This week, the Council of State decided to provisionally suspend decree 0227 of 2023 with which the president Gustavo Petro assumed control of the regulation of public services in the country.
(They suspend the decree with which Petro assumed regulation of services).
The position of the high court was given in response to a request for an urgent precautionary measure presented by Julián David Solorza Martínez and Lucas Arboleda Henao.
The plaintiffs requested, precisely, the provisional suspension of the legal effects of decree 0227 of February 16, 2023.
Faced with this decision, President Gustavo Petro stated that he will respect the decisionbut added that he will insist, through legal resources, for this suspension to be lifted.
(Petro criticized the decision that removes control of service regulation).
“My government will respect, as is basic in a rule of law, the decision of magistrate Serrato to suspend my constitutional functions regarding public services”the president wrote on his social networks this Saturday.
And I add: “However, we will use all the legal resources available to us before the Council of State.”
My government will respect, as is basic in a rule of law, the decision of magistrate Serrato to suspend my constitutional functions regarding public services.
However, we will use all the legal resources available to us before the Council of State.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) March 4, 2023
In fact, this Friday he had already ruled on the subject. From San Andrés, where he met with the community, he assured that his constitutional powers to regulate and control public services are under legal discussion, something that, he added, “is written in the Constitution.” And he added that, “Now it seems that since Petro is the president, then he cannot have his constitutional powers”.
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