State Council Suspends Parts of Decree Allowing Budget Transfers for El Niño Phenomenon

The State Council provisionally suspended parts of a decree issued by the Petro government that allowed budget transfers to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd) due to the El Niño phenomenon. The suspension was made within a simple nullity lawsuit filed against the decree, which could violate the legal order by allowing budget modifications that exclusively correspond to the Congress of the Republic. The decision was made after a preliminary analysis concluded that the challenged provisions could contravene the legal order. The precautionary measure does not imply a definitive ruling on the legality of the decree but seeks to avoid the challenged provisions from continuing to produce effects while the study of the simple nullity lawsuit progresses.