Colombia's Government Objects to the Law Barring Lower Requirements for Senior Posts
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Colombia's government objects to the law barring lower requirements for senior posts
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella this week objected to the first bill sent to him for signature since he took office on August 7: legislation prohibiting any reduction in the minimum education and experience requirements for senior positions in the public sector and in companies with state participation.
The ultra-right executive objects to a bill, already passed in Congress, which prohibits the reduction of requirements for access to public office
What are we talking about? For the first time since he took office, President Abelardo de la Espriella opposed a law that had already been passed by Congress: the one that prohibits reducing the requirements for access to public office. The Democratic Center Senator Hernán Cadavid’s bill was approved in the Senate (245 of 2024) and the House (056 of 2024). To become a law he only lacked the President’s signature. The reasons: unconstitutionality…
The initiative sought to prevent entities from reducing the requirements for these positions, however there were grounds for constitutionality
Abelardo de la Espriella, president of Colombia. Photo: MinInterior. President Abelardo de la Espriella for the first time overturned a law passed by Congress from the beginning of his government. The initiative sought to prevent the requirements for access to managerial positions in the public sector and in companies with state participation. This is House Bill 056 of 2024 and Senate Bill 245 of 2024, authored by the then representative and now…
The proposal was led by now Senator Hernán Cadavid, an Uribist congressman. Again, there is talk of clashes with Uribism.
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