Audio blog: Colombia — a system failure - a podcast by Brendan Corrigan

#Colombia's under-pressure President Iván Duque could put his unpopularity to the only test that matters by calling an election — if the country had a parliamentary system in place that is.



As things stand, the Colombian electorate won't get to have its say on  Duque's presidency until 2022 — and he won't even be on the ballot paper as incumbents are once again prohibited to run for a second term.

That being so, it remains to be seen how much reform he and his administration are willing to contemplate as the country continues to experience disruptive protests.

Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/colombia-system-failure.html.

#ParoNacional #IvánDuque #CentroDemocrático #SocialWelfare #WelfareState

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