politics
diciembre 28, 2025
La Constituyente de Petro en el día de los inocentes
Las dictaduras contemporáneas no llegan con tanques. Llegan con constituyentes. Por eso es sumamente grave que el presidente Gustavo Petro le haya pedido a su ministro de Trabajo inscribir el comité de recolección de firmas para convocar a una Asamblea Constituyente y que esté circulando el borrador de lo que se imagina el Presidente serían los temas que se le modificarían al texto constitucional.
TL;DR
- President Petro's call for a Constituent Assembly is seen as a dangerous move, echoing Venezuela's transition to dictatorship.
- The justification for the Constituent Assembly, that the Congress is 'blocking' executive reforms, is compared to Hugo Chávez's rhetoric.
- Proposed changes include creating a new, autonomous Constitutional Tribunal with expanded powers, potentially replacing or undermining the current one.
- The plan aims to subordinate the Central Bank's mandate to government employment and growth targets, risking uncontrolled monetary emission and hyperinflation like in Venezuela.
- The economic model is proposed to shift from 'neoliberal' to one with state control, impacting property rights and economic pacts.
- The author argues that controlling the 'judge' (Constitutional Court) and 'politicizing the currency' are initial steps towards authoritarianism.
- The proposed changes are seen as a concerted effort to consolidate power, not merely reform the constitution.
- The article warns Colombia against following Venezuela's path, where citizen dependence on the state replaces freedom.