Constitution Milestones

In Dominican constitutional history, there are some aspects that have become keys to the structure of our political regime, and a consensus, to some degree, has been established around them for the maintenance of our Constitution. Among them are:

• The reaffirmation of the bicameral system.
  
• The suppression of ministerial endorsement of the President of the Republic’s acts;
  
• The establishment of direct suffrage for the political tribunals;
  
• Suppression of the death penalty;
  
• Extension of women’s political rights;
  
• The establishment of the expropriation of private property for ends of public use and social interest;
  
• The principle of dual citizenship;
  
• Life time tenure of judges;
  
• The separation of presidential and congressional and municipal elections;
  
• Administrative and financial independence of the Judicial Power.

Political Constitution of the Dominican Republic of 2002 (PDF Format)