President Gustavo Petro to Resubmit Labor Reform Referendum Amid Senate Fraud Allegations in Colombia - teleSUR English

The Yanakuna indigenous Pacha Kanchay is absorbed in his cell phone on Wednesday afternoon. Sitting in a corner of the coffee shop of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), in the center of Bogotá, he distastefully sees the videos coming from Congress: the popular consultation on labor rights promoted by the government of Gustavo Petro is sinking in the midst of shouts, reproaches, accusations. “Martha Peralta [senadora wayúu] …

President Gustavo Petro to Resubmit Labor Reform Referendum Amid Senate Fraud Allegations in Colombia - teleSUR English

Colombian President Gustavo Petro vows to resubmit his labor reform referendum to the Senate after denouncing fraud in the recent vote, calling on popular mobilization to defend workers’ rights and democratic participation. Related: Colombian Senate Blocks Gustavo Petro’s Labor Reform Referendum In the Midst of Popular Outcry President Gustavo Petro has announced his intention to resubmit the labor reform referendum to the Colombian Senate follo…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said this Thursday that he will again exercise his «constitutional and legal right to present the popular consultation to the Senate, so that a clean vote is guaranteed», following the fraud that took place in that instance in the vote that took place on Wednesday. READ ALSO: President Gustavo Petro asks the Senate of Colombia to place the popular consultation again In a message on social network X, the …

On Wednesday, the Colombian Senate knocked down the government’s proposal to hold a popular consultation on a labor reform, one of the flagship initiatives of President Gustavo Petro, who denounced “fraud” and called for “coordination of the popular movement” to “take the next step.” With a difference of only two votes, the senators said “No” to the proposal that sought to bring 12 questions to the polls to reform Colombian labor legislation, re…

May 14, 2025 – Bogotá – EFE. The Colombian Senate rejected President Gustavo Petro’s proposal to hold a popular consultation on his labor reform, a central initiative of his government. The decision was made by a difference of only two votes, generating a tense and chaotic atmosphere both inside and outside the legislative arena. The project contemplated submitting to citizen vote twelve questions related to changes in the country’s labor legisl…

@petrogustavo wants his legal reforms approved and is deepening the confrontation with #Colombia legislators.