The Election of Carlos Camargo as magistrate of the Constitutional Court It continues to generate echoes in the national government, because there is concern that this may mean a risk to the government agenda, especially with the Social reform.
On this last topic, recently the Workers’ centrals They demonstrated after the election of Camargo, who assured that said designation represents a “serious risk to the rights of Colombia workers“, emphasizing the pension reforminitiative that has been subject to multiple demands.
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“(…) We alert Colombian citizenship: the election of the new magistrate could tip key decisions in the Constitutional Court that would put these advances at risk. We cannot allow setbacks in social rights“, mentions the Unitary National Command (CNU) In a joint press release
Carlos Camargo Assis.
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Thus, they mention that this election of the Senate of the Republic would also represent a “danger“To other initiatives such as The health reform, the Agrarian Jurisdiction Law, the Law of the General Budget of the Nation 2026, the newly filed Financing Law and the regulations proposed by the Government for the General Participation System (SGP).
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“We make an urgent call to the entire population to be vigilant, to demonstrate to the Constitutional Court and the Congress of the Republic to act independently and in favor of the rights of the Colombian people, especially the most vulnerable“They mention.
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In a letter, the CNU asked the President Gustavo Petro have a meeting “urgent and extraordinary“In person and with all your office following this situation.
“The recent institutional decisions, as well as the political movements around the structural reforms promoted by its particular government, the pension reform and other initiatives of the change process, generate a deep concern about the risk they could represent for the rights of workers, workers and the most vulnerable social sectors of the population“They say the workers.
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And they added: “We consider the greatest importance of a space for direct dialogue with you, in which we can share our reflections, concerns and proposals, with the aim of defending the social advances achieved and consolidating the path to a real transformation for the benefit of the Colombian people“
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