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Colombia's Council of State Provisionally Suspends Petro's Decree on Popular Consultation for His Social Reforms.

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By Fernando Ramos and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Colombia's Council of State, the country's highest court for administrative disputes, ruled Wednesday to provisionally suspend President Gustavo Petro's decree seeking to call for a referendum on his social reforms. The Council ruled that Petro's decree contradicts the law that establishes that calls for referendums must first be approved by the Senate, according to the resolution released to…

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The president of Colombia said he feels "unrespected" and will intervene "law remedies" for the suspension of the popular consultation.

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By Fernando Ramos and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Colombia's Council of State, the country's highest court for administrative disputes, ruled Wednesday to provisionally suspend President Gustavo Petro's decree seeking to call for a referendum on his social reforms. The Council ruled that Petro's decree contradicts the law that establishes that calls for referendums must first be approved by the Senate, according to the resolution released to…

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Of confidence of the minister Montealegre and Petro, lawyer Yefferson Dueñas, who drafted the decree that is under review in the Court, lands in the Government The article Petro reinforces obsession with the Popular Consultation by appointing another defender in the Vice-Ministry of Justice was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co

Bogotá, 19 Jun (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Gustavo Petro said today that, despite not sharing it, he will abide by the decision of the Fifth Section of the Council of State to temporarily suspend the application of the decree signed by him to conduct the popular consultation in Colombia. The post President of Colombia will abide by a ruling that suspends popular consultation first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

President Petro abides by the decision of the Council of State on Popular Consultation Agency Period... Thu, 19/06/2025 - 14:45 "I accept that decision, but I do not share it," said President Petro.

The head of state said he asked section five that the Constitutional Court be the natural judge to study the constitutionality of the decree.

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