RESUMENDesde hace mas de un siglo Colombia ha tenido una inestabilidad constitucional. Ello se puede palpar –por asi decirlo– en las ocho grandes reformas que tuvo la centenaria constitucion de 1886 del presidente Nunez. Y no se habla de inestabilidad constitucional, a pesar de los tantos hechos violentos que la estremecieron, incluido un golpe de estado, ni porque se haya visto amenazado el establecimiento, sino porque la constitucion sufre de manera constante enmiendas, que cambian su rumbo y le hacen perder la esencia. En este orden de ideas, nacio la constitucion de 1991, frente a la cual cabe preguntar ?existe una verdadera democracia participativa en nuestro pais, que permita que la gente del comun participe en la toma de sus propias decisiones?Palabras claveColombia, Democracia participativa, Desarrollo, Historia, Asamblea Nacional.ABSTRACTColombia has had a constitutional instability for more than a century. This is palpable –so to speak– in the eight major reforms that had the 1886 constitution centennial of president Nunez. And we do not talk about constitutional instability, despite the many violent events that shooked, including a coup d’etat, nor because they have been threatened the establishment, but because the constitution constantly suffers amendments, which change their direction and they lose the essence. In this vein, the 1991 constitution was born, against which we must ask is there a true participatory democracy in our country, which allow ordinary people participate in making their own decisions?KeywordsColombia, Participatory democracy, Development, History, National Assembly.