The Assembly Yesterday, the National Review Board approved the unification of the electionsthe reduction of enrollment deputies at 170 and that president Luis Abinader He will never again be able to aspire to that position or to vice president, among others. changes established in the modification of 11 articles of the Constitution.
Now the new Law Substantiva goes to the Executive Branch and the president Abinader has a period of 15 days to enact it or not. Meanwhile, starting this Wednesday, the document will be available in the Senate library for each assembly member to sign.
The changes
In what has been modification number 40 of the Constitution Dominican Republic, the articles 81, 166, 167, 169, 171, 178, 179, 209, 268, 274 and 278 were created and included several transitional provisions. The changes They were made with the majority of the votes of the ruling party, who doubled the opposition assembly members.
The modification establishes that the Constitution for his own benefit. Likewise, the reduction from 190 to 170 deputies; the unification of the elections; that he attorney be chosen by him Advice National Judiciary; the integration of president from the Constitutional Court to the CNM and the prohibition on leaders remaining in power beyond two terms.
Between readings
In the second discussion This Monday, it was approved that the article 171 establishes a period of 90 days for the president of the Republic apply to attorney General of the Republic.
It was also proposed a modification to the seventh transitional provision corresponding to the article 174 so that the authorities municipal officials elected on the third Sunday of February 2028 exhaust a period that will begin on April 24, 2028 and end on August 16, 2032.
New articles
He article 81, which addresses the representation and composition of the Chamber of Deputies, establishes an enrollment of 158 deputies elected by territorial constituency; keeps the amount at five deputies nationals and maintains the number of deputies that represents the diaspora.
The articles 166 and 167 address the position of the Attorney Administrative General, who is appointed by the Executive Branch and is defined as the permanent representative of the public administration before the contentious administrative jurisdiction.
Likewise, the article 169 defines and establishes the functions of the Ministry Public. While 171 establishes that the president propose to Advice National Judiciary a person with the objective of being selected as attorney. The president must do this during the first 90 days of his administration.
He attorney and the selected deputy attorneys will have a period of immovability for two years. However, they may be confirmed at the end of their term if the CNM plenary session so deems it.
Among the requirements to be attorney It is established: be Dominican, have a bachelor’s degree or a doctorate in law, have practiced the profession or teaching in this field for at least 12 years, have not held management positions in any party, nor have been a candidate for a popularly elected position. , nor that he has supported an entity or leader in the past, through political proselytizing.
The new article that the Constitution will have is 278, on elective exercises and constitutional reforms: No popularly elected official may benefit from a constitutional reform during his term, when it concerns the rules of nomination, election and permanence of the position he occupies.
