls can be made.
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CHAPTER XI DEBATES AND RESULTS
ARTICLE 80.-Discussion of the opinion or initiative with a waiver of paperwork
Read the opinion or initiative granted to you to waive the paperwork, your discussion will be done in a methodical and clear way.
To approve the bill or the resolution, the bill will be read and then it will be discussed by articles. If appropriate, the Assembly may arrange for discussion by chapters.
If an article or a motion is made to you, the motion shall be submitted in writing and shall be discussed in the act.
Deputies must be provided with a copy of the bill or the resolution.
ARTICLE 81.-Interrupt of the discussion
The discussion of an issue will not be allowed to be interrupted to start another, without the approval of the Assembly.
At any point in the debate a Member or a Member may request the observance of the Regulation.
ARTICLE 82.-Rules for the debate
In order to ensure the enjoyment of the rights of the Members or the Members, as well as their proper participation in the debates, the following rules are established:
1) Deputies and the deputies will have the right to express their opinion in a free and responsible manner, without missing the decorum and without any limitations other than those mentioned in this Regulation.
2) The Deputy or the Deputy will ask the President to speak, who will grant it in the order in which it was requested.
3) If a Member or a Deputy has requested the use of the word, but it is not present at the moment that it is appropriate to intervene, it will be granted the next, according to the order.
4) In the debates, the deputies and the deputies will have to circumscribe and to argue about the In the debate, they will participate in the Assembly respecting any person or institution, and keeping courtesy and moderation in their expressions.
5) In their speeches, the deputies and the deputies will have to address the presidency and the Assembly, and must be expressed respectfully.
6) The motion or the members of the committee that rules some subject matter in debate,
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will be able to defend it with all the arguments they deem appropriate to illustrate to the Assembly; for this purpose, they may make use of technological instruments, upon request of permission to the President of the Assembly.
7) No Member or Deputy in the use of the word may interrogate another; when it requires explanations or illustrations (a) additional information must be requested by the Presidency of the Assembly, and may urge the rapporteur, a member of the ruling commission or the motioning, to provide the required explanations.
8) The deputies and the deputies will have the right to reply; to do so, they will be able to use the word for a maximum of five minutes.
9) The debates, submitted to the vote and concluded by the latter, will not be given more the floor on the subject, which will be closed, except if the use of the word to reason the vote.
ARTICLE 83.-Driving the debate
debate, the Presidency will be governed by the following provisions:
1) Driving the debates impartially.
2) Submit to the consideration of the Assembly the issues, in accordance with the order set out in the approved agenda.
3) Grant the word to the deputies and the deputies in the order in which they request it.
4) Call on the order to the Deputy or the Deputy who departs from the topic under discussion when using the word and if it reincites, suspend the use of the word.
5) Grant the use of the word for order reasons, interrupting the sequence set in the list of participants. The Deputy or the Deputy must be punctual and precise in his presentation.
6) Report from the list of speakers, if requested by a Deputy or a Deputy.
7) Give the discussion of an issue to the end when the topic is
8) When in the Plenary Session no more than half of the Members of the Assembly and the Members of the Assembly are present, no opinions may be discussed. correspondence with processing waiver.
ARTICLE 84.-Special or Order Motions
These are motions The Committee of the European Parliament, the Committee on the European Parliament, the Committee of the Party of European Affairs and the Committee on the European Parliament, the Committee of the Party of European Parliament and the Committee of the European in sessions, postpone discussion
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of some matter, and any others that may be declared.
In the special motions or in order, you will have a preference in the use of the word, the Deputy or the deputy speaker.
ARTICLE 85.-Disposition for the votes
Before each vote, the deputies and the deputies will occupy their respective seats. Voting may not be interrupted, except for motions of order.
ARTICLE 86.-Formas of votes
Assembly votes shall be held:
1) Vote by hand or by electronic means or other established system
2) Nominal and public voting, in which each Member will be appointed, and this one, with a living voice, will express their vote.
ARTICLE 87.-Voting reasoning
Deputies and Diputados will be able to reason their vote:
1) verbal form, immediately after a case has been voted on. To this end, the Presidency will give you the floor for a maximum of five minutes.
2) In written form, in which case the reasoning will be given to the Board of Directors in the following session, provided that the Deputy or the Deputy have announced at the time of the vote. The reasoned vote will be added to the file.
ARTICLE 88.-Clarity in the number of votes
If at the time a vote is taken, irregularities of any kind are presented that do not allow to establish, precisely, the number The Presidency is obliged to repeat the vote, in order to ensure that, unequivocally and without doubt, it is clearly established which Members have voted in accordance with their individual will and without any coercion, compliance with the Constitution.
ARTICLE 89.-Review of the vote
If a Draft law or a resolution does not reach the votes required for its approval, it will pass to the Archive; however, the Assembly, after reconsideration in the same Plenary Session, may agree to meet him again or to return it to the commission
the opinion of a committee is unfavourable or of a file and does not obtain the necessary votes for its approval, the opinion shall return to the committee; if the opinion is favourable and does not reach the votes for approval will be considered rejected and the case will go to the File.
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ARTICLE 90.-Firm Resolutions
Assembly resolutions must be stated in decrees or agreements, as the case may be, and will be signed when the plenary session has been closed.
ARTICLE 91.-Issue of decrees and agreements
When an application, a motion, an opinion or a project is approved, the corresponding decree or agreement shall be formulated and, in the case of regulated cases, According to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 92.-Signature of decrees and agreements
Any decree or agreement shall be signed by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors; otherwise, the provisions of Articles 134 and 135 of the Constitution. In the cases referred to in the second indent of Article 135 of the Constitution, a copy will be sent to the Official Journal for publication.
ARTICLE 93.-Numbering, form of decrees and agreements
The decrees and agreements of the Assembly will carry separate numerals that will not end with the calendar year, but will have to be continued indefinitely, for each legislative period. As a general rule, the decrees will also contain recitals, which consist of synthesized arguments or justifications; prior to the article of the decree, it will be recorded who or who gave the initiative and who or who provide their support, where appropriate. The dispositive part will be divided into titles, chapters, sections and articles, according to the extension of the decree; in addition, it will be indicated from when it will enter into force and the place where it has been issued. Subsequently, it will be signed, at least, by the majority of the Board members.
ARTICLE 94.-Legislative Yearbook
Within four months of the end of each year, the Assembly shall publish, by any means In addition, on its website, an directory of legislative work, which will contain an index of legislative decrees issued during the preceding year.
ARTICLE 95.-Reference to laws
To refer to a law, it is sufficient to cite the number of the decree or agreement in which it is based, as well as the number, volume and date of the Official Journal
ARTICLE 96.-Period to propose again a discarded motion
When a bill is scrapped or is not ratified, or a motion will be rejected, it cannot be proposed again. within the next six months.
ARTICLE 97.-Number and date of vetoed or observed decrees
If a bill is vetoed by the President of the Republic and ratified by the Assembly, the
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decree containing said project will retain the same number and date of the decree
if the bill is observed, accepted or not the observations, the decree will maintain the same number and the date and thus will be sent back to the President of the Republic.
In both cases, outside the text of the decree, the date on which the veto was resolved will be stated. the observation, information that will also be published along with the decree in the Official Journal.
CHAPTER XII ELECTION OF OFFICIALS
ARTICLE 98.-Initiation of the process
Officials and officials whose election the Legislative Assembly shall be chosen after application and evaluation, in accordance with the requirements laid down in the Constitution of the Republic and in the corresponding laws, through the procedures and terms established in the present chapter.
If the Constitution or the law do not establish any other form or procedure, the Assembly will make public knowledge the beginning of the process of election of the officials, with the purpose of receiving the proposals of the candidates, to which the leaf of life of each one will have to be attached. These proposals must be submitted, at least sixty days before the end of the period of the officials in office.
ARTICLE 99.-Study in the Political Commission
Known to the Assembly the proposals, to which they must If the constitutional or legal requirements are checked, they will be passed on to the Political Commission, so that, before the election, it can be determined, by any means, if the persons proposed for the post meet the The Commission may request a report on the history of the candidates for the officials whom he considers appropriate, who in order to reply will have a maximum of five working days; then he will analyse the leaves of life and check all the crowded and, if he considers it appropriate, he will interview the candidates who meet the established requirements and will clean up the list, in order to make the search for consensus viable, with a view to making the decision in this respect. This process will be public.
The official to whom a report is requested and does not extend it within the period specified in the previous paragraph, will incur the offense of dereliction of duty.
ARTICLE 100.-Subcommission
For the activities referred to in the previous Article, the Political Commission may agree to appoint a sub-commission from its own, establishing the scope of the mandate. This subcommittee shall submit a report on its action, in order to ensure that the Political Commission presents its opinion to the Assembly.
ARTICLE 101.-New election
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In case of resignation, removal or death of an elected official by the Assembly, or when, by any other cause, the holder does not conclude the period of his/her choice, to choose the substitute shall not apply the time limit set in the previous articles. The choice of the new official shall be made no later than 30 days after the event has occurred; for this purpose, the procedure laid down in the preceding articles shall be followed, as far as applicable.
The choice shall be made for the full period of the Constitution or the law, except where the alternates are elected by the Assembly, in which case the alternate shall assume the position to terminate the period.
CHAPTER XIII REPORTS OF WORK
ARTICLE 102.-Executive Body Report
Within two months of the The Assembly shall, by means of the ministers, receive the report of the work of the Public Administration during the preceding year; the Board of Directors shall convene the Assembly, with a day and time to receive the reports; it will also convene the respective official, with due anticipation.
LIKEWISE, AND BY RESOLUTION OF THE PLENUM, MAY REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC THE REPORTS THAT CONSIDER RELEVANT MATTERS OF NATIONAL INTEREST, ON THE BASIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 168, ORDINAL 7 °, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC, PROVIDED THAT THE MOVEMENT ESTABLISHES THAT IT HAS NOT OBTAINED A TIMELY RESPONSE, AND HAS EXHAUSTED THE PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED IN THE LAW OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION. THE PLENARY SESSION, IN THE RESOLUTION IT ISSUES, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE URGENCY OF THE REPORT, WILL SET THE DEADLINE WITHIN WHICH THE PRESIDENT SHOULD SEND IT. (11)
ARTICLE 103.-Additional obligation to the Minister of Finance
The Minister of Finance shall, in addition to the report referred to in the previous article, submit within three months of the end of each fiscal period, the
this report shall be submitted to the Assembly in writing on the date that the Board of Directors of the Assembly points out, in writing,the General Account of the Public Treasury and the Fiscal Heritage. Minister's request.
ARTICLE 104.-Report Content
The Work Report to which you Article 102 of this Regulation shall contain at least the following:
1) The executive summary of the content of the document.
2) The exposure of the objectives, goals and results obtained by the Institution, in the reporting period.
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3) The period work plan.
4) The detail of the allocated and executed budget, as well as the outstanding works, according to the budget.
5) The achievements and the listing of the sectors favored during the management. This information will be supported by documents and statistical data.
ARTICLE 105.-Processing of the report
The reports referred to in Articles 102 and 103 of this Regulation will be submitted to the Assembly personally by the holder or in charge of the dispatch, and shall enter as correspondence. They shall pass on to the respective committee, which shall analyse them and, prior to the fulfilment of the established requirements, issue the relevant opinion of approval or disapproval.
At the request of the respective commission, the holder shall also appear before the committee, to expand aspects of the management done.
ARTICLE 106.-Deadline to issue the report
The time limit for the commission to issue the opinion, may not exceed ninety days after the presented. S i, after the deadline, there is no opinion, the Board of Directors will forward the file containing the report to the Assembly, for it to approve or disapprove.
ARTICLE 107.-Opinion of approval
If the opinion of the committee is If approved by the Assembly, the respective agreement will be issued.
ARTICLE 108.-Opinion of disapproval
In case of the opinion of the Commission is of disapproval, must contain a reasoned justification of the compliance with the form and substance of the work report, as well as the relevant recommendation. Once the opinion has been adopted by the Assembly, the President of the Republic shall be immediately notified in writing. In the previous case, the Assembly will be able to create a special legislative commission to investigate the institution.
ARTICLE 109.-Incompliance in reporting
If a minister does not present the corresponding report, the Assembly will notify the President of the Republic to name the substitute, in accordance with the second paragraph of the ordinal 6th of article 168 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE 110.-Reports from the Public Ministry
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On the same date as the executive body reports, the Assembly will also receive the reports of the holders of the Public Ministry, which shall contain at least the aspects set out in Article 104 of this Regulation.
ARTICLE 111.-Report of the President of the Court of Auditors of the Republic of
The Assembly, in plenary session, will receive personally from the President of the Court the annual report on the work of the institution, within three months of the end of the fiscal year. This report should be detailed and documented, in a manner that adequately illustrates the Assembly.
Failure to comply with this obligation will be considered as a just cause of dismissal of the President of that body.
ARTICLE 112.-Report
each year, within the first four months following the end of the Central Bank of El Salvador's exercise, its President will present personally, to the Assembly, the President of the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador
a memory of the implementation of the policies and programmes developed in the period; be detailed and accompanied by the relevant documentation, to properly illustrate the Assembly; to do so, you must ask the Board of Assembly to determine the date of filing of this report.CHAPTER XIV INTERPELATIONS
ARTICLE 113.-Subject of the interpellings
The object of the interpellation is that the Assembly receives the explanations of the ministers or officers of dispatch, or of the presidents of official institutions (a) whether or not they have their own policies, programmes or projects in particular; on a matter of public interest, at the request of one or more deputies or deputies, in accordance with article 131 of the Constitution.
The interpellation will be held in the session of the Assembly, convened for that
ARTICLE 114.-Presentation of the request for interpellation
The deputies or the deputies who motion the interpellation, must argue, in writing, the reasons for their request and enunciate the list of questions about which shall be addressed to the official concerned; the motion shall be passed to the Political Commission for its study and opinion, in which the questions may be confirmed, extended or reformulated.
The Assembly shall agree and communicate to the official concerned the day, the hour and the questions referred to it. must respond. This communication shall be made at least 15 days in advance. The official may be accompanied by advisers. If the interpellation request is rejected by the Assembly, the case will go to the File.
ARTICLE 115.-Interpellation Procedure
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In the interpellation will proceed as follows:
1) The President of the Assembly read the background and the questions; immediately, the word will be given to the interpellate, who will answer each question in the order in which they have been asked.
2) The questions will be answered, the questions will be answered by part of the deputies or the deputies, in a maximum of three questions for each group in each question and may not exceed five minutes each. The President or the Assembly, where appropriate, at the request of a Member may extend the number of questions, where the issue is not exhausted.
3) If necessary, the President of the Assembly shall draw attention to both the interpellated and the Deputies or deputies, when in the answers of the first or in the requestions of the latter, they deviate from the point of the interpellation.
4) The President may declare recesses, for the time that he considers convenient.
5) Concluded The file shall be sent to the Political Commission for study and opinion.
ARTICLE 116.-Obligatory of the officials to attend the interpellation
The officials cited for the interpellation will be obliged to attend the Assembly, to answer the questions and questions.
When An official called for interpellation does not attend the Assembly, the day and time indicated to do it, and does not justify the inattendance previously, will be removed from his position, as provided for in Article 165 of the Constitution.
However, if the inattendance is motivated by a fortuitous case or force majeure, the justification must be presented within twenty-four working hours of the time indicated.
ARTICLE 117.-Recommendation of dismissal
The Assembly may recommend, to the Presidency of the Republic, the dismissal of the ministers of State or of the holders of the bodies concerned, as well as of the presidents of autonomous official institutions, when it considers it appropriate as a result of the investigation of their special committees or of the interpellation, if any. The Assembly resolution will be binding, when it concerns the heads of state security or public security for serious human rights violations.
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ANTEJUIADAS
ARTICLE 118.-Officials subject to the antejouicio
The President and the Vice President of the Republic, the Deputies and the Members, the President, the Ministers and Deputy Minister of State, the President and the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Chambers of the Second Instance, the President and the magistrates of the Court of Auditors of the Republic, the Prosecutor General of the Republic, the Attorney General of the Republic, the Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights, the President and the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the diplomatic representatives, will respond to the Legislative Assembly, by the Official and common crimes committed and will be subject to the procedures established in the Constitution, the Penal Code and this Regulation.
ARTICLE 119.-Constitutional jurisdiction of the Deputies
Members are inviolable and will have no responsibility, in any time, for opinions or opinions. votes they cast. They shall not be tried for the serious crimes they commit from the day of their election until the end of the period for which they were elected, without the Legislative Assembly declaring, in advance, that there is indeed a place for formation of cause.
In any case, they may not be detained or imprisoned for the less serious crimes or for the faults they commit; neither can they be called to testify, but until after the end of the period of their election.
ARTICLE 120.-Formas of initiating the
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO DENOUNCE, BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OR THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION, THE OFFENCES COMMITTED BY THE OFFICIALS REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE AND SHOWING ITSELF AS AN ACCUSING PARTY, IF IT HAS THE QUALITIES REQUIRED BY LAW. (9) *SEE NOTE OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY
ARTICLE 121.-OBLIGATION TO REFER THE COMPLAINT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (9)
WHEN THE COMPLAINT IS FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OR THE COMPETENT COURT, THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL SHALL BE OBLIGED TO FORWARD IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF THREE WORKING DAYS. IF THE DEFENDANT IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, SUCH DENUNCIATION CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY AND IN THIS CASE, NO THE OPINION OF THIS OFFICIAL WILL BE NECESSARY. (9) *VIEW UNCONSTITUTIONALITY NOTE
ARTICLE 122.-Flagrancy
If the President and Vice President of the Republic, a Deputy or a Deputy is caught in flagrant offence, between the day of their election and the end of the period for which he was elected, he may be detained by any person or authority, who shall be obliged to put it immediately at the disposal of the Assembly. Likewise, the corresponding proceedings will be sent to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic, in order to initiate the procedure.
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For the purposes of the foregoing paragraph, if the Assembly is not assembled, its President or a member of the Board of Directors will receive the official and in due time will give to the Assembly.
ARTICLE 123.-Emission of the cars
When, practiced the measures to check the existence of a crime or in any phase of the process, the The Court of Justice or the Judge, where appropriate, is aware that the official is in a position to abstain from any subsequent procedure and pass the cars to the Assembly, which must carry out the respective procedure. If the prosecutor or the judge in his or her proceedings has ordered the provisional or final arrest or if the person enjoying the privilege is in prison, he must immediately decree his or her release or, if necessary, suspend the orders of
If the committed act is held responsible for several persons, the prosecutor or the judge will certify that the person who enjoys the constitutional jurisdiction will be responsible; this certification will be forwarded to the Assembly and the process will continue as far as the persons who do not enjoy a constitutional jurisdiction.
ARTICLE 124.-ANTEJUICIO PROCEDURE (9)
RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT IN THE ASSEMBLY OR IF IT IS SENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, OR BY THE JUDGE, IF NECESSARY, THE FILE WILL BE PASSED TO THE COMMISSION OF LEGISLATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS, SO THAT IT WILL RULE IF THE COMPLAINT COMPLIES WITH THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS. (9) *VIEW UNCONSTITUTIONALITY NOTE
ARTICLE 125.-Committee on Legislation and Constitutional Points Opinion
The Committee on Constitutional Law and Points will deliver the opinion and make it known to the Assembly; if it determines that the legal requirements have been met, it will declare open the process of the case against the official who enjoys the constitutional privilege; otherwise, the file will pass to the Archive.
ARTICLE 126.- Special Commission of the Anteuicio
When the Assembly declares the process open, it will elect (a) a special committee of the members of the committee, composed of a number of members proportional to the number of members of each parliamentary group; a president, a secretary, a rapporteur and the other members shall have the quality of vocal. Elected Members or Deputies may be excused for justified reasons; but, once sworn in, they may not give up their obligation, except fortuitous or force majeure.
ARTICLE 127.-Prosecutor of the Assembly
The Assembly elect a prosecutor, who, after sworn in, will participate in the entire process of the case.
The accused person may defend himself or appoint a defender of the Assembly or external to her to represent him. If the defendant does not appoint a defender or wish to defend himself personally, the Assembly will appoint a defender of his/her breast.
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ARTICLE 128.-Notification
Within three working days of the Board of Directors of the Assembly shall notify the decision of the Assembly, the accused and the accusing party.
ARTICLE 129.-Recusal to members of the Special Commission
If one of the parties requests that one or more members of the Commission be challenged Special de Antejúicio, he must address the Board of the Assembly, who will pass the Request to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Points to issue the opinion, which will be submitted to the Assembly, within a maximum of 15 days. If the Assembly considers it appropriate, it will replace, for once, the Deputy or the Deputy.
In no case can the recusal of the prosecutor or the defender appointed by the Assembly be requested, because of the political position of the
The recusal does not inhibit the Commission from continuing to know about the case.
ARTICLE 130.-Reception of evidence
The Special Commission of the Anteuicio will proceed to receive all the evidence to be found in favour or against the accused, with the intervention of the prosecutor, the defence or of the same reported, if any.
ARTICLE 131.-Public character of the process
The hearings shall be public. However, the parties may request that they be held privately and the Commission shall decide what it deems appropriate.
ARTICLE 132.-Obligatory to appear
No person may be excused from attending appointments the Special Commission of the Court of Justice, which may require the appearance of a prize, in accordance with the judicial procedure. All civil servants and public employees, including those of the official autonomous institutions and the members of the Armed Forces, have an obligation to appear. This provision is excepted to the deputies and the deputies, the president and the vice president of the republic, who will do so by affidavit.
ARTICLE 133.-Opinion of the Special Commission of the Anteuicio
The Commission Special de Anteuicio shall base its opinion on the whole test which is to be collected. In the framework of the investigation, it will be able to use the assistance of any of the institutions of the Government, which will be in the obligation to collaborate.
ARTICLE 134.-Deadline to issue the opinion
The Commission will have a maximum period of Sixty days to present the opinion to the Assembly. However, you may request an extension of that deadline and, if the Assembly considers it appropriate, you may
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extending it for up to sixty days.
ARTICLE 135.-Juramentation of the declarant
The President of the Special Commission of the Court of First and Court will swear to the persons summoned to testify, in accordance with Article 57 of this Regulation.
ARTICLE 136.-Interrogations
In the interrogations of the parties and the witnesses, the president will have to start the questions; then they will be able to other members of the committee. Subsequently, the parties will be able to ask the questions they want.
ARTICLE 137.-Accumulation of crimes
If during the process another crime is discovered different from that which motivated the case, the Commission will make it known of the Office of the Prosecutor General and, if appropriate, the Office will begin the procedure to send it to the Assembly. In any event, the incident will be recorded in the Commission's opinion.
ARTICLE 138.-Knowledge of the opinion by the Assembly
The opinion of the Special Commission of the Anteuicio will be known by the Assembly, in particular session convened for this purpose. Once read, the prosecutor, in order to explain his arguments, will have a maximum period of one hour, which may be extended by the Assembly.
Later, the defendant and his defender will be entitled, each, to an equal period to expose; This period may be extended by the Assembly, which will then proceed to discuss the opinion.
ARTICLE 139.-Outcome of the case
If the Assembly resolves that there is a formation of cause, the proceedings will be forwarded to the House First of the Criminal, of the First Section of the Center, in accordance with the provisions of the second subparagraph Article 385 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
If it is resolved that there is no place for cause formation, the file will be filed and the case may not be reopened by the same facts.
ARTICLE 140.-Effects of the Antejuicio
From that the Assembly declares that there is a place for formation of cause, the official shall be suspended in the performance of his duties and, for no reason, may continue in his position; otherwise, he shall be blamed for the offence of prolongation of duties. If the sentence is damning, he will be deposed from the position for the same fact; if he is an absolute, he will be paid the wages he did not receive during the time of the suspension, and he will return to his duties, if the charge is of those conferred by him. determined time and has not yet expired the election or appointment period.
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ARTICLE 141.-Foremost termination of the event
The case ends in the The following cases:
1) When the Assembly declares that there is or is not a cause for formation.
2) By death, resignation or exoneration of the official.
3) When the official is dismissed by the competent authority.
4) By the end of the period for which the indexed official has been elected or If the Assembly has not yet resolved.
ARTICLE 142.-Continuity of the Antejuicio
If the legislative period is closed, the case has not yet been resolved, its procedure will continue in the next legislature, in the state of To do so, a new commission will be appointed.
CHAPTER XVI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 143.-Management and other dependencies
The Board of Directors is responsible for administration of the Assembly and of the management of the management that make up the organizational structure, thus as of the other dependencies necessary to fulfill the purposes and the functioning of the Assembly.
They will existiate at least three managements: Management of Legislative Operations, Management and Finance Management, and Management of Resources Humans. The Board of Directors may update the organizational structure in accordance with the needs of the Assembly.
INTERNAL AUDIT, PROCUREMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL PROCUREMENT, PROTOCOL AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND GENDER, THEY WILL DEPEND INSTITUTIONALLY AND DIRECTLY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (6)
THE GENDER UNIT, ADMINISTRATIVELY IT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS, AND IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE INSTITUTIONAL GENDER POLICY, IN THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION, WILL COORDINATE WITH THE DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL UNITS. (6)
THE POSITIONS OF MANAGERS AND UNIT HEADS ARE TRUSTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (6)
ARTICLE 144.-Management of Legislative Operations
Corresponds to the Management of Legislative Operations, providing the necessary support to the process of forming the law.
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The Legislative Manager will be responsible for the logistical and operational support of the Assembly.
ARTICLE 145.-Management and Finance Management
It is for the Management and Finance Management to manage the material and financial assets of the Assembly, as well as prepare and execute the budget of the in accordance with the established legal standards and the Manual of Procedures Administrative of the Assembly.
ARTICLE 146.-Management of Human Resources
Corresponds to the Management of Human Resources, to administer the staff of the Institution; it will have as legal framework the Law that regulates the salary scale for the staff of the Legislative Assembly; it will propose to the Board of Directors the stimuli, as well as the application of penalties for the faults that the personnel commit, in accordance with the Law of the Civil Service and the other provisions applicable to the material. This Management will be regulated by the Manual of Administrative Procedures.
ARTICLE 147.-Appointment of employees
The Board of Directors shall appoint employees of the various offices of the Assembly in accordance with the Law
Board of Directors, on the proposal of each of the coordinators of the parliamentary groups, will appoint the support staff, in accordance with the proportionality of the each of these groups.
Any staff recruitment must be performed prior agreement of the Board of Directors, and the contracted person will not be able to initiate work until the respective agreement has been issued.
ARTICLE 148.-departmental offices
The Assembly may create departmental offices, so that Deputies and Dips of each Department may carry out institutional activities and may not engage in partisan activities on them.
Annually, or when the Board of Directors considers it appropriate, evaluations of the operation of these offices, with the aim of adopting the necessary measures for the good use, according to legislative purposes.
ARTICLE 149.-Support to departmental offices
Administrative staff of departmental offices will be appointed by the Board of the Assembly and will be subject to provided in this Regulation and procedures manuals, and will be provided with the necessary infrastructure, materials and equipment for their activities.
ARTICLE 150.-Assembly Budget
The Board of Directors will draw up the draft budget and the salary system of the Assembly, in accordance with the principles of efficiency, rationality and transparency.
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In the budgetary formulation phase, the proposal of the managers will be received; Board of Directors will make it to the knowledge of the coordinators of the parliamentary groups, with the purpose of presenting their observations and proposals.
Concluded the phase of formulation and elaborated the plan, will be consulted, in writing, to the President of the Republic, for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the existence of the necessary funds for their compliance. After completion of the procedure, the bill will be submitted to the Assembly for its approval; once the General Budget of the State has been approved, the entire breakdown of the budget and the salary system of the Assembly will be incorporated.
The budget of the Assembly and the registration of its execution will be available on the Assembly's website.
CHAPTER XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 151.-Rules for the visitor to the sessions of the Assembly Assembly and Commissions
The public attending the session of the Assembly or of a Commission, in At all times, you will have to observe and comply with the following:
1) Do not interrupt the intervention of the Deputies or the Diputados; neither will you offend them in word or with attitudes or ademans.
2) Do not enter with weapons, megaphones, radios, horns or offensive banners; also, causing sounds or shouting that alter the order and development of the session.
3) Do not throw objects of any kind.
The public assistant will be informed of these provisions before you enter the session.
ARTICLE 152.-Income from individuals to the session area
In the space For the members of the Assembly and the deputies for the sessions of the Assembly and the committees, the entrance of private individuals will not be allowed, without the proper authorization of the one who presides.
ARTICLE 153.-Recess to ingest food
The President of the Assembly will declare recesses in the Assembly sessions, to the effect that the deputies can ingest food outside the Blue Hall, or the place where the session is held.
ARTICLE 154. Presidents of the other organs of the State
When the President of the Republic and the President of the Court Supreme of Justice will attend a session to the Assembly, take seat to the right and to the left of the President of the Assembly, respectively.
In the solemn sessions and in the extraordinary official acts, the Board of Directors will be able to requesting
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the collaboration of the General Directorate of Protocol and Orders of the Ministry of Relations Exteriors, which must follow the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 155.-Funerals of the Deputies and the Diputados
When a Member or a Deputy has passed away, the Board of Directors will have the appropriate Funeral decoration.
At the disposal of the President of the Assembly, in consultation with the family of the deceased, the deputies and the deputies may be summoned to the Blue Hall or to another suitable place, anywhere in the country, to expose the coffin with the remains of the Deputy or the Deputy who has passed away, in order to maintain it
all cases, a delegation will be appointed to officially present the condolences to the family members of the Deputy or the Deputy.
ARTICLE 156.-Official identification
For the official identification of the deputies and the deputies, the Board will extend a meat signed by the President and two secretaries, from which the corresponding registration will be carried out in the Management of Legislative Operations; in that document, it will be made to include, to the civil and military authorities, the obligation to keep the
in case of loss or deterioration of the meat, its replacement will be requested from the Board of Directors and, if by the second reason, the deteriorated identification must be delivered.
ARTICLE 157.- Flag of Deputies and Diputados
Deputies and Deputies will have to use as a flag, a button whose shape, color and legend will be determined by the Board of Directors, as well as the requirements for its replacement.
ARTICLE 158.-Distribution of documents in Assembly sessions
The plenary session shall not be allowed to distribute documents or objects not related to the legislative work, except in the special cases which the President of the Assembly authorizes. In any case, the distribution will be carried out by the staff of the Assembly that provides services in the plenary sessions.
ARTICLE 159.-Vigencia
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May of the year two thousand six, prior to Published in the Official Journal.
GIVEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, at the twenty-eight days of July 2005.
CIRO CRUZ ZEPEDA PEÑA, PRESIDENT.
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JOSÉ MANUEL MELGAR HENRIQUEZ, JOSÉ FRANCISCO MERINO LÓPEZ, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT.
MARTA LILIAN COTO VDA. DE CUELLAR, JOSE ANTONIO ALMENDARIZ RIVAS, FIRST SECRETARY. THIRD SECRETARY.
ELVIA VIOLETA MENJÍVAR ESCALANTE, FOURTH SECRETARY.
D. O. No. 198 Took No. 369 Date: October 25, 2005
REFORMS:
(1) D.L. No. 321, MAY 17, 2007; D.O. No. 92, T. 375, MAY 23, 2007.
(2) D.L. No. 340, JUNE 14, 2007; D.O. No. 114, T. 375, JUNE 22, 2007.
(3) D.L. No. 492, NOVEMBER 29, 2007; D.O. No. 224, T. 377, NOVEMBER 30, 2007.
(4) D.L. No. 321, APRIL 15, 2010; D.O. No. 69, T. 387, APRIL 16, 2010.
(5) D.L. No. 628, 03 MARCH 2011; D.O. No. 46, T. 390, 07 MARCH 2011.
(6) D.L. No. 852, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011; D.O. NO. 189, T. 393, OCTOBER 11, 2011.
(7) D.L. No. 997, FEBRUARY 1, 2012; D.O. No. 24, T. 394, FEBRUARY 06, 2012.
(8) D.L. No. 1082, APRIL 25, 2012; D.O. No. 76, T. 395, APRIL 26, 2012.
(9) D.L. No. 27, JUNE 14, 2012; D.O. No. 110, T. 395, JUNE 15, 2012.
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(10) D.L. No. 52, JULY 5, 2012; D.O. No. 129, T. 396, JULY 12, 2012.
(11) D.L. No. 388, 30 MAY 2013; D.O. No. 106, T. 399, 11 JUNE 2013.
(12) D.L. No. 391, 30 MAY 2013; D.O. No. 106, T. 399, 11 JUNE 2013.
(13) D.L. No. 131, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015; D.O. NO. 180, T. 409, OCTOBER 2, 2015.
(14) D.L. No. 310, MARCH 10, 2016; D.O. No. 55, T. 410, MARCH 18, 2016.
UNCONSTITUTIONALITIES:
*THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY WAY OF SENTENCE No. 21-2014, PUBLISHED IN D. O. No. 149, T. 404, ON AUGUST 15, 2014, DECLARES THE ARTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 120, 121 AND 124 OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ' S INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE, FOR BEING CONTRARY TO THE POWERS ESTABLISHED IN THE WORDS OF ART. 3 ° AND 4 ° OF ART. 193 CN., IN PARTICULAR OF THE INDICA TORIO THAT PRESIDES IN BASIC FORM TO THE SALVADORAN CRIMINAL PROCESS, AND WHICH PREVENTS THE SAME ORGAN FROM BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE SAME BODY FROM THE EXISTENCE OR NOT OF THE IMPUTATION CRIMINAL LAW; THEN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC SHOULD PROMOTE THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS REQUESTING CONSTITUTIONAL FACULTY. RECOGNIZE ONCE AGAIN FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS JUDGMENT IS GIVEN, AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFEGUARDING LEGAL CERTAINTY, AVOIDING ANY LEGAL VACUUM FOLLOWING THE JUDGMENT OF THE RULING, THE VALIDITY OF THE ARTS. 120, 121 AND 124 IN ITS WORDING CORRESPONDING TO D.L. NO 756/2005, PUBLISHED IN NO. 198, T. 356, OF 28 JULY 2005, AS SOON AS IT OBLIGES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, BOTH TO RECEIVE THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE COMMON CRIMES AND SERIOUS OFFICERS COMMITTED BY ANY OF THE RIVERS MENTIONED IN THE ARTS. 236 CN., AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE THE ACTION OF BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. (JQ/30 /09/14)
**THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY MEANS OF JUDGMENT No. 66-2013, PUBLISHED IN THE D. O. No. 186, T. 405, OF 8 OCTOBER 2014, DECLARES UNCONSTITUTIONAL ART. 34 INC. 2 ° BY CONTRAVENIR LOS ARTS. 72 ORD. 1 °, 78, 79 INC. 2 ° Y 85 INCS. 1 ° Y 2 ° CN. TO IGNORE THE WILL OF THE ELECTORATE IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE VARIOUS PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS, WHICH GENERATES INEQUALITY IN THE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION DECIDED BY THE VOTERS AND PRODUCES AN IMPACT ON POLITICAL PLURALISM. (JQ/11/11/14)
NOTES OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY RESOLUTION 53-2005 AND 55-2005, DECLARED THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY BY DEFAULT TOTA L, OF THE MANDATE CONTAINED IN THE ART. 252, WITH REGARD TO ART. 38 ORD. 12º CN., FOR NOT ISSUING THE LAW OBLIGING THE EMPLOYERS TO PAY AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE RENUNCIATION OF PERMANENT WORKERS; HAVING THE DEADLINE TO DO SO BY THE ASSEMBLY NO LATER THAN 31-12-13. (ROM/22/03/13)
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY WAY OF SENTENCE No. 36-2014, PUBLISHED IN D. O. No. 147, T. 408, OF AUGUST 17, 2015, DECLARES UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY OMISSION, AS TO THAT I DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE REGULATED THE LEGISLA ORGAN OF ALTERNATIVE MECHANISMS TO AUCTION, FOR THE SELECTION AND AWARD OF
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RADIO SPECTRUM FREQUENCY CONCESSIONS FOR REGULATED USE, IN CASES WHERE THERE IS OPPOSITION FROM OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN THEIR ASSIGNMENT, WHICH, BASED ON THEIR FREEDOM OF BUSINESS, WISH TO ESTABLISH MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE SERVICES OF SOUND BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION OF FREE RECEPTION. (JQ/11/09/15)
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY WAY OF SENTENCE No. 35-2015, PUBLISHED IN D. O. No. 135, T. 412, OF 20 JULY 2016, DECLARES UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON D. L. N ° 1000/2015, BECAUSE CONVIENE LOS ARTS. 131 ORD. 4 ° AND 148 INC. 2 ° CN. THE MAIN REASONS ARE, ON THE ONE HAND, THE FRAUDULENT USE OF THE FIGURE OF THE CALL OF TWO ALTERNATES TO ACHIEVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF VOTES FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE DECREE ALLUDED TO AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LACK OF LEGITIMACY DEMOCRATIC DIRECT OF THE DEPUTIES TWO ALTERNATES WHO VOTED TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED QUORUM, HAVING NOT BEEN ELECTED BY THE DIRECT VOTE OF THE CITIZENS; CONSEQUENTLY THE CURRENT LEGISLATURE WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE AND TO OPERATE WITH ITS DEPUTIES OWNERS. (JQ/24/08/16)
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, BY WAY OF JUDGMENT No. 156-2012, PUBLIC DA IN D. O. No. 4, T. 414, OF JANUARY 6, 2016, DECLARES THAT THE DEFAULT CONSTITUTIONALITY EXISTS ALLEGED, SINCE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE DERIVED FROM THE ARTS. 3 INC. 1 °, 72 INC. 3 ° CN., CONSISTING IN REGULATING THE PROCEDURES, REQUIREMENTS AND GUARANTEES NECESSARY FOR THE SALVADORAN CITIZENS DOMICILED OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC, WHICH COMPLY WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEY CAN VOTE IN LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; AND SO THEY CAN RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OF POPULAR ELECTION. (JQ/08/02/17)
RELATED PROVISIONS:
PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 98 OF THE INTERNAL REGULATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, FOR THE PERIOD 2009-2012. D.L. No. 73, 16 JULY 2009; D.O. No. 133, T. 384, JULY 17, 2009.
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. D.L. No. 1015, APRIL 30, 2015, D.O. No. 77, T. 407, APRIL 30, 2015.
LM/adar
JCH/ngcl 10/01/08
SV/ 29/04/10
JCH 29/03/11
ROM 07/11/11
JCH 27/02/12
ROM
21/05/12
SV 09/07/12
JCH 14/08/12
ROM 22/03/13
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SV 12/07/13
JQ 12/07/13
JQ/FN 09/08/13
JQ 30/09/14
JQ 11/11/14
JQ 11/09/15
JQ 26/10/15
SV 18/04/16
JQ 24/08/16
JQ 08/02/17
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