Protests have been held in Colombia as supporters of left-wing President Gustavo Petro express their support for his proposed labour reform, with the country rattled by an eruption of violence in the last week amid fears of a return to darker days of assassinations and bombings.
Petro on Wednesday signed a decree to hold a public referendum vote on the labour reform.
Large numbers of people took to the streets of the capital, Bogota, and other cities across the country to express continued support for a referendum on the reform proposed by the president, even as the Senate debates an alternative bill.
The protests come as Colombia is still reeling from bombing attacks in the southwest of the country that left seven dead and an attempted assassination on conservative opposition senator, and presidential hopeful, Miguel Uribe Turbay at a campaign rally in Bogota.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota.
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