Judge Carlos Camargo Will Assume the Review of the State of Economic Emergency
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The Constitutional Court has accelerated its review of the Economic Emergency decree, through which the government seeks to secure 11 trillion pesos for the 2026 budget. The Court ordered the immediate commencement of technical and legal examinations, including summoning a dozen former finance ministers and economic experts to assess the rigor and necessity of the exceptional measure. Justice Carlos Camargo Assis, in a ruling dated January 14, 2…
Judge Carlos Camargo ordered evidence and technical concepts to review the constitutionality of the emergency decree
The Full Chamber of the Constitutional Court selected Judge Carlos Camargo Assis on Tuesday to lead the constitutional study of Decree 1390 of December 22, 2025, by which the Government of President Gustavo Petro declared the state of economic and social emergency in the national territory. The decision was taken as soon as the judicial leave was lifted, opening the way for a detailed review of a measure that has generated political and legal de…
Review of the Court will be important in establishing whether the Government met the constitutional requirements for declaring the emergency
By drawing lots, the Constitutional Court assigned Carlos Camargo to review the declaration of economic emergency of the government of Gustavo Petro. Judge Juan Carlos Cortés will take care of one of the decrees of the same subject in the high court. What is at stake? That the Court decide whether to maintain or overthrow the economic emergency decree. If it annuls it, not only would the tax measures fall, but it could also be ordered to return …
Judge Carlos Camargo will be rapporteur in the study of the Economic Emergency Decree Agency Period... Mar, 13/01/2026 - 11:54 You will have to define if the provisional suspension of the measure is appropriate while a decision of substance is taken.
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