Petro Renounces Popular Consultation, but Insists on a National Constituent Assembly

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The president points out that the approval of the labor reform in the legislature demonstrated the need for greater citizen participation

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Bogotá, 21 Jun (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Gustavo Petro will participate today in the Pact for Urban Peace, an activity to be held in Medellin with the aim of building a commitment to transform cities into territories of justice, life and hope. The post President of Colombia will attend Pact for Urban Peace in Medellin first appeared on News Prensa Latina.

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After getting the green light for his labor reform this Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro backed down in the popular consultation that had strained the institutions to the maximum, but revived the crisis with a new proposal to promote a constituent assembly. Petro entry remains with labor reform but without consultation and now points to a constituent was first published in Digital Process.

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In response to the approval, in plenary of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the conciliation of the labor reform project, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that, consequently, he will repeal the decree calling for the Popular Consultation: “No longer necessary, the constituted power that makes the laws obeyed the sovereign power that [...] The entry President repealed popular consultation, but announced that he will …

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Former Colombian President Iván Duque this Friday asked the electoral authorities to prevent his successor, Gustavo Petro, from convening a constituent assembly, considering that this initiative represents an “abuse of power” and “threat to the institutions” of the country. “It is important that the electoral organization tells the ‘principital’ that he cannot include ballots or stickers in the elections of 2026. No more ‘decrets’, ‘cabildos’ an…

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The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, announced on Friday, June 20 that he will repeal the decree with which he called a popular consultation to process the labor reform, after the Senate and the House of Representatives approve this initiative, one of the greatest social achievements of his government. "As I said, since labor reform is law, I will repeal the decree calling for popular consultation, which is no longer necessary, the constitute…