COThe Council of State accepted a nullity lawsuit filed by Senator María Clara Posada against parts of articles 4 and 5 of Decree 802 of 2026 and ordered a temporary suspension of provisions allowing the National Government to make budget transfers without Congressional approval. The decision was made as a precautionary measure while the court reviews the case. According to the statement, the suspended norms allowed the Executive to modify the distribution of resources in the National Budget through decree. The high court warned that these norms did not merely execute funds previously approved by Congress but instead permitted changes to allocations defined by Congress, which the Constitution reserves for the Legislative Branch. Posada stated that this decision protects a fundamental democratic principle: the Government cannot alter the National Budget through decree, disregarding the Congress’s authority.
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