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Political Constitution of Colombia (1991). Official Spanish from SUIN-Juriscol. English from Constitute Project / Max Planck, cutoff 2015 — not a gazette.

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→ Art. 173

Art. 173

The following are the powers of the Senate:

To approve or reject the resignation from office by the President of the Republic or the Vice President.

To approve or disapprove military promotions granted by the government from general officers and flag officers of the public force up to the highest rank.

To grant permission to the President of the Republic to take temporary leave from his/her office outside of sickness and to decide about the qualifications of the Vice President to serve as President of the Republic.

To allow the transiting of foreign troops across the territory of the Republic.

To authorize the government to declare war on another state.

To elect the judges of the Constitutional Court.

To elect the General Prosecutor of the Nation.

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