Costa Rica is governed by the constitution of November
7, 1949, which established a presidential system and a unitary state.
-Executive:
President and Head of Government is the representative
of Costa Rica at the Home and Foreign, is responsible for ensuring compliance
with laws, is elected by direct popular vote, secret and universal for a period
of 4 years from their faculties is the Appointment Presidents of the autonomous
institutions, Appointment and Dismissal of Ministers and Diplomats Rican, veto
laws, decrees sign, Pardon of Punishment, national holiday or Mourning and
Bereavement. The current presidency is occupied by Laura Chinchilla Miranda
(from the May 8, 2010)
First Vice President: Alfio Piva Mesen (from the May
8, 2010)
Second Vice President: Luis Liberman Ginsburg (from
the May 8, 2010).
-Cabinet:
is composed of ministers and diplomats elected
president, once a week, ministers and diplomats meet with the Presidency and
the Media in an act called the Governing Council, whose goal is to keep
citizens informed about problems and events of national importance and the
actions the government done to solve them.
-Legislature:
Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly is a unicameral body
with 57 Councils responsible for approving, amending or repealing laws and decrees.
Legislators are elected by direct popular vote, secret and universal for a
period of 4 years and have provincial character. Features include The
Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal,
appoint legislative committees charged with studying the draft law, every
November to approve the budget of the Republic, Diplomatic Immunity Lift
members of the supreme powers, Reforming the Constitution, approve or reject
international treaties and conventions and to call public officials or citizens
to be accountable in cases that warrant. The legislative chairman will assume
the presidency of the Republic in the absence of the President and his
deputies. Its current president is Juan Carlos Mendoza Garcia, Citizen Action
Party Legislator of the Province of San Jose. Comptroller General of the
Republic: It is the constitutional body, auxiliary Legislature that audits the
use of public funds to improve the management of public finances and contribute
to political control and citizen. The current Comptroller is Generl Lic. Rocío
Aguilar Montoya and the current is Subcontralora Lic. Marta Acosta Zúñiga.
-Ombudsman:
It is an auditing body that is part of the
legislature. The purpose of this institution is to ensure that public sector
activity meets the legal and moral, so that the rights and interests of the
people of Costa Rica is always protected. The current Defender of the People's
Ophelia Taitelbaum Yoselevick Deputy Ombudsman and is Luis Fallas Acosta.
-Judiciary:
Supreme Court, is the body that administers justice,
composed of 22 judges for the Chambers I, II, III and constitutional, are
elected by the Legislature for a period of 8 years. Its current president is
the Supreme Judge Luis Paulino Mora Mora.
-Judges:
All those administrators of Justice for courts and
tribunals established by law, are elected by the Supreme Court for a period of
8 years.
-Electoral power:
The buildings of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of
Costa Rica and the Civil Registry in Barrio Aranjuez, San Jose. Front: The
Pillars of Democracy Monument to Suffrage.
Supreme Electoral Tribunal Electoral body is composed
of 5 judges elected by the Legislature for a period of 6 years, are responsible
for ensuring the preparation and transparency of National and Municipal Elections
in addition to the Plesbicitos and Referendums or referenda, plenipotente also
have the power to call early elections, suspend and diplomatic immunity to
members of the Supreme Powers, cancel the credentials of Representatives,
Mayors, Judges and Ministers and Disable persons holding public office. Its
current president is Luis Antonio Sobrado Altiquísimo Judge Gonzalez.
Supreme Electoral Tribunal. |
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