politics
diciembre 27, 2025
Petro activa comité ciudadano para impulsar Asamblea Constituyente
El ministro de Trabajo Antonio Sanguino, representando al Gobierno Nacional, inscribió ante la autoridad electoral el comité promotor de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente.
TL;DR
- The Colombian government has registered a committee to promote a National Constituent Assembly.
- This assembly is intended to facilitate social reforms that have been blocked in Congress.
- The initiative requires collecting signatures from 5% of the electoral census, roughly three million people.
- The committee includes former ministers, indigenous leaders, journalists, social leaders, unionists, and members of the Communist Party of Colombia.
- President Petro expressed support, stating that the people should not be deprived of their power to transform Colombia.
- The proposal, if successful in collecting signatures, would be presented to Congress on July 20, 2026.
- This initiative has drawn criticism from the opposition and constitutional law experts.