A vote on Finance Minister Carrasquilla in Congress?

COLOMBIA - In Brief 24 Oct 2018 by Juan Carlos Echeverry

An eventual no-confidence vote (moción de censura) against Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla would be an unwelcome event. Some congressmen would like to exploit this as an opportunity to force the Duque administration to negotiate. We think that the prospect of the government’s losing its most important minister should move it to re-evaluate its relationship with Congress, to try to build a more solid governing coalition. We share with you an OpEd (in Spanish) from constitutional lawyer Juan Manuel Charry analyzing the congressional eventual “Vote of Confidence” against procedurals established in the constitution. OpEd (Spanish)…https://www.semana.com/opinion/articulo/que-es-la-mocion-de-censura-por-juan-manuel-charry/587936

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