Key facts
- Colombia's lower house rejected changes to pension reform articles on Wednesday.
- The Constitutional Court ordered lawmakers to fix a procedural flaw in the bill.
- The Senate's version of the bill will now stand.
Colombia's lower house on Wednesday rejected changes to specific articles of a pension reform bill that had been returned to the legislature by the Constitutional Court. The court had ordered lawmakers to remedy a procedural flaw in the bill. In August, the court approved most of the 2024 pension system reform, championed by former President Gustavo Petro. The rejection means the version of the bill approved by the Senate will stand, and the court will now need to decide if the procedural flaw has been corrected.