CUT trade union federation backs government proposal for public vote on blocked labour reform - justice for colombia

It was exactly a year since President Gustavo Petro surprised the country in March 2024 with a call for a Constituent Assembly that is little talked about now. In Colombia many things happen in the course of each week and some of the big debates soon fall into oblivion.A year later, the government has announced a new and surprisingly similar bet to push its program after the collapse of its labor reform in Congress: a popular consultation.Contin…

A year after the presidential elections, Colombia is undergoing a marked political polarization that slows down the social reforms promoted by President Gustavo Petro, due to the resistance of the opposition within Congress to approve them. In this scenario, the president announced on March 11 his decision to convene a popular consultation, with the aim of putting to the vote two of his main initiatives: labor and health reform. “Let the people …

CUT trade union federation backs government proposal for public vote on blocked labour reform - justice for colombia

Colombia’s largest trade union federation, the CUT, has given backing to government proposals that would enact a national referendum on social reform bills, which have faced intense opposition in the national congress. President Petro has suggested the general public should be given the definitive say on the future of the reforms, as his government fights to pass one of its flagship policies into law ahead of next year’s presidential election. O…

The economy is not so bad or so good, and political and social division persists. Trust in the media fades, as the country does not advance The article Will the popular consultation be Colombia's next failure? was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co

This would require the initiative of Popular Consultation to prosper in Congress.Agencia Period...Lun, 24/03/2025 - 19:41 The Petro administration needs 53 votes to push forward the initiative that would allow citizens to speak out on social reforms in the legislature. Tags { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DataFeed", "name": "", "description": "", "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Agency Investigative Journalism", "logo…

President Petro and his reforms The clock began to run to define whether the popular consultation promoted by President Gustavo Petro will achieve the minimum participation required to be valid. Preliminary estimates indicate that at least 14 million voters are needed, of which about 7 million must vote affirmatively in each question. If this figure is not reached, the consultation will have no legal effect and will represent a setback for the g…