BOGOTÁ – Colombia’s President Iván Duque has withdrawn a controversial tax reform bill following four days of huge protests across the country.
In a televised statement on Sunday, he said his government would work to produce new proposals and seek consensus with other parties and organizations.
He had previously insisted tax rises were needed to respond to the economic crisis generated by the pandemic.
But tens of thousands of people took to the streets in anger at the bill.
Unions, who organized the protests, said it would disproportionately impact the poorest people who were already struggling with the economic impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.(BBC)
