Tutela Actions Against the President of Colombia Would Not Be Heard by Ordinary Judges
In an action that continues to mark the way in which the emerging government of Abelardo de la Espriella wants to roll back several of the measures adopted by his predecessor Gustavo Petro, the newly appointed Minister of Justice, Ivan Cancino, is preparing a decree so that lawsuits for the protection of constitutional rights against […]
The Colombian government, under the new administration of Abelardo de la Espriella, is seeking to have lawsuits for the protection of constitutional rights against the President of the Republic heard by the Council of State. This move comes as part of efforts to roll back several measures adopted by the previous government of Gustavo Petro.
The Ministry of Justice is currently preparing a decree that would allow these lawsuits to be heard in the first instance by the Council of State, reversing a decision made by the Petro administration in 2021. This change would return Colombia to a practice that was previously the norm, as Decree 1069 from 2015 had already established that these lawsuits should be initially heard by the Council of State.
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