Hello people of Youtube, welcome to my channel jopabaa. Today I'm going to talk to you about citizen participation mechanisms. What are citizen participation mechanisms? They are means through which the fundamental right to democratic participation is materialized, allowing the intervention of citizens in the formation, exercise and control of political power. Which article of the constitution establishes the mechanisms for citizen participation? According to article 103 of the Colombian constitution, the mechanisms for participation of the people in the exercise of their sovereignty are : Vote, Plebiscite, Referendum, Popular Consultation, Open Council, Legislative Initiative and Revocation of the Mandate. We begin: The vote: It is a right and duty of the citizen. Voting is a tool by which citizens choose the people they consider suitable for their representation in government institutions. It is a necessary condition for a political system to be democratic; it requires the personal presence of the voter and it is written. The vote is free, effective and participatory. Plebiscite: is the pronouncement of the people convened by the President of the Republic. Support or reject a particular decision or proposal of the executive that does not require congressional approval by direct popular vote in a plebiscite voters must respond to a question posed by an electoral body using the formula yes or no Law 134 of 1994 to carry out the plebiscite must immediately inform Congress of its intention to call a plebiscite and also the reasons for holding the plebiscite the date on which it will be held may not be earlier than one month and not later than four months from the date on which Congress receives the report the president the request must be signed by all the ministers the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic will study the reasons the president has a maximum period of one month to reject the initiative if not the president of the republic must call a plebiscite vote plebiscites cannot modify the constitution referendum consists the call made to the people to approve or reject a draft legal norm or to repeal or not a norm already in force the types of referendum can be national regional departmental district municipal or local the classes of referendums are approval referendum and derogation referendum the evidentiary reference is the submission of a draft legislative act or a law that was not adopted by the corresponding public corporation for consideration by the people so that they decide whether to approve or not reject it totally or partially the derogation referendum which consists of the submission of a norm that was approved by Congress the departmental assembly or the municipal council to the consideration of the people so that they decide whether to repeal the respective law ordinance or agreement popular consultation in the institution through which a question of a general nature is asked on a matter of national, departmental, municipal, district or local importance in the popular consultation the question submitted by the president of the republic the governor or the mayor as the case may be to the consideration of the people so that they may formally pronounce on the matter in all cases the decision of the people is binding in the popular harvest consultations may not be held on issues that involve the modification of the political constitution in the popular consultation the questions that are formulated must be well written and must be presented clearly to the citizens in such a way that they can be answered with a yes or no has been seen open in the public meeting of the municipal district councils or the local administrative boards in which the inhabitants can participate directly in order to discuss matters of interest to the community that obligation of the governor or the corresponding mayor to attend the session in which any matter of interest to the community may be discussed the town hall must be held no later than one month after the petition is filed one week after the town hall is held a session will be held in which answers will be given to the proposals made in the cable the legislative initiative is the political right of a group of citizens to present bills of legislative act before the congress of the republic of ordinance before the departmental assemblies in agreement before the municipal or district councils and resolution before the local administrative boards and other resolutions of the corporations of the territorial entities in accordance with the laws that regulate it as the case may be these projects will be debated and subsequently approved modified or denied by the corresponding public corporation revocation of the mandate that is a legal procedure voters can determine the permanence or not of a person in an elected position by popular vote either by direct vote collection of signatures or a combination of both the constituent citizens and I invite you to subscribe to my channel pay share the video leave me your comments and give it a line