Введение
Нижняя палата Конгресса Колумбии
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Либеральная (33)
Исторический пакт (31)
PVA (14)
Общественные (5)
Колумбия Возрождающаяся (1)
MAIS (1)
Представитель афроколумбийцев (1)
Независимые (49)
Консервативная (28)
Партия U (15)
Достоинство (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
Новый либерализм (1)
Партия Зеленых Кислорода (1)
Оппозиция (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| последние выборы1 = 13 марта 2022
| следующие выборы1 =
| место встречи = Capitolio Nacional, Богота
| веб-сайт = camara.gov.co
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Палата представителей (исп. Cámara de Representantes) — нижняя палата Конгресса Колумбии. В ее состав входят 172 члена, избираемых на четырехлетний срок. Избирательная система
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
В соответствии с Конституцией Колумбии, Палата представителей, в настоящее время состоящая из 166 представителей, занимающих четырехлетний срок, избирается в территориальных избирательных округах, специальных избирательных округах и международном избирательном округе. Департаменты (и столичный округ Богота) образуют территориальные избирательные округа (circunscripciones territoriales). Каждый округ имеет как минимум двух членов и еще одного на каждые 365 000 жителей или на каждую долю населения, превышающую 182 500 человек сверх первоначальных 365 000. На период 2014–2018 годов 161 из 166 членов Палаты были избраны в территориальных избирательных округах. Существуют также три специальных избирательных округа, избирающих оставшихся пятерых членов: один для коренных общин (в настоящее время с одним представителем), один для афроколумбийских общин (негритуды) (в настоящее время с двумя представителями) и один для граждан Колумбии, проживающих за рубежом (в настоящее время с одним представителем). В результате конституционной реформы 2015 года количество мест, выделяемых гражданам Колумбии, проживающим за рубежом, было сокращено до одного, начиная с 2018 года, поскольку дополнительное специальное место будет создано для территориального избирательного округа Архипелага Сан-Андрес, Провиденсия и Санта-Каталина для представительства сообщества Райзаль архипелага. С 2014 года распределение дополнительных мест основано на соответствующем пропорциональном увеличении национального населения в соответствии с результатами переписи. Если в результате вышеизложенного территориальный избирательный округ потеряет одно или несколько мест, он сохранит количество мест, на которые имел право 20 июля 2002 года. Партии могут выдвигать закрытый список, в котором порядок кандидатов заранее определен, или выбрать предпочтительное голосование (открытый список), при котором позиция кандидатов в списке переупорядочивается на основе индивидуальных предпочтений избирателей. На выборах в Конгресс избиратели, выбирающие партию, работающую по закрытому списку, голосуют только за партийный список; избиратели, выбирающие партию, работающую по открытому списку, могут указать своего предпочтительного кандидата среди имен, отображаемых на бюллетене. Если избиратель не указывает предпочтение и голосует только за партию, голосование действительно для целей прохождения порога, но не для переупорядочивания списка на основе предпочтительных голосов. Текущее распределение мест
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Территориальные и специальные избирательные округа
Округ | Количество мест (2014–2018)
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Амазонас | 2
Антиокия | 17
Араука | 2
Атлантико | 7
Богота | 18
Боливар | 6
Бояка | 6
Кальдас | 5
Какета | 2
Касанар | 2
Каука | 4
Сесар | 4
Чоко | 2
Кордова | 5
Кундинамарка | 7
Гуаиния | 2
Гуавьер | 2
Уила | 4
Ла-Гуайра | 2
Магдалена | 5
Мета | 3
Нариньо | 5
Норте-де-Сантандера | 5
Путумайо | 2
Киндио | 3
Рисаральда | 4
Сан-Андрес и Провиденсия | 2
Сантандера | 7
Сукре | 3
Толима | 6
Валье-дель-Каука | 13
Ваупес | 2
Вичада | 2
Афроколумбийцы | 2
Колумбийские граждане за рубежом | 2
Коренные общины | 1
Всего мест | 166
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Условия для избрания
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Чтобы быть представителем, человек должен быть гражданином Колумбии (по рождению или натурализации) старше 25 лет на момент выборов. Существуют общие правила недействительности и несовместимости, которые применяются к обеим палатам Конгресса, которые объяснены здесь. Кроме того, общие правила о замене и незамене членов в зависимости от различных обстоятельств также применяются к обеим палатам Конгресса. Исключительные полномочия Палаты
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Избирать Омбудсмена. Рассматривать и завершать общий бюджетный и казначейский отчет, представленный ему Генеральным контролером. Предъявлять обвинения в Сенате по запросу следственной комиссии для импичмента Президента (или того, кто его заменит) и членов Комиссии де Афорадос. Принимать к сведению жалобы и претензии, поданные Генеральным прокурором или отдельными лицами против вышеупомянутых должностных лиц и, если они обоснованы, предъявлять обвинения на этой основе в Сенат. Запрашивать помощь других властей для проведения расследований. Судебные полномочия
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
До конституционной реформы 2015 года следственная комиссия (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) Палаты представителей рекомендовала Пленуму возбудить обвинение против Президента, судей Конституционного суда, судей Верховного суда, членов Высшего совета правосудия, судей Совета штата и Генерального прокурора. Считалось, что эти высшие должностные лица государства пользуются «конституционным фуэро», впервые закрепленным в Конституции 1886 года и сохраненным Конституцией 1991 года, хотя министры кабинета потеряли свою особую конституционную защиту в 1992 году. Следственная комиссия Палаты подвергалась критике на протяжении многих лет, поскольку, как утверждалось, предоставляла иммунитет любому высшему должностному лицу, обвиненному в коррупции или правонарушениях. В период с 1886 по 2014 год только один из 40 президентов Колумбии, Густаво Рохас Пинилья, был обвинен и осужден Конгрессом в 1959 году (после окончания его срока), и это решение было отменено Верховным судом семь лет спустя. В период с 1992 по 2014 год следственная комиссия получила в общей сложности 3496 жалоб, из которых 56% были закрыты, а 44% остаются в ожидании рассмотрения. Ни одно дело не привело к импичменту, и на самом деле только одно дело дошло до зала Палаты, а именно дело Президента Эрнесто Сампера по делу Proceso 8000. Комиссия де Афорадос
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Конституционная реформа правительства в 2015 году лишила следственную комиссию большей части ее полномочий и ограничила существующий fuero constitucional Президентом. Вместо этого реформа 2015 года создала Комиссию де Афорадос, которая будет расследовать и предъявлять обвинения вышеупомянутым судьям и Генеральному прокурору, даже если они прекратили исполнение своих обязанностей. Комиссия будет состоять из пяти членов, избираемых совместным заседанием Конгресса на индивидуальные восьмилетние сроки, из списков, представленных Советом судебной власти и разработанных посредством открытого конкурса. Правила приемлемости, недействительности и несовместимости для комиссии будут такими же, как для членов Верховного суда. В случае расследований о недостойности занимать должность за неправомерное поведение новая комиссия должна будет представить свои обвинения, при необходимости, в Палату представителей, которая сможет только отстранить или сместить обвиняемого с должности. Решение Палаты может быть обжаловано в Сенат, который имеет последнее слово. В таких случаях комиссия должна будет представить обвинение в течение 60 дней и принять решение в течение 30 дней. В случае расследований других преступлений комиссия должна будет предъявить обвинения в Верховный суд для дальнейшего преследования. Новая комиссия будет сформирована после переходного периода в один год, в течение которого следственная комиссия сохраняет свои первоначальные обязанности.
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Liberal (33)
Historic Pact (31)
PVA (14)
Commons (5)
Colombia Renaciente (1)
MAIS (1)
Afro Colombian representative (1)
Independents (49)
Conservative (28)
Party of the U (15)
Dignity (1)
Juntos por Caldas (1)
MIRA (1)
New Liberalism (1)
Oxygen Green Party (1)
Raizal (1)
Opposition (35)
CR (18)
CD (15)
LIGA (3)
| last election1 = 13 March 2022
| next election1 =
| meeting place = Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá
| website = camara. gov. co
The Chamber of Representatives' (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four year terms. Electoral system
According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of Representatives, currently composed of 166 representatives serving four year terms, is elected in territorial constituencies, special constituencies and an international constituency. The departments (and the capital district of Bogotá D. C.) each form territorial electoral constituencies (circunscripciones territoriales). Each constituency has at least two members, and one more for every 365,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 182,500 over and above the initial 365,000. For the legislative term 2014 2018, 161 of the Chamber's 166 members were elected in territorial constituencies. There are also three special constituencies, electing the remaining five members: one for Indigenous communities currently with one representative, one for Afro Colombian communities (negritudes) currently with two representatives and one for Colombian citizens resident abroad currently with one representative. As a result of the 2015 constitutional reform, the number of seats allocated to Colombian citizens resident abroad was reduced to one, from 2018 onward, as an additional special seat will be created for the territorial constituency of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina to represent the archipelago's Raizal community. Since 2014, the assignment of additional seats is based on the corresponding proportional increase of the national population in accordance with census results. If as a result of the above a territorial constituency should lose one or more seats, it keeps the number of seats to which it was entitled to on July 20, 2002. Parties may run a closed list, with the order of candidates pre determined, or opt for preferential voting (open list), where the position of candidates on the list is reordered based on the individual preference votes of the voters. In congressional elections, voters choosing a party running a closed list only vote for the party list; voters who choose a party running an open list may indicate their candidate of preference among the names displayed on the ballot, if the voter does not indicate a preference and only votes for the party, the vote is valid for purposes of the threshold but not for reordering the list based on preferential votes. Current seat distribution
Territorial and special constituenciesConstituencyNumber of seats (2014–2018) Amazonas 2 Antioquia 17 Arauca 2 Atlántico 7 Bogotá 18 Bolívar 6 Boyacá 6 Caldas 5 Caquetá 2 Casanare 2 Cauca 4 Cesar 4 Chocó 2 Córdoba 5 Cundinamarca 7 Guainía 2 Guaviare 2 Huila 4 La Guajira 2 Magdalena 5 Meta 3 Nariño 5 Norte de Santander 5 Putumayo 2 Quindío 3 Risaralda 4 San Andrés and Providencia 2 Santander 7 Sucre 3 Tolima 6 Valle del Cauca 13 Vaupés 2 Vichada 2Afro Colombians 2Colombian citizens abroad 2Indigenous communities 1Total seats166
Eligibility
To be a representative, a person must be a Colombian citizen (by birth or naturalization) over the age of 25 at the time of the election. There are general rules of ineligibility and incompatibility which apply to both houses of Congress, explained here. In addition, general rules on the replacement and non replacement of members depending on different circumstances also apply to both houses of Congress. Exclusive powers of the House
Elect the Ombudsman. Examine and finalize the general budgetary and treasury account presented to it by the Comptroller General. Bring charges to the Senate, at the request of the investigation and accusation commission, for the impeachment of the President (or whoever replaces them) and members of the Comisión de Aforados. Take cognizance of complaints and grievances presented by the Attorney General or by individuals against the aforementioned officials and, if valid, to bring charges on that basis before the Senate. Request the aid of other authorities to pursue the investigations. Judicial powers
Until the 2015 constitutional reform, the investigation and accusation commission (Comisión de Investigación y Acusación) of the House of Representatives was recommending to the plenary the indictment of the President, Constitutional Court justices, Supreme Court justices, Superior Council of the Judiciary members, Council of State justices and the Attorney General. These senior officials of the State were said to benefit from a "constitutional fuero", first enshrined in the 1886 Constitution and kept by the 1991 Constitution, although cabinet ministers lost their special constitutional protection in 1992. The House's accusation commission had been very criticized over the years, said to grant immunity to any senior official accused of corruption or wrongdoing. Between 1886 and 2014, only one of Colombia's 40 presidents, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, was charged and sentenced by Congress in 1959 (after the end of his term), and that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court seven years later. Between 1992 and 2014, the accusations commission received a total of 3,496 complaints, of which 56% were closed and 44% still pending. No case resulted in impeachment, and in fact only one case ever made its way to the floor of the House, that of President Ernesto Samper for the Proceso 8000. Comisión de Aforados
The government's constitutional reform in 2015 stripped the accusations commission of most of its power and restricted the existing fuero constitucional to the President. In its stead, the 2015 reform created the Comisión de Aforados'', which will investigate and indict the aforementioned judges and Attorney General, even if they may have ceased to exercise their functions. The commission will be made up of five members elected by a joint session of Congress for individual eight year terms, from lists sent by the Council of Judicial Government and elaborated through a public competition. The eligibility, ineligibility and incompatibility rules for the commission will be the same as for members of the Supreme Court of Justice. In the case of investigations for unworthiness to serve for misconduct, the new commission shall present its charges, when necessary, to the House of Representatives, which will only be able to suspend or remove the accused from office. The House decision can be appealed to the Senate, which holds the final word. In such cases, the commission will have 60 days to present an accusation and 30 days to decide. In the case of investigations for other crimes, the commission shall present charges to the Supreme Court of Justice for further prosecution. The new commission will be formed after a transitional period of one year, during which the accusations commission retains its original responsibilities.
Выборы
Последние парламентские выборы в Колумбии состоялись 13 марта 2022 года. Информацию о более ранних выборах см. в таблице ниже:
The most recent parliamentary election in Colombia took place on 13 March 2022. For elections before that, see the below table: