Although the Departmental Assemblies have been stable for more than a hundred years in the Colombian legal system, these institutions have undergone an obvious omission on the part of public opinion, the jurisprudence and doctrine specialist, which merely reflects the low importance of these corporations are in the legal and political developments. However, this regrettable situation is not due solely to the errors inherent to the bad political habits that have been beaten so heavily the regions, and certainly have justified in large part the continuing attacks that have been directed for some time against the Assemblies. They, in turn, are victims of a territorial system known by the vagueness and lack of practical and legislative development, which has ended to delegitimize the figure of the department. In any case, the democratic principles of popular representation and the separation of powers (check and balances) demand popular elected corporation in the territorial entities that are able to channel the views and mindset of its inhabitants, looking for greater citizen engagement in local affairs. It is therefore necessary to strengthen the Assembly and give them a place in the arena of local reality. And although in recent years there have been very successful steps in this direction, much remains to be done, particularly with regard to the important task of providing the department an appropriate regulatory framework.