Influencia de la concepción deliberativa de la democracia en el procedimiento legislativo Colombiano

Abstract

Given that the decision making in legislative matter and of constitutional reform in Colombia is exercised by a representative body, the Congress - , and also citizen participation mechanisms that serve to promote or control the work of that organ are institutionalized - as the legislative initiative or referendum, it is feasible to conclude that the Colombian constitutional democracy prescribes a participatory model of democracy, at least trend. However, this conclusion does not answer the question about how the legislative decision should be adopted and, consequently, what is its procedural legitimacy. Thus, in view of the central importance - at least in normative - that the Constitutional Court has given parameter deliberation as constitutional validity of the statute or legislative act, it is feasible to say that the process leading to the establishment of such standards has a decidedly deliberative influence.