{"id":1560,"date":"2007-02-02T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:14:42","slug":"sistema-de-gobierno","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/republica-dominicana\/sistema-de-gobierno\/","title":{"rendered":"Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Constitution of 2015, the Government of the Dominican Republic is fundamentally civil, republican, democratic and representative.\u00a0\u00a0The Constitution divides Legislative Power, Executive Power and Judicial Power. These three powers are independent in the exercise of their respective functions.\u00a0Their leaders are responsible for and cannot delegate powers, which are determined only by the Constitution and laws.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Dominican Republic is a Social and Democratic State of Law, organized in a single Republic, founded on the respect for human dignity, fundamental rights, labor, popular sovereignty and the separation and independence of political powers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Executive Power is exercised in name for\u00a0the people by\u00a0the President of the Republic, in his or her\u00a0position as leader of the State and government.\u00a0The Legislative Power is exercised by the National Congress, comprised of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.\u00a0The Judicial Power is exercised by the\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court of Justice and\u00a0tribunals created by the Constitution and Dominican laws.<\/p>\n

Branches of Government<\/b><\/h2>\n

The structure of the system of government of the Dominican Republic is composed of three main powers: the Legislative Power, Executive Power and Judicial Power.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0<\/b>Legislative power.\u00a0<\/b>Within the constitutional hierarchy, the legislative branch constitutes the primary power of the State. It is represented by the Senate of the Republic,\u00a0or Higher House,\u00a0and by the Chamber of Deputies,\u00a0or the Lower House.<\/p>\n

The senate is composed of elected members at a ratio of one member per province and one per National District, whose terms last four years. The Chamber of Deputies is composed of\u00a0178\u00a0\u00a0deputies elected by territorial district in representation of the National District and provinces; five deputies chosen at the national level by an accumulation of votes and seven deputies chosen in representation of the Dominican community abroad.\u00a0The essential purpose of the bi-cameral body, called the National Congress, is to legislate and regulate in representation of the people.<\/p>\n

It is the responsibility of the legislative branch to propose and produce laws that upon arrival are sent to the executive power for approval. Also, it is responsible for annually voting on the State\u2019s General Budgetary Law.\u00a0The ratification of international agreements and national contracts that the executive power makes with foreign bodies also are passed on to the legislative branch. The main political parties of the country are represented in this branch.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0<\/b>Executive Power<\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0The Executive Power is exercised in name for the people by the President of the Republic, in his or her position as head of State and government, who will be elected every four years by direct vote.\u00a0The President can opt\u00a0only\u00a0for a second\u00a0consecutive constitutional period and cannot run again for the same position or for vice-president of the Republic.
\nThe Constitution establishes the duties of the President, among them the appointment of State officials, the promotion of laws, the regulation of customs, ensuring good tax collection and the investment of national income in good faith.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0<\/b>Judicial Power.\u00a0<\/b>Justice is freely administered, in the name of the Republic, by the Judicial Power. This power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Justice and tribunals created by the\u00a0Constitution\u00a0and by Dominican laws.<\/p>\n

The Judicial function consists of administering justice to decide upon conflicts between natural or legal persons, in private or public law, in\u00a0 every type of processes, judging and\u00a0exercising\u00a0judgment. Its exercise corresponds to tribunals and judges determined by the law.\u00a0The Judicial Power enjoys administrative, functional and budgetary autonomy.<\/p>\n

References:<\/span>
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According to the Constitution of 2015, the Government of the Dominican Republic is fundamentally civil, republican, democratic and representative.\u00a0\u00a0The Constitution divides Legislative Power, Executive Power and Judicial Power. These three powers are independent in the exercise of their respective functions.\u00a0Their leaders are responsible for and cannot delegate powers, which are determined only by the Constitution … Continue reading “Government”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1520,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9973,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1560\/revisions\/9973"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}