IMPEACHMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON THE COLOMBIAN CASE
Keywords:
Impeachment, check and balances, legitimacy, good governmentAbstract
Impeachment is linked to the essence of democracy as it serves as a mean for the application of the republican principles of equality before the law and the responsibility of the rulers.
The countries of Latin America have the formal possibility of claiming political responsibility, even from their first constitutional pieces, but there are practical limitations of design and operation that hinder their effectiveness, as in the case of Colombia