US EditionThe Argument of “the People” and the Path of Institutional Challenge
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8 Articles
So serious is the course of institutional challenge undertaken by President Petro that the national discussion of recent days is none other than if the decisions of the government to ignore the mandate of Congress constitute a coup d'état. The alternative that in 2022 promised to be institutionalist and respectful of the Constitution has returned the country to discussions that for decades seemed to be overtaken.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced this Friday that a judge considered the existence of fraud in the voting process of the popular consultation and ordered Congress to repeat the vote within the next 48 hours. READ ALSO: President of Colombia states that he will convene by decree the popular consultation «I must inform the country, through the media, that a judge has just protected our right to popular consultation. He determine…
The dispute between the government of Gustavo Petro and a considerable part of Congress has intensified more than usual, following the process of popular consultation. The country experiences a political tension that involves legal and political disputes arising from President Petro’s determination to convene a popular consultation on labor reform by means of a decree. Although the Senate rejected the proposal in the middle of May, Petro announc…
In a country where the press constantly criticizes the president, the marches crowd and Congress debate their reforms thoroughly, is it credible to speak of dictatorship? The article Dictator? Colombia laughs at this tale of terror was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
President Gustavo Petro announced that he will decree the popular consultation, despite the fact that the Senate did not approve it, claiming that there was no valid decision in the Senate due to alleged irregularities during the vote. This announcement opened a strong legal and political controversy and shows an unprecedented clash between the government and Congress. The Empty Chair consulted experts on the basis of the government's arguments,…
President Gustavo Petro during the ceremony of promotion to lieutenants of the National Army. Photo: Presidency of the Republic. President Gustavo Petro assured that the Senate of the Republic must repeat the vote of the popular consultation within the next 48 hours after a judge determined that there was fraud in the process. Recommended: President of the Senate ratifies that popular consultation was not approved and warns institutional threat …
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