Renuncia de regidurías: dos lecturas constitucionales

The article 171 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica indicates in its first paragraph that municipal council members “shall be elected for a term of four years and their duties shall be mandatory”. This provision has led to two constitutional understandings within the Supreme...

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00015327632022-06-04Renuncia de regidurías: dos lecturas constitucionalesBrenes Villalobos, Luis Diegoregidores municipalesrenunciainterpretación constitucionalirrenunciabilidad de cargopuestos de elección popularpragmatismo judicialmunicipal council membersconstitutional interpretationirrevocability of officepopular election officesjudicial pragmatismThe article 171 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica indicates in its first paragraph that municipal council members “shall be elected for a term of four years and their duties shall be mandatory”. This provision has led to two constitutional understandings within the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (knows as TSE by its acronym in Spanish or “el Tribunal”) that disagree regarding the scope of the obligation of the position and the exceptionality for its resignation. This essay reviews these theses, with particular interest in the one that admits the resignation without exceptions, as defended in the TSE resolution n.° 1626-M-2017 of March 1, 2017El artículo 171 de la Constitución Política costarricense señala en su párrafo primero que los regidores municipales: “serán elegidos por cuatro años y desempeñarán sus cargos obligatoriamente”. Esta disposición ha propiciado dos lecturas en el seno del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (en adelante TSE o el Tribunal) que discrepan respecto del alcance de la obligatoriedad del cargo y la excepcionalidad para su renuncia. El presente ensayo repasa esas tesis con particular interés en la que admite la renuncia sin necesidad de excepcionalidades, según se defendiese en la sentencia del TSE n.° 1626-M-2017 de 1.° de marzo del 20172022text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8461742(Revista) ISSN 1659-2069Revista de Derecho Electoral, ISSN 1659-2069, Nº. 33, 2022spaLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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Brenes Villalobos, Luis Diego
Renuncia de regidurías: dos lecturas constitucionales
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The article 171 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica indicates in its first paragraph that municipal council members “shall be elected for a term of four years and their duties shall be mandatory”. This provision has led to two constitutional understandings within the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (knows as TSE by its acronym in Spanish or “el Tribunal”) that disagree regarding the scope of the obligation of the position and the exceptionality for its resignation. This essay reviews these theses, with particular interest in the one that admits the resignation without exceptions, as defended in the TSE resolution n.° 1626-M-2017 of March 1, 2017
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