The Strategy Behind the Sinking of Petro's Popular Consultation

Labor and employment attorney Camilo Cuervo wrote a column for Revista Semana about the strategy behind the failure of the popular consultation proposed by President Gustavo Petro. Mr. Cuervo analyzes how the opposition managed to revive the labor reform to weaken the consultation, revealing the internal political struggle and interests behind this initiative aimed at anticipating the 2026 election campaign. He argues that this failure reflects a government crisis that uses desperate tactics to stay in power, posing a risk to the country's democracy as well as its social and economic stability.

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