La Constitución no duerme
En el control constitucional no pueden existir baches, paréntesis ni períodos sin supervisión efectiva, porque cualquier lapsus temporal se convierte en un estímulo peligroso para desconocer derechos fundamentales, consolidar violaciones irreparables o imponer medidas que alteren el orden jurídico sin el debido escrutinio. Esos vacíos incentivan abusos, permiten que hechos consumados se impongan y erosionan la confianza de la ciudadanía en el Estado de derecho.
TL;DR
- Constitutional oversight must be effective and continuous to prevent abuses and violations of fundamental rights.
- Judicial recesses create temporal gaps in oversight, potentially leading to irreparable harm and erosion of trust in the rule of law.
- The action of tutela is a constitutionally mandated mechanism to protect fundamental rights during judicial vacancies.
- A recent emergency decree illustrates the risks of immediate execution of measures without due scrutiny during a judicial recess.
- The tutela acts as a temporary and subsidiary tool to prevent violations from becoming faits accomplis while awaiting definitive rulings.
- The article criticizes the government's use of exceptional powers and its inscription of a committee for a National Constituent Assembly.