by the Republican Ethics Council as its Chairman for a one-year term of office, with the possibility of re-election.
Citizen Power is independent and its organs enjoy operating, financial and administrative autonomy. To this end, from the general State budget it shall be allocated a variable annual budget appropriation.
Its organization and operation shall be established by organic act.
Article 274: The organs exercising Citizen Power are charged, in
accordance with this Constitution and with the law, with preventing,
investigating and punishing actions that undermine public ethics and
administrative morals; to see to sound management and legality in the
use of public property, and fulfillment and application of the principle
of legality in all of the State's administrative activities, as well as to
promote education as a process that helps create citizenship, together
with solidarity, freedom, democracy, social responsibility and work.
Article 275: The representatives of the Republican Ethic Council
shall issue to the authorities or officials of the National Public
Administrative warnings as to breaches in the fulfillment of their legal
duties. If these warnings are not heeded, the Republican Ethics
Council shall have the power to impose the penalties established by
law. In the event of contempt, the Chairman of the Republican Ethics
Council shall submit a report to the organ or dependency to which the
public official or employee concerned is attached, in order that such
body or dependency to take the proper corrective action, in accordance to the case without prejudice to such penalties as may be applicable in accordance with law.
Article 276: The Chairman of the Republican Ethic Council and
the heads of the organs comprising Citizen Power shall submit an
annual report before a plenary session of the National Assembly.
They shall likewise submit reports whenever asked by the National
Assembly to do so.
Both the regular and the special reports are to be published.
