1. It is incumbent upon the Supreme Court of Justice, on legal and
constitutional matters:
a) To review and declare the unconstitutionality and illegality of normative
and legislative acts by the organs of the State;
b) To provide an anticipatory verification of the legality and
constitutionality of the statutes and referenda;
c) To verify cases of unconstitutionality by omission;
d) To rule, as a venue of appeal, on the suppression of norms considered
unconstitutional by the courts of instance;
e) To verify the legality regarding the establishment of political parties
and their coalitions and order their registration or dissolution, in accordance
with the Constitution and the law;
f) To exercise all other competencies provided for by the Constitution or
the law.
2. It is incumbent upon the Supreme Court of Justice, in the specific field
of elections:
a) To verify the legal requirements for candidates for the office of
President of the Republic;
b) To certify at last instance the regularity and validity of the acts of
the electoral process, in accordance with the respective law;
c) To validate and proclaim the results of the electoral process.
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