When Lawyers Rule
COLOMBIA
- Report
17 Oct 2014
by Veronica Navas and Mauricio Santa Maria
Executive SummaryLawyers have dominated the Colombian landscape since independence from Spain. They explain a substantial portion of Colombian relative institutional stability; they currently want to re-established equilibrium between branches of government power, i.e. judiciary, legislative and executive. It’s true that many institutions would benefit from serious refurbishment. Especially immediate presidential reelection.After months of discussion of a tax reform, and years of knowing it’d be needed to supplement revenue in 2015, the Ministry of Finance presented its proposal to Congress...
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