Constitutional accusation: the "preliminary question" as a political control of constitutionality

Authors

  • Francisco Zúñiga Urbina Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This work refers to the constitutional accusation in political trial or "impeachment" to make effective the principle of constitutional responsibility of certain public servants, highlighting its origin and its characteristics in our legal system, to then address the issue related to the accusation such as the called "previous question", recognized by the constitutional organic legislator, as one more means of guaranteeing constitutional supremacy.

Keywords:

Constitutional acussation, Political control, Constitutional supremacy, Previous question