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Governmental system and political dynamics
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- 1GOVERNMENT AND POLITICSThe Governmental System
- 2Constitutional DevelopmentSince declaring its independence from Spain in 1810, Colombia
has had ten constitutions. - 3important constitutional issues..1. division of powers.
2. the strength of the executive branch.
3. the role of the Roman
Catholic Church. - 4CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMSColombia has had 10 constitutional reforms
- 51832To exercise the right to vote , they must be a man over 21, be married and own property.
The slaves were not considered as citizens! - 61843They will be citizens if they were 21 years and if they were free men. With these conditions just the 5% were considered citizens
- 71853• Abolition of slavery.
• All men born in Spain are declared citizens with the right to vote
the territory that would be of legal age and that were married.
• Popular voting is implemented for the most important public positions.
• Direct and secret vote is established. - 81863Citizens were Men of legal age who could demonstrate that were Illustrated.
- 91886Men over 21 years old were declared citizens , just if they had a profession or occupation that was legitimate and that guaranteed their subsistence.
- 101910The President of the Republic could be chosen directly, by all those considered as citizens.
- 111936All men regardless of their condition
they could vote. - 121957Under the presidency of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, women over twenty-one, for
First time they get the right to vote. - 131975During the presidency of Alfonso López Michelsen, approving the age of majority eighteen.
- 141986The popular election of mayors and governors is constituted.
- 15STRUCTURE OF POWER IN COLOMBIAIt is divided in three branches:
- 16Traditional PartiesElites from the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party have dominated the nation's political
institutions. - 17period of "la violencia"Party membership was
enough reason to kill or be killed. Families, communities, and
regions have been identified with one or the other party. - 18Conservative hegemonyfrom 1886 to 1930 the conservative party dominated the politics, but they had to left the power due to the "massacre of the banana plantations" (1928)
- 19Liberal Republic1930-1946 the liberals domained the country, that could advanced in the modernization and control of the state, but also new econmic strategies to overcome the "great depression"
- 20National Front1958-1974 was a coalition to take out Gustavo Rojas Pinilla from the power. Each four years they interchange the presidencial periods between conservatives and liberals.
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