The question of confidence raised by the prime minister Hannibal Torres against law limiting the referendum for constitutional reforms, it is not the only controversy about this rule.
On February 16, the Executive filed a claim of unconstitutionality against this law before the constitutional Court (TC) because Congress had insisted on promulgating its anti-referendum project.
But this case moved slowly. On May 11, the Congress elected six new magistrates of the Constitutional Court. Just on September 1 there was a hearing to hear the parties involved in this lawsuit, the Executive and Legislative.
More than two months have passed and the magistrates of the TC have not yet ruled. Sources from La República in this institution responded that the verdict would come out in the next few days, but they did not specify a date. They explained that each judge must present their decision in writing and signed.
In any case, a ruling by the TC could shed light on the viability of this rule. The position of the Executive is that the law reduces the right of citizen participation. The one of the Congress is that all constitutional reform must, first, be approved in the Plenary and then, in case of obtaining 66 votes, it is submitted to popular consultation.
The Executive presented a bill to repeal it. The first Minister Hannibal Torres made question of confidence for it to be approved. The Board of Spokespersons has not yet ruled on the request of the Chief of Staff.
