Abstract

MELGAR ADALID, Mario. La protesta del presidente de la República: ¿Rito o requisito constitucional?. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2008, n.18, pp.91-106. ISSN 1405-9193.

The Constitutional Oath of Office is one of the protocol practices that formalizes the contents of the Constitution. To swear, protest or promise to abide by the Constitution means to highly value the commitment to execute a function that is already regulated by the Constitution and the law. In the case of the President of the Mexican Republic, a figure empowered to perform matters of the utmost importance, taking the oath of office is strictly a matter of protocol and formality. Not until December of 2006, when Felipe Calderon took office, did any one ever consider that extraordinary circumstances could prevent the act of the Constitutional Oath of Office from taking place. It was then that Mexican society and the legislative body realized the need to analyze the content and scope of the provisions that rule the oath of office and specify when it has to take place, under what conditions, and at what moment the president of the Mexican Republic should as sume the office to which he was elected.

Keywords : Constitutional protest; constitution; protocol; politic.