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The draft has already been approved by the Deputies and should be discussed in August; will not materialize for the next elections
The Senate will debate in the first half of August the Charter of Rights and Obligations inherent in citizenship, as confirmed by Charles Carrera, president of the Committee on the Constitution and Legislation.
"This project was discussed Tuesday in committee and the idea is to discuss it in the Senate during the first sessions of August.This is a project that has been approved halfway by the deputies in December ", added Carrera
. This is a draft interpretation of Articles 77 (paragraph 1) and 81 of the Constitution of the Republic, which argue that by residing abroad, individuals do not lose their civil rights.
"Every citizen is a member of the sovereignty of the Nation, and as such he is an elector and eligible in the cases and forms to be designated", says Article 77, while 81 is even more
"Nationality is not lost even by naturalizing in another country,
quite simply, to recover the exercise of the rights of citizenship
to come to the Republic and register in the civic register
Legal citizenship is lost by any other form of naturalization
", reads in the above article.
" This bill interprets that the rights are not lost despite residency abroad, something that is consistent with international treaties supported by Uruguay.The project also provides for the creation of a labor commission chaired by the National institution for human rights and the bure the mediator (INDDHH) and integrated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs, the Electoral Tribunal and all members of the political system with parliamentary representation.
This commission will have 120 days to prepare reports and a possible bill to obtain the vote of Uruguayans residing abroad.
However, this will not be possible before the next election. "For these elections, the Uruguayan vote abroad will not be finalized, it does not change the regulations or the list of electors for the next elections, but it is a first step to recognize the civil rights of Uruguayans. living abroad ". Race
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