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political and territorial organization of spain

The text outlines the constitutional principles governing the autonomy of municipalities, emphasizing their full legal entity status and the structure of their government and administration.

political and territorial organization of spain

PROVINCIAL. MUNICIPAL LEVEL

AUDIENCIAS PROVINCIALES

JUZGADOS DE ZAMORA

AYUNTAMIENTO DE ZAMORA

CONCEJALIAS

ALCALDE. F. GUARIDO

AYUNTAMIENTO


Section 140

The Constitution guarantees the autonomy

of municipalities. These shall enjoy full legal

entity. Their government and administration

shall be vested in their Town Councils, consisting

of Mayors and councillors. Councillors

shall be elected by residents of the municipality

by universal, equal, free, direct and secret

suffrage, in the manner provided for by the

law. The Mayors shall be elected by the councillors

or by the residents. The law shall lay

down the terms under which an open council

of all residents may proceed.



DIPUTACIONES PROVINCIALES

SEDE PROVINCIAL

PRESIDENTA. Mª TERESA MARTÍN

REGIONAL AUTONOMIC LEVEL. ESTATUTO DE AUTONOMIA

TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN

FUNCIONES

Justice emanates from the people and

is administered on behalf of the King by judges

and magistrates members of the Judicial Power

who shall be independent, shall have fixity

of tenure, shall be accountable for their acts

and subject only to the rule of law.

2. Judges and magistrates may only be

dismissed, suspended, transferred or retired

on the grounds and subject to the safeguards

provided for by the law.

3. The exercise of judicial authority in any

kind of action, both in ruling and having judgments

executed, is vested exclusively in the

courts and tribunals laid down by the law, in

accordance with the rules of jurisdiction and

procedure which may be established therein.

4. Judges and courts shall not exercise

any powers other than those indicated in the

foregoing subsection and those which are expressly

allocated to them by law as a guarantee

of any right.

5. The principle of jurisdictional unity is the

basis of the organization and operation of the

courts. The law shall make provision for the

exercise of military jurisdiction strictly within

military framework and in cases of state of siege

(martial law), in accordance with the principles

of the Constitution.

6. Courts of exception are prohibited.

PRESIDENTE

JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN

CONSEJERIAS

PRESIDENTE. J. V. HERRERA

CORTES DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN

PRESIDENTA  . SILVIA CLEMENTE

Subtema

Section 148

1. The Self-governing Communities may

assume competences over the following matters:

1. Organization of their institutions of selfgovernment.

2. Changes in municipal boundaries within

their territory and, in general, functions appertaining

to the State Administration regarding

local Corporations, whose transfer may be

authorised by legislation on local governement.

3. Town and country planning and housing.

4. Public works of interest to the Self-governing

Community, within its own territory.

5. Railways and roads whose routes lie

exclusively within the territory of the Self-

governing Community and transport by the

above means or by cable fulfilling the same

conditions.

6. Ports of haven, recreational ports and airports

and, in general, those which are not engaged

in commercial activities.

7. Agriculture and livestock raising, in accordance

with general economic planning.

8. Woodlands and forestry.

9. Management of environmental protection.

10. Planning, construction and exploitation

of hydraulic projects, canals and irrigation of

interest to the Self-governing Community; mineral

and thermal waters.

11. Inland water fishing, shellfish industry

and fishfarming, hunting and river fishing.

12. Local fairs.

13. Promotion of economic development of

the Self-governing Community within the objectives

set by national economic policy.

14. Handicrafts.

15. Museums, libraries and music conservatories

of interest to the Self-governing Community.

16. The Self-governing Community’s monuments

of interest.

17. The promotion of culture and research

and, where applicable, the teaching of the

Self-governing Community’s language.

18. The promotion and planning of tourism

within its territorial area.

19. The promotion of sports and the proper

use of leisure.

20. Social assistance.

21. Health and hygiene.

22. The supervision and protection of its

buildings and installations. Coordination and

other powers relating to local police forces under

the terms to be laid down by an organic

act.


NATIONAL LEVEL

MOTION OF CONFIDENCE

ART.114

Section 114

1. If the Congress withholds its confidence

from the Government, the latter shall submit its

resignation to the King, whereafter the President

of the Government shall be nominated in

accordance with the provisions of section 99.

2. If the Congress adopts a motion of censure,

the Government shall submit its resignation

to the King, and the candidate proposed in

the motion of censure shall be deemed to have

the confidence of the House for the purposes

provided in section 99. The King shall appoint

him or her President of the Government.


HEAD OF THE STATE - KING PHILLIP VI

Section 56


JUDICIAL POWER (Interpret and apply the laws)

PART IX

The Constitutional Court

Section 159


Section 160

The President of the Constitutional Court shall be appointed by the King among its members, on the proposal of the full Court itself, for a term of three years.


Section 161

The Constitutional Court has jurisdiction over the whole Spanish territory and is entitled to hear:


The Government may appeal to the Constitutional Court against provisions and resolutions adopted by the bodies of the Self-governing Communities, which shall bring about the suspension of the contested provisions or resolutions, but the Court must either ratify or lift the suspension, as the case may be, within a period of not more than five months.

TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL

The Organic Act of the Judicial Power

shall make provision for the setting up, operation

and internal administration of courts and

tribunals as well as for the legal status of professional

judges and magistrates, who shall

form a single body, and of the staff serving in

the administration of justice.

2. The General Council of the Judicial Power

is its governing body. An organic act shall

lay down its status and the system of incompatibilities

applicable to its members and their

functions, especially in connection with appointments,

promotions, inspection and the

disciplinary system.

3. The General Council of the Judicial Power

shall consist of the President of the Supreme

Court, who shall preside it, and of twenty

members appointed by the King for a five-year

period, of which twelve shall be judges and magistrates

of all judicial categories, under the

terms provided for by the organic act; four nominated

by the Congress and four by the Senate,

elected in both cases by three-fifths of

their members amongst lawyers and other jurists

of acknowledged competence with more

than fifteen years of professional practice.

PRESIDENTE. J.J GONZÁLEZ RIVAS
TRIBUNAL SUPLREMO

Section 123

1. The Supreme Court, with jurisdiction

over the whole of Spain, is the highest judicial

body in all branches of justice, except with regard

to provisions concerning constitutional

guarantees.

2. The President of the Supreme Court

shall be appointed by the King, on the General

Council of the Judicial Powers’ proposal in the

manner to be laid down by the law.

Section 124

1. The Office of Public Prosecutor, without

prejudice to functions entrusted to other bodies,

has the task of promoting the operation of justice

in the defence of the rule of law, of citizens’

rights and of the public interest as safeguarded

by the law, whether ex officio or at the request of

interested parties, as well as that of protecting

the independence of the courts and securing

before them the satisfaction of social interest.

2. The Office of Public Prosecutor shall

discharge its duties through its own bodies in

accordance with the principles of unity of operation

and hierarchical subordination, subject

in all cases to the principles of the rule of law

and of impartiality.

3. The organic statute of the Office of the

Public Prosecutor shall be laid down by law.

4. The State’s Public Prosecutor shall be

appointed by the King on the Government’s

proposal after consultation with the General

Council of the Judicial Power.


PRESIDENTE. CARLOS LESMES

EXECUTIVE POWER (Implement laws and governs the state)

www.lamoncloa.gob.es/

GOVERMENT
PRESIDENT (PEDRO SÁNHEZ)

MINISTERS

( EX-PRESIDENT M.RAJOY)

EX-MINISTERS

LEGISLATIVE POWER ( Creates legislation)

CORTES GENERALES

www.congreso.es/consti/constitucion/indice/titulos/articulos.jsp?ini=66&fin=96

SENADO

Section 69

1. The Senate is the House of territorial representation.

2. In each province, four Senators shall be

elected by the voters thereof by universal,

free, equal, direct and secret suffrage, under

the terms to be laid down by an organic act.

3. In the insular provinces, each island or

group of islands with a Cabildo or insular

Council shall be a constituency for the purpose

of electing Senators; there shall be three

Senators for each of the major islands —Gran

Canaria, Mallorca and Tenerife— and one for

each of the following islands or groups of islands:

Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Fuerteventura,

Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma.

4. The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall

elect two Senators each.

5. The Self-governing Communities shall,

in addition, appoint one Senator and a further

Senator for every million inhabitants in their

respective territories. The appointment shall

be incumbent upon the Legislative Assembly

or, in default thereof, upon the Self-governing

Community’s highest corporate body as provided

for by its Statute which shall, in any case,

guarantee adequate proportional representation.

6. The Senate is elected for four years.

The Senators’ term of office shall end four years

after their election or on the day on which

the House is dissolved.

PÍO GARCÍA- ESCUDERO

CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS

Section 66

1. The Cortes Generales represent the

Spanish people and shall consist of the Congress

and the Senate.

2. The Cortes Generales exercise the legislative

power of the State and adopt its Budget,

control the action of the Government and

have the other competences assigned by the

Constitution.

3. The Cortes Generales are inviolable.

Section 67

1. No one may be a member of both Houses

simultaneously, or be a representative in

the Assembly of a Self-governing Community

and a Member of Congress at the same time.

2. Members of the Cortes Generales shall

not be bound by any compulsory mandate.

3. Meetings of members of Parliament

which are held without having been called in

the statutory manner, shall not be binding on

the Houses, and members may not exercise

their functions nor enjoy their privileges.

Section 68

1. The Congress shall consist of a minimum

of three hundred and a maximum of four

hundred Members, elected by universal, free,

equal, direct and secret suffrage, under the

terms to be laid down by the law.

2. The electoral constituency is the province.

The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall be represented

by one Member each. The total

number of Members shall be distributed in accordance

with the law, each constituency

being allotted a minimum initial representation

and the remainder being distributed in proportion

to the population.

3. The election in each constituency shall

be conducted on the basis of proportional representation.

4. The Congress is elected for four years.

The term of office of Members thereof ends

four years after their election or on the day on

which the Congress is dissolved.

5. All Spaniards entitled to the full exercise

of their political rights shall be electors and

may be elected.

The law shall recognise and the State

shall facilitate the exercise of the right of

vote by Spaniards who are outside Spanish

territory.

6. Elections shall take place between thirty

and sixty days after the end of the previous

term of office. The Congress so elected must

be convened within twenty-five days following

the holding of elections.

ANA MATO