Colombian government reveals questions it plans to pose to voters in referendum on labor reform

Colombian Government Reveals Questions It Plans to Pose to Voters in Referendum on Labour Reform

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Colombia's government Tuesday published the contents of a proposed referendum on reform of the nation's labour laws, that seeks to give employees greater access to health benefits and overtime pay. World News | Colombian Government Reveals Questions It Plans to Pose to Voters in Referendum on Labour Reform.

Colombian government reveals questions it plans to pose to voters in referendum on labor reform

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government Tuesday published the contents of a proposed referendum on reform of the nation’s labor laws, that seeks to give employees greater access to health benefits and overtime pay. If approved, however, it could make…

The government of Gustavo Petro has shared on Tuesday the 12 questions that will be presented to the Senate as a popular consultation. The president announced this Monday night that the next May 1st will draw the sword of Simón Bolívar before the people, just before formally establishing the initiative with which he seeks to reflect his labor reform proposal, and that Congress has rejected. If the Senate gives its endorsement to the consultation…

On April 22, Interior Ministers, Armando Benedetti, and Labor Ministers, Antonio Sanguino revealed the 12 questions that will be part of the popular consultation promoted by President Gustavo Petro to reprocess the labor reform that was filed in the Seventh Senate Commission more than a month ago. [...] The government ticket revealed the questions for the popular consultation regarding labor reform aparece primero en Vivir en El Poblado.

This Tuesday, the questions for the referendum with which the government intends to define the future of its social reforms, including labor reform, will be presented. President Gustavo Petro confirmed this in a presidential address this Monday from the Casa de Nariño (Narino Palace). In this regard, the president explained that on May 1st, he will personally present the text to the Senate. "On May 1st, I will go to the Congress of the Republic …

On May 1, the questions of the popular consultation before Congress would be settled. Images: Presidency and Valora Analitik The Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedetti, together with the Minister of Labor, Antonio Sanguino, confirmed the questions that will be asked to the Colombians of the popular consultation of the government of Gustavo Petro. They will be in total 12 topics that will be addressed and that include points of the labor ref…