One optimistic expression that hides one of the most recurrent political phenomena in Colombian history was uttered by constitutionalist lawyer Diego Uribe Vargas: eternal “loyalty to the law and respect for juridical norms”, reinforced by the idea of affection for democracy and its institutions. This situation contrasts dramatically with the political and partisan crises and the perennial constitutional and legal changes, which allows for an approximation to the so–called authoritarian use of the law as a consequence of the predominance of politics over the law; of the personality of whoever represents an institution and the will of whoever rules,