Political Constitution of Colombia (1991)

The General Prosecutor of the Nation shall exercise the following functions directly:

Discharge from office, following a hearing and on the basis of justified reasons, any public officials who are guilty of any of the following deficiencies: violating the Constitution or the laws in an obvious manner; deriving obvious and profitable material advantage from the exercise of their duties or functions; impeding in serious manner investigations carried out by the Office of the Public Prosecutor or by an administrative or juridical authority; performing with obvious carelessness the investigation and sanctioning of the disciplinary deficiencies of employees under their authority or in the denunciation of punishable occurrences that they have cognizance of by virtue of exercising their office.

Issue proposals in the disciplinary processes pressed against officials subject to special statutes.

Present government bills relating to matters under his/her jurisdiction.

Exhort Congress to pass laws that insure the promotion, exercise, and protection of human rights and demand their execution from the competent authorities.

Make proposals concerning the processes of constitutional control.

Appoint and remove, in accordance with an Act, officials and employees under his/her jurisdiction.