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Eight Opposition and Independent Political Parties Demand Decree of Popular Consultation of President Petro

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They claim that there was a violation of the principle of popular sovereignty and an excess of the president.
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In less than 24 hours, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed the decree allowing the Popular Consultation, eight opposition parties filed an action with the Council of State requesting the nullity of the administrative act. READ ALSO: Colombian Senate approves the first articles of labor reform In the appeal, they claim that the presidential decree violates the Constitution and represents a “dangerous authoritarian drift.”

Payment of the premium is complicated: workers will suffer for extra money Fabaena Vie, 13/06/2025 - 10:50 Author Fabaena The Senate of the Republic resumed legislative sessions with labor reform as a central theme, following the presentation of the majority lecture prepared by Senator Angelica Lozano. This proposal was selected for debate in the Elliptical Salon, while the country also observes the decision of President Gustavo Petro to convene…

The parties consider that the decree signed by President Gustavo Petro represents a “serious break in the rule of law.” Eight political parties demanded, before the Council of State, the decree of President Gustavo Petro, which calls for a popular consultation to approve his labor reform, considering it to represent a “serious break in the rule of law,” reported in a joint communiqué. The parties Cambio Radical, Centro Democrático, Conservador, …

Eight opposition and independent political parties filed a lawsuit with the Council of State on Thursday to request the annulment of the presidential decree calling for a popular consultation, signed by President Gustavo Petro and his cabinet. The petitioners—Conservative Party, Radical Change, Democratic Center, U Party, Colombia Justa Libres, Oxygen Green, Anti-Corruption League and Liberal Party—argued that the administrative act violated sev…

They claim that there was a violation of the principle of popular sovereignty and an excess of the president.

The president of the Colombian Senate, Efraín Cepeda, accused President Gustavo Petro of giving “a frontal blow against democracy” by calling by decree a popular consultation on labor reform, a proposal that had already been rejected by the Upper House, and announced that he will bring the case to justice. EFE “President Gustavo Petro’s government has consummated a frontal coup against Colombian democracy (...) The so-called ‘decree’ is not just…

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Portafolio.co broke the news in on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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