*Some irregularities have taken place during and after the session of May 14
*Pres. Petro denounced fraud and said he would present the popular consultation again to the senate
*Govt. has already initiated legal actions in view of the irregularities denounced
*Pres. Petro denounced fraud and said he would present the popular consultation again to the senate
*Govt. has already initiated legal actions in view of the irregularities denounced
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00:00We continue on topic as there have been several reactions of rejection to the Senate's refusal to carry out the popular consultation on changes in the labor policy.
00:10The government announces multiple irregularities during the session held on May 14th.
00:16Let's hear details with our correspondent, Hernan Tobar.
00:18Another blow to the country's workers was dealt by a sector of the Colombian Senate, which has generated several complaints about the irregularities that were presented against the popular consultation, which generated actions on the part of legislators of the government coalition.
00:37I filed a formal request before the Senate's board of directors to repeat the vote of the popular consultation, since my appeal request was illegally disregarded due to voting irregularities.
00:48Already in the plenary the agenda was modified, which delayed the approach of the popular consultation.
01:03A sector of the opposition made possible the discussion and vote of an appeal that revived the labor reform discarded some time ago by some senators present here further delaying the processing of the consultation in a delaying strategy.
01:14In the late afternoon the vote of the consultation was held, which was sunk in this corporation by the opposition sectors and with allegations of several irregularities and fraud in the procedure.
01:23The board of directors voted the popular consultation in the blink of an eye as many of you saw.
01:34It did not even last three minutes in the voting and they closed it when they saw that they effectively had one or two votes of gain here we have not really lost the war, the people have always had to resist.
01:42And of course there will also be a popular reaction because they believe they are going to fool the people.
01:55The people are going to increase their indignation with this Congress of the Republic and with these dark actions headed by Efrain Cepeda.
02:02The President of the country described this as fraud and indicated that he will resubmit to the Senate the popular consultation.
02:14He requested the mobilization of the people and their organization in permanent meetings throughout the country in view of
02:19the affront that a sector of the Senate made against the participation of the people in key determinations such as the labor reform.
02:26So the meetings and strategies of the social, popular and political sectors have already begun.
02:31The President is telling us, there is the people who are the sovereign, if the Congress of the Republic and a handful of senators are above more than 30 million Colombians who make up the social and popular base.
02:49Then the people have to wake up, if the people wake up in a calm and peaceful way.
02:53Not asking for respect for their sovereignty but demanding and making their sovereignty respected, surely the President can go further.
03:01And we are going to define a course that will be taken in general by 1,105 municipalities that will hold popular councils, and we will effectively mandate that in Colombia.
03:19Popular sovereignty takes precedence over representative democracy.
03:22Alternatively, the government has already initiated legal actions in view of the irregularities denounced in the voting process,
03:37including complaints to the control agencies and the investigation of the President of the Senate.