"We are not opposed to the increase": Uribe on the suspended minimum wage decree
Amid the controversy over the suspension of the 2026 minimum wage decree, after the Council of State indicated that it was not based on the technical parameters required by law, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez commented.
TL;DR
- Álvaro Uribe Vélez clarified his position on the suspended 2026 minimum wage decree.
- Uribe stated his opposition is to taxes, corruption, violence, and lack of investment, not the wage increase itself.
- The Council of State temporarily suspended the decree, citing a lack of technical parameters.
- President Gustavo Petro defended the decree's legality and constitutional basis.
- Petro will comply with the Council of State's order by issuing a transitional decree.