In his New Year’s message, President Gustavo Petro reiterated his support for the National Constituent Assemblydefended his governing agenda and claimed that sovereign power rested with citizens amid political debate.
On the eve of the New Year celebration, President Gustavo Petro spread a message addressed to Colombians through his personal account on the social networkwhere he combined a political balance with reflections on the country’s institutional direction and direct references to his proposal for a National Constituent Assembly.
The statement was published on December 31, 2025 and was accompanied by a video with images of various moments of his tenure throughout the year.
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In the written message The head of state called for people not to take the path of social change againin which he formulated his speech about overcoming poverty and hunger. “
We must not return to a past that was full of misery and blood, we must move forward so that more people can escape misery and hunger and live well and progress as individuals, families and the nation,” the President said in his release.
The video that accompanied the text included audiovisual recordings of official activities, community meetings, and institutional events developed throughout the text 2025Material presented as part of a symbolic retelling of the year that is ending. The publication ended with a sentence that became the core of the president’s messagein which Petro reiterated his vision of citizen power: “Power belongs to the voters. Happy New Year.”
The reference to the National Constituent Assembly was not an isolated incident. In the last days of the year, the President and several members of the government reiterated their support for this initiativewhich was officially funded with the registration of a funding committee with the National Civil Registry. This committee has been authorized to begin collecting signatures required under current regulations.
As stipulated by law, The committee must collect at least 3 million signaturesa number that corresponds 5% of the national electoral roll. However, the president himself has publicly expressed his desire for citizen support to be received 10 million supportsa goal that has been mentioned in various political and media scenarios.
The possibility of convening a Constituent Assembly has sparked a wide debate in the political, legal and social spheres. Petro has argued that this option would be activated if what he describes as an “institutional blockade” against his government continues.a concept that has been used to refer to decisions made by high courts regarding executive-sponsored decrees and reforms.
During a speech by the President on December 23rdthe president directly referred to this situation. “The Constitutional Court is examining the emergency decision of the Council of State, which is also in the same tone of the institutional deadlock that I want to end, because if we do not go to a national constituent assembly,” he declared on that occasion, a statement that regained importance after his New Year’s address.
The funding committee entered in the register consists of: Armando Custodio Wouriyu Valbuena, Carlos Alfonso Rosero, Carlos Arturo García Marulanda, Over Dorado Cardona, Javier Eduardo García Felizzola, José Luis Silva Maestre, Lian Ghelly Herrera Montealegre, Yesenia Moreno Rodríguez and Luis Alfredo Grimaldo Mejíanext to the Minister of Labor, Antonio Sanguinowho was one of the government’s spokesmen in defense of the initiative.
According to Sanguino, The Constituent Assembly is portrayed as a mechanism to repeal executive-sponsored reforms. “A Constituent Assembly that is the sovereign voice, the constituent power of the citizens,” the minister said, referring to the proposal, in statements released after the committee was registered.
The official added this The national government supports the citizen processand emphasized that the initiative must be led by social sectors. “The national government and the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, believe that this civic initiative deserves every support. It must of course be led by the main social and popular leaders of the country,” he explained.
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