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In accordance with the normative guidelines that establish the objectives of the civil service with regard to discipline, its difficulties in their application and efficacity concerning the internal control of the Comptroller General of the Republic appear worrying, suggesting that the objectives of the State are not being fulfilled as required by the 1991 Constitution. Specifically, Article 2 in the Colombian Political Charter addresses the State objectives, and Article 267 ibidem indicates what constitutes the functions and importance of the Comptroller General of the Republic, while Law 734 of 2002 repealed by Law 1952 of 2019 and modified by Law 2094 of 2021 all deal with the regime and internal disciplinary control of state entities. In this light, it is important to study how the Comptroller General of the Republic conducts internal discipline to determine whether it abides by the guidelines established in the Constitution and the aforementioned laws, as well as determine the purpose of the investigations, starting with the investigative phase through to the final decision. This research paper aims to investigate the objectives of the civil service in this disciplinary area, analyze the application and efficacy of the internal control of state entities, and determine the context of application and efficacy regarding the internal control of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the time of the emancipation of American colonies from the Spanish Crown, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was necessary to replace the colonial legal regime with a constitutional regime in accordance with the needs of the new Republic of Colombia and the interests of the triumphant creole aristocracy. Disciplinary law was no exception. Therefore, it is noted that some fundamentals of the disciplinary regime of public officials and state organizations responsible for advancing the investigations appear in each Constitution issued throughout the nineteenth century. It is also possible to observe a lack of clear procedures and guarantees of due process for the defendant in the legal regime of those investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]