Overview
- Miguel Ángel Torres publicly acknowledged a “material error” in the autógrafa of Law 32743 on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and said he had instructed that a fe de erratas be processed immediately to correct an incorrect header that named the Senate rather than the Congress.
- The published autógrafa also omitted the signatures of the president and first vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, a defect flagged in a formal oficio from Óscar Reto that cites Articles 90 and 102 of the Constitution and demands the deputies' rúbricas be included.
- Prime Minister Luis Galarreta backed Torres' formal handling of the publication and said the Executive would await a scheduled meeting of chamber spokespeople before fully activating the delegated faculties that the law grants for security and El Niño response.
- Constitutional experts and former officials are split on remedies: several say a fe de erratas may not cure a procedural defect and call instead for a rectificatory law or political sanctions, while a penal complaint has been filed with the Ministerio Público over the publication.
- The core risks are legal and practical: courts could be asked to review the law's form, any emergency decrees based on the delegated 90‑day faculties could be challenged, and next steps to watch include the spokespeople meeting, possible TC actions, and prosecutorial decisions.