Electoral and constitutional competence

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.