politics
diciembre 28, 2025
Petro sale en defensa de la asamblea constituyente: “no se hará en época electoral”
El presidente de la República, Gustavo Petro Urrego, salió al paso de las críticas nuevamente este domingo sobre la asamblea constituyente. El mandatario de los colombianos negó que su iniciativa coincida con lo que resta de su gobierno y con las elecciones.
TL;DR
- President Petro denies his constituent assembly initiative will coincide with his remaining term or elections.
- The signature collection process will last three months and the proposal will be presented to the new Congress after July 20th.
- Key reform areas include social reforms (pension, health, mining code, public services, education, AI), agrarian reform, climate crisis adaptation, territorial ordering, regional autonomy, justice reform, electoral system reform, peace, security, and space sovereignty.
- A citizen committee has been registered to collect signatures, requiring 5% of the electoral census (approx. 3 million signatures).
- The initiative aims to resume and deepen the reformist spirit of the 1991 Constitution and unblock institutional reforms.
- The committee is composed of former minister Alfonso Rosero, indigenous leader Custodio Wouriyu, journalist Javier Eduardo García, social leader Lían Herrera, union leaders Over Dorado Cardona and Alfredo Grimaldo, citizens José Luis Silva and Yesenia Moreno, and Carlos Arturo García Marulanda from the Colombian Communist Party.