Mutaciones del presidencialismo la transformación del poder presidencial en Colombia (1974-2018)

Abstract

The ability of presidential systems to mutate and resist constitutional reforms that reduce the concentration of executive powers has gone unnoticed in the discussion about the performance of these forms of government. Through a description of the constitutional reforms approved in Colombia between 1974 and 2018, this research shows how the executive manages to adapt to these changes to continue occupying a preponderant position that allows him to make the most important political decisions, invading and nullifying the competences and counterweights exercised by the other institutions. The analysis of this phenomenon can help explain why it has not been possible to displace the Colombian system from a “hyper-presidentialism” towards a moderate form of presidentialism.