US EditionColombia's Council of State Blocks Petro's Labor Reform Referendum
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Colombia's Council of State Blocks Petro's Labor Reform Referendum
Colombia's Council of State suspended President Gustavo Petro's decree for a labor reform referendum, citing the lack of required Senate authorization. The decree, issued last week, faced criticism from political opponents who saw it as a challenge to the nation's institutions and a 'coup d'état' against congress.
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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World NewsColombia's Council of State suspends Petro's labor reform referendum
BOGOTA - Colombia's Council of State on Wednesday suspended a decree by President Gustavo Petro that sought to call a referendum on a labor reform, citing lack of Senate authorization. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Fifth Section of the Council of State has suspended on Wednesday the debated decree with which the Government of Gustavo Petro has called for a popular consultation for next August 7. By admitting one of dozens of lawsuits against the norm, it has found that the decree “was issued without the favorable prior concept of the Senate of the Republic, in the terms provided for in article 104 of the Constitution“, which requires this endorsement a…
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