Allegedly criminal pop singer to lead Colombia's Senate through crisis of the century
by Adriaan Alsema July 20, 2020
Colombia’s Congress’s kicks off its new legislative year electing an allegedly criminal Senate president in a possibly illegal home-commuting session on Monday.
Outgoing Senate President Lidio Garcia unilaterally decided to inaugurate the new legislative year from home 10 days after the Constitutional Court ruling dumped the presidential decree allowing this.
The Constitutional Court ruled that the legislative branch — not the president — has the authority to change regulations that would allow the lawmakers to work from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anarchy in Congress
The party leaders of the House of Representatives are expected to convene in the capitol and vote on the regulation allowing home-commuting that would allow the representatives to elect a new president from home.
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https://colombiareports.com/allegedly-criminal-pop-singer-to-lead-colombias-senate-through-crisis-of-the-century/
