The Role of Investigative Committees in the Presidential Impeachment Processes in Brazil and Colombia

Bibliographic Data

ID6300890
AuthorsNaoko Kada (International Community Foundation, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume28
Issue1
Pages29-54
Publication date2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLegislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3162/036298003x200791
OpenAlexW2091794059
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

One of the most important political debates today regards how to design institutions to ensure the accountability of public officials. The impeachment process is one mechanism of accountability check available to legislatures. It is, however, susceptible to misuse. What determines how the impeachment process functions? In this paper, I argue that control of information by congressional investigation committees is a crucial factor in deciding the outcome of the impeachment process. I show how the difference in information control by the investigative committees in Brazil and Colombia contributed to the removal of a president in one country and a president's acquittal in the other

Accountability · Acquittal · Control (management · Economics · Impeachment · Legislative process · Legislature · Management · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Process (computing · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration

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