US EditionGustavo Petro Seeks to Impose Referendum by Decree in Colombia
- On Tuesday night, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced his intention to issue an executive decree initiating a national referendum amid ongoing legislative deadlock.
- Petro's announcement followed the Senate's May 14 rejection of his key labor reform bill, which aimed to improve working conditions but faced strong opposition.
- The referendum will be based on 12 points from the original reform document, including healthcare and pension reforms, and seeks to revive Petro's stalled agenda.
- Opposition parties denounced Petro's actions as a 'coup d'état' and cautioned that they undermine constitutional norms, while Petro insisted that political authority ultimately belongs to the people.
- The Constitutional Court's forthcoming ruling on the legality of Petro's decree is critical and may shape Colombia's democratic future and balance of powers.
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Yes, it is undeniable, after almost 100 years of the Revolution in March of Alfonso López Pumarejo, Gustavo Petro became the first man to get the democratic left to come to power. It is also undeniable that he came representing, on the one hand, countless dreams and illusions of millions of Colombians who do not see the possibility that their generation can change the sad and miserable life that Colombia offers them, but he also came to power be…
Bogotá (EFE).- The president of the Congress of Colombia, Efraín Cepeda, warned the United Nations Office for Human Rights about a "rupture of the constitutional order" in the country, after the announcement of the president, Gustavo Petro, to call by decree a popular consultation on his reforms, a proposal that rejected the Congress earlier. To ... Read more
Almost three years after coming to the presidency of Colombia, Gustavo Petro continues to appeal to a discourse of confrontation and victimism that contrasts with the role of head of state that he sought so much for decades. In his most recent public intervention, during an act of recognition of international responsibility and apologies to the ... The post “I am a prisoner”: Gustavo Petro insists on his narrative of confrontation with the elite…
Senator Efraín Cepeda announced that he filed a formal complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee, denouncing what he considers to be a “democratic rupture” in Colombia and threats against the separation of powers. The international complaint is based on a series of threats that, according to Cepeda, culminate in the presidential proposal to sign a popular consultation that was rejected in the Senate of the Republic. The legislator…
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that she will carry out the creation of a special group with Colombia to address the issue of security between the two countries. During the morning press conference, the Mexican president confirmed that the Los Reyes cartel is hiring mercenaries from that country to attack in national territory. Faced with this situation, she will work together with the government of Gustavo Petro to address…
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