This reform has affected many sectors of the economy economy a tax burden, and now a new tax reform or some adjustments in the Congress of the Republic. At the end of 2023, the president Gustavo Petro he proposed to the businessmen to revise the budget text adopted in 2022. “I think it’s time to […]
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Controversy about the project on the right to protest and demonstration
The initiative was presented by different platformscivil society organizations, social movements, international community, community in general, congressmen and the Ministry of the Interior. According to the authors, four regional meetings were held in Bogotá, BarranquillaCali and Medellín,” to decentralize the conversation and persist with different points of view this project”. The initiative describes the responsibilities […]
The ‘Mental Health for All’ bill is introduced
At the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives, Congressmen Olga Lucía Velásquez, Liliana Rodríguez and Jaime Raúl Salamanca introduced the “Mental Health for All” bill, which aims to guarantee comprehensive mental health care for Colombians. Read also: How does Congress’ spasmodic agenda begin? According to what is written in the structure of this project, […]
Senate and House committees elect their boards of directors
After the installation of the 14 committees of the Congress of the Republic, seven in each chamber, by their presidents, the election of the Boards of Directors took place this Tuesday morning. The first to be elected was that of Commission III of the Senate, charged with debating, studying and approving bills on financial issues […]
Guarantees to discuss all proposals, the task of Naam and Calle
“Out of respect for the dignity represented by the Congressthe government and the courts, we hope to be able to work in a coherent way and look for the best understanding so that we can adjust what is needed, because the reforms are proposals that Congress studies and may or may not approve according to […]
Government flags, without green light in the first legislature
During this legislature, the lack of consultation came to light between the government and the so-called ‘machinery’ or coalition that tried to ease the processing of the projects, as President Gustavo Petro himself ended it last April by assuring that it was more feasible to convince the congressmen one by one or win the votes […]
“The collapse of labor reform is very serious”: Petro
After the new legislative coup of one of the reforms flags ofl ‘Government of Change’ how is the workwhen the afternoon of this Tuesday collapsed due to the lack of a “quorum” and therefore of processing in Congress, the president Gustavus Petro He spoke out himself, claiming that this kind of action reveals that “the […]
Race against time in Congress’s legislative agenda
The election of the Senate President is scheduled for the same day, as Roy Barreras has been voted down by the Council of State, for entering into a dual militancy. It should be noted that whoever is elected to this position, expected to be Senator Alexander López, will have the responsibility of determining whether the […]
Struggle in the healthcare reform debate divides Alianza Verde
At the start of this Thursday’s second debate on health care reform in the plenary session of the House, progress was made only in the obstruction vote. The reason? Meetings of opposition benches, absence of Conservatives and La U and proposals for the dossier of half of the Greens’ pro-government bank. But most notable in […]
Sarabia was summoned on June 7 to give an explanation to the Chamber
To request an exclusive session in the Congress of the Republic, to listen to the President’s Chief of Staff, Laura Sarabia, in the case related to the alleged theft of money by her nanny, a total of 38 members of Congress who be part of the primaries of Cambio Radical, Centro Democrático and the Independents, […]