Ban on bullfighting in Colombia depends on Petro’s signature to become law

The text of bill that prohibits bullfighting for everyone in Colombia passed conciliation this Wednesday between what was approved in the House of Representatives and the Senate, which was ready for presidential sanction, the Ministry of the Interior reported this Wednesday.

“With 126 votes in favor, the plenary session of the House of Representatives approves the conciliation report on the bill that prohibits bullfighting, bullfighting, bullfighting, bullfighting, calves and tientas in Colombia. The articles are one signature away from becoming Law of the Republic“, indicated the portfolio in a message published in X, which it accompanied with”#NoMoreOlé”.

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The next step is to send the text approved by both chambers of Congress to the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, a declared anti-bullfighting fan, so that he can sign it andand become Law of the Republic.

The ban on bullfighting was approved, after several years of attempts, on May 28 in the Colombian Congress, amid the celebrations of those who had championed the animal fight for a decade and criticism from the bullfighting sector.

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Petro and his Government celebrated the decision of the Legislature: “Those who have fun with the death of animals will end up having fun with the death of human beings; like those who burn books will end up burning human beings“said the Colombian president at the time.

In 2012, when he was mayor of Bogotá, Petro prohibited the use of the La Santamaría bullring for bullfights and has always defended the end of that activity.

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Bullfights, traditionally popular in Colombia, were losing followers and currently there are only them in the bullrings of La Santamaría, in Bogotá; in Cañaveralejo, Cali and in the Plaza de Toros de Manizales, a city that has the largest fans in the country, as well as in some provincial plazas.

EFE