El consejo de estado y la declaración de estado de sitio en la constitucion de 1833 (1833 -1837)

Abstract

The institution called State Council, stipulated in the 1823 Constitution but omitted in that of 1828, reappeared in the 1833 Constitution and remained there until the 1925 reform. Under the 1833 Constitution regime, two stages in the makeup of the State Council can be considered: from the enactment of that political charter until its 1874 reform, and from that moment on until 1925, when the entity’s activities were discontinued. In this article, the statute of the State Council during those two periods and, in particular, two fundamental issues are explored: on the one hand, the relationship between the State Council and the President of the Republic and, on the other, the intervention of the State Council in the declaration of state of siege and bestowal of extraordinary powers. In reference to the above, several instances of the exercise of these powers during President Prieto’s government are examined.