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The Public Ministry of Venezuela is an organ belonging to Citizen Power, have an autonomous and independent character. It is under the direction of the Prosecutor General of the Republic who is elected by the National Assembly for a period of seven years.
Contents
Article 285 of the Constitution of Venezuela provides that the Attorney General has the function:
History
According to the historical review of the Public Ministry, the colonial times the role of Attorney General was exercised by an officer appointed by the Monarchy of Spain, whose task was focused on ensuring the Spanish law enforcement in Captaincy General of Venezuela.
After being developed independence processes that gave rise to the Venezuelan nation, in 1819, under the origin of the republic, was when the figure of Procurator General was established, who was in charge of ensuring compliance with and implementation of the legal order. In 1830, the Constitution of the Gran Colombia, consecrate the Public Ministry as a dependent agency of the Executive Branch, in the figure of the Procurator General of the Republic. It was not until 1901 when the Constitution of the United States of Venezuela the Public Ministry is established, by the Procurator General of the Nation, differentiating their functions corresponding to Judicial Power.
In 1935, Isaías Medina Angarita enacted the Organic Public Ministry Law, designating for its direction the General Procurator. In 1948, the National Congress reformed legal arrangement and appointed as Fiscal General Fernando Álvarez Manosalva. In 1953, with the arrival of the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez in power, they are assigned the functions of the Public Ministry to Procuratorate again. However, after the overthrow of Perez, in 1961 the Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela would establish the Public Ministry as an autonomous and independent institution of the other powers, under Prosecutor General Republic.
In the Fifth Republic, with the entry into force of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Constitution) Citizen Power is created, which is exercised by organ Republican Moral Council, composed of the Fiscal General of the Republic, the Ombudsman and the Comptroller General of the Republic, and at the same time, autonomy is established.
Mission and Vision
Mission:
“Acting on behalf of the public interest by ensuring compliance with the law by exercising constitutional and legal powers towards a democratic, effective and timely response to the community, that tends to the preservation of the rule of law and justice.”
Vision:
“Be an accessible, impartial and reliable guarantor institution of legality, characterized by the fulfillment of its powers and immersed in social dynamics in strict accordance with the preeminence of human rights.”
Himno del Ministerio Público
Letter: Nery Carballo
Music: Michel Eustache