The dismissal disciplinary action as a consequence of a serious infraction to the principle of administrative probity in the jurisprudence of Contraloría General de la República

Abstract

The following paper aims to determine the way that jurisprudence of Contraloría General de la República resolves when applying the article number 125 of the Administrative Regulation. This is referred to the application of the dismissal disciplinary action as a consequence of a serious infraction to the principle of administrative probity. What conducts can be qualified as an offence to the principle of administrative probity? When does the principle of administrative probity infraction become serious? What is the consequence of the principle of administrative probity infraction? The study of the Contraloría General de la República resolutions was the main methodology to answer the above questions in the light of the "Carrera Funcionaria" principle established in the article of the thirty eight, first section of the Chilean Constitution.