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Colombia's congress descends into chaos amid war crimes tribunal debate
by Adriaan Alsema March 14, 2019
A debate in Colombia’s senate about President Ivan Duque‘s controversial decision to return a bill defining the powers of the country’s war crimes tribunal to Congress descended into chaos on Wednesday.
The speaker of Colombia’s House wouldn’t touch the objections without approval of the court, but the speaker of the Senate, far-right Senator Ernesto Macias, did allow the potentially unconstitutional move of the president.
The Senate’s Peace Commission opened an extraordinary session to see whether this was legal, considering the fact that Duque’s objections to elements of the statutory bill had already been adopted by the Constitutional Court.
The commission voted to request Macias to also send the objections to the Constitutional Court before accepting them, following the recommendation of Inspector General Fernando Carrillo, who argued Duque could have abused his power.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-congress-descends-into-chaos-amid-war-crimes-tribunal-debate/
