Abstract

MOCOROA, Juan M.. The impeachment as "public health measure". Cuest. Const. [online]. 2014, n.30, pp.123-149. ISSN 1405-9193.

In this paper I analyze a specific institution of constitutionalism; the impeachment. Analyze it involves, in some sense, to refer to the relationship between ethics and politics. The link between both cannot lose sight since citizens can do on their president, political judgments, moral judgments or legal judgments. This paper proposes that only the former -i.e., political judgments- may have institutional implications. In particular, as an outstanding feature of impeachment are segregate consequences. It also emphasizes that to make these political judgments should be considered as correctness criteria republican civic virtues. This has important implications when analyzing how to implement the political responsibility in a presidential system. In particular, requires legislators responsible for conducting the impeachment effectuate the responsibility of public health measures for violations of the Constitution by the President.

Keywords : Political responsibility; ethics; policy; civic virtue; republicanism; political system; presidentialism.