Colombia Seeks Constituent Assembly To Reform Constitution

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Feb. 25 signed a formal request to begin convening a National Constituent Assembly, aiming to rewrite parts of the constitution to advance social and economic reforms. The move requires more than 2 million signatures within six months, with a citizen committee targeting three million, and would proceed to congressional debate, a referendum and Constitutional Court review if thresholds are met. The assembly would address pensions, healthcare, mining rules, data sovereignty and AI.