US EditionPetro's Referendum Is on Hold: the Registrar Awaits a Ruling From the Council of State.
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EMEA Tribune, Breaking News, World News, Latest News, Top HeadlinesPetro’s labour reform referendum suspended by Colombia’s Council of State
President Gustavo Petro has sought to call a referendum, in a move opposition say violates the constitution.
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The referendum promoted by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, allowing citizens to express their opinion on his social reforms, has been put on hold after National Registrar Hernán Penagos said he will not call it until the…
The registrar Hernán Penagos, who organizes all the elections in Colombia, has put in pause the most important political initiative for President Gustavo Petro. Last Friday he received the decree signed by the head of state and his ministers to convene a popular consultation on August 7, in which Colombians would vote a dozen questions on labor and health issues. But it is a very controversial decision. The decree was immediately demanded by cri…
The national registrar Hernán Penagos endorsed on Wednesday the decision of the Council of State to suspend the government decree calling for popular consultation, ensuring that the court “acts with a lot of legal meaning.” “What the Council of State is doing is to act with a lot of legal meaning, because there was certainly a controversy that required a very clear legal position,” Penagos declared after the precautionary measure was known. The …
Registrar Penagos says the way now is to expect a final judgment from the high court.
The Colombian Council of State, the highest court of the country’s administrative litigation, suspended on Wednesday the controversial decree by which President Gustavo Petro convened a popular consultation on his labor reform, despite the previous rejection of the Senate. According to EFE sources of the high court, the decision responds to an emergency precautionary measure presented by 12 senators, including the president of the Upper House, E…
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