politics
May 7, 2026
“Now he will have to apologize”: Court published ruling against Petro for his expression “mafia dolls”
Seven months after the Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court ordered President Gustavo Petro to publicly apologize to a group of journalists he called “mafia dolls,” the president has not yet fully complied with the judicial decision. Although he later made some statements on the subject, these were not made in the terms required by the high court.
TL;DR
- President Gustavo Petro has not fully complied with a seven-month-old Constitutional Court order to publicly apologize to journalists he called “mafia dolls.”
- The Constitutional Court's ruling, now fully published, found Petro's remarks constituted symbolic violence and discrimination, affecting the dignity of the journalists.
- The court ordered Petro to issue a public apology via a presidential address and include a note acknowledging his statements were inappropriate.