El valor del voto en blanco

The dynamics with which a democratic phenomenon is developed demand a constant updating of theoretical concepts in order to facilitate the comprehension of the rules that regulate the configuration of political decisions. A proof to the aforementioned lies in the Constitutional Court’s holding C–551...

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Main Author: Estrada Vélez, Sergio
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5238046
Source:Opinión Jurídica: Publicación de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellín, ISSN 1692-2530, Vol. 3, Nº. 5, 2004
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Summary: The dynamics with which a democratic phenomenon is developed demand a constant updating of theoretical concepts in order to facilitate the comprehension of the rules that regulate the configuration of political decisions. A proof to the aforementioned lies in the Constitutional Court’s holding C–551, 2003, through which a previous constitutionality control was carried out to law 796, 2003, which is a convocation to a constitutional reform referendum where it de–estimates one of the political manifestations of the primary constituting power: the blank vote. Not only does the analysis made by the Constitutional Court elude the genuine nature of the blank vote, but it also violates fundamental principles for a democratic and social State of Law such as the participative principle, the right to equality, and the freedom principle: infractions of substantial nature that necessarily lead to the evaluation of the judged matter which deserves every jurisdictional pronouncement.