Colombia's Labor Reform Referendum Withdrawn
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Colombia's Labor Reform Referendum Withdrawn
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the withdrawal of a labor reform referendum after the Senate passed a modified version of the reforms. The referendum was initially set to secure voter approval for the changes. Each measure would have needed approval from at least 13.5 million voters.


Colombia government to withdraw call for labour referendum after lawmakers back reform
A referendum to seek voter approval for a raft of labor reforms in Colombia will be withdrawn after the Senate approved a modified and much-debated version of the changes, leftist President Gustavo Petro said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The two legislative chambers were summoned this Friday, the last day of the current legislature, to study the conciliation report. In the Senate plenary the labor reform bill was approved with 59 votes for Yes versus 16 for No, while in the House of Representatives the vote was 126 for [...] The Congress ticket approved labor reform; now it passes to presidential sanction and will be Republic Law appears first in Living in El Poblado.
It closed the third legislative year and the balance sheet for the government between July 20, 2024 and June 20, 2025 is high and low. It took forward the labor reform, got on the bus of the reform of the General System of Participations, GSP; and influenced the elections of prosecutor, defender of the people and two judges of the Constitutional Court. In contrast, the Senate denied twice the idea of popular consultation, the budget of 2025 and …
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