Colombia’s Senate let 18 bills the Chamber had passed die without recording a vote on any of them
The Senate’s own 387-page legislative report logs 42 bills sent up by the Cámara as archived last session. For 18 of them it recorded no first-debate approval date at all — a median of 284 days after the Chamber voted.
Colombia’s Senate gave the Pacto Histórico none of its fourteen committee leadership posts
Six of the seven constitutional committees announced their new chairs by press release. The seventh, the only one not to go to a party of the incoming majority, was updated quietly on the Senate’s own web page.
Colombia’s president-elect takes office on 7 August. His candidate has already lost the Senate
Abelardo de la Espriella’s pick for Senate president was beaten 56–45 by Álvaro Uribe’s, eighteen days before the handover. He won the lower house instead — and in both chambers the outgoing left took a vice-presidency.
Colombia’s new Congress convenes as de la Espriella prepares to restore Israel ties
Colombia’s newly elected Congress is sworn in on Monday, weeks before president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office. He plans to restore relations with Israel and open an embassy in Jerusalem.