Overview
- The Senate Commission on Constitution suspended its session after representatives of four opposition caucuses withdrew in protest, and the committee left the predictamen that adds seven measures to the Deputies’ package on the table.
- The predictamen would give the Executive 90 days to legislate on security and El Niño response and keeps 20 topics approved by the Chamber of Deputies while adding seven items such as temporary Armed Forces support for prison perimeters and rules to designate some criminal structures as “grupos hostiles.”
- Opposition senators filed a signed oficio demanding that the commission debate only the bill text sent by the Chamber of Deputies and said the committee presidency had introduced matters the lower chamber did not approve.
- The session was briefly resumed with only Fuerza Popular and Renovación Popular present, vote counts were disputed after technical failures with Microsoft Teams, and the commission again suspended work until further notice.
- Government ministers publicly criticized the withdrawals, constitutional experts warned that unclear Senate limits could trigger institutional conflict and court review, and the impasse could slow urgent executive measures and raise civil‑rights questions about the proposed security powers.