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Weekly Report - 13 March 2025 (WR-25-10)
Petro plans referendum on key reforms
Faced yet again with the failure of his labour reform bill to get through congress, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced on 11 March that he would instead put the legislation, as well as a divisive health reform bill, to the people in a national referendum. The political opposition criticised Petro’s plan to bypass congress, with senate president Efraín Cepeda warning that the head of state’s hostile rhetoric risks inciting violence against legislators.
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