La revocatoria de mandato del Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the Revocation of the Mandate of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control, this form of cessation was strengthened in the 2008 Constitution, so that through popular vote, citizens can exercise their right in the appointment of their authorities. Since that year, the members of the Cpccs were elected by merit and opposition, but as a result of the referendum held on February 4, 2018, this modality changed and they must be elected through the direct democracy mechanism, for this analysis the 2008 Constitution and the laws established by the competent bodies. In addition, the revocation was addressed in countries such as Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, among others; where this type of process has been questioned due to the lack of transparency of the authorities. It has been known what are the reactions that this type of process has generated in society, in the legislative power and how it has been seen by other organisms and even some experts already consider that this function called the fifth power of the State should be eliminated or restructured.