Potestad disciplinaria y derecho a elegir: un examen de la destitución de servidores públicos de elección popular en Colombia

Abstract

This paper examines the sanction of removal from office of public servants of popular election and its consequences on the political rights of voters, in the context of a representative democracy. To this effect, it studies the rules of the public service in Colombia and the disciplinary oversight of elected of-ficials, as well as the consequences of their removal from office over the right to choose of citizens. This analysis shows how the removal of public elected officials by a disciplinary sanction limits the political rights of its constituents, since that officer is elected to embody their political will