politics
Interinstitutional Commission asks President Petro to respect separation of powers: “An unavoidable duty”
The Interinstitutional Commission of the Judiciary called on the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, to respect the separation of powers, after he attacked on X the decision of the Council of State to suspend the transfer of contributions from private Pension Fund Administrators to Colpensiones.
TL;DR
- The Interinstitutional Commission of the Judiciary called on President Gustavo Petro to respect the separation of powers.
- This call follows Petro's criticism on X of the Council of State's decision to suspend the transfer of funds from private pension administrators to Colpensiones.
- The commission stated that respecting the separation of powers is an "unavoidable duty" for all public authorities.
- The Council of State's suspension halts the transfer of 25 trillion pesos from private pension administrators to Colpensiones.
- President Petro had called the Council of State's decision "unconstitutional" and a "coup d'état against the sovereign constituent people."
- The judiciary reminded the president that the constitution grants the power to provisionally suspend administrative acts to ensure effective control over public power.