Abstract
The Chilean Supreme Court authority to decide the conflicts of power between the Executive branch and first instance tribunals, was given to the Constitutional Court by the 2005 constitutional amendment. In spite of the new constitutional clause, the Congress has not adapted the final paragraph of article 191 of the Tribunal’s Code, which regulates the issue. Therefore, the statutory provision is now incompatible with the new constitutional regulation. However, the Supreme Court has applied that legal provision, despite of its lack of constitutional validity. Thus, according to the Supreme Court, the conflicts of power cannot be solved by the Constitutional Court and, also, the final paragraph of article 191 of the Tribunal’s Code cannot be subject to judicial review.
References
Historia de la Ley de Reforma Constitucional N° 20.050, que modifica la composición y atribuciones del Congreso Nacional, la aprobación de los tratados internacionales, la integración y funciones del Tribunal Constitucional y otras materias que indica, 2005.
Ley N° 16.752, que fija organización y funciones y establece disposiciones generales a la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, 1968.
TC, sentencias roles 472, 702, 703, 704, 705, y 991
Corte Suprema, (2010), rol 1018-09