Minute30.com .- What many jurists and opposition sectors described as a threat, today began to take legal form. With the registration with the Registry of the promoting committee for a National Constituent Assembly, Colombia is facing a scenario of institutional uncertainty that could put in check the democratic guarantees achieved in the last three decades.

Under the banner of a “constituent power”, the committee – made up of figures close to the current Government – ​​seeks to collect 2.5 million signatures. However, behind the narrative of “popular participation”, there are risks that have defenders of the separation of powers on alert.

1. The risk of “Pandora’s box”

Constitutional experts warn that calling a Constituent Assembly is opening a Pandora’s box. At the moment the Assembly is installed, it acquires absolute power that could:

Eliminate counterweights: Weaken the independence of the Cortes and control bodies (Prosecutor’s Office, Attorney’s Office).

Change the rules of the electoral game: Open the door to re-election or the extension of presidential terms, something that the current Constitution strictly prohibits.

2. Economic uncertainty and capital flight

At a time when the Colombian economy requires stability, the mere idea of ​​changing the “Magna Carta” generates panic in the markets. Foreign investment stops due to the lack of legal security. Who will want to invest in a country whose basic laws can be erased with the stroke of a pen by a political assembly?

3. A committee with an official seal

It is striking that among the promoters are former officials such as former minister Carlos Alfonso Rosero. This reinforces the thesis that this is not a spontaneous citizen initiative, but rather a strategy from those in power to circumvent the lack of majorities in Congress, where government reforms have stalled due to lack of consensus.

4. Polarization to the limit

Collecting 2.5 million signatures will not just be an administrative procedure; It will be the fuel for a social confrontation in the streets. Instead of seeking national agreements on urgent issues such as security and employment, the country will be immersed in an ideological fight to change a Constitution that is already considered one of the most progressive in the world.