On September 14, 2025, Senator Clara López Obregón addressed an open letter to President Gustavo Petro proposing the creation of the planet's first "Living Social Pact." The proposal follows the president's announcement that he would activate the constituent process and seeks to have citizens directly design Colombia's new social pact.
López proposes that the country become the "First Nation of Direct Democracy," where young people, women, Indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, farmers, entrepreneurs, migrants, academics, and artists co-create a new model of state. The idea is for every citizen to play an active role in designing Colombia's new institutional, ecological, economic, and spiritual architecture.
A central aspect of the proposal is the creation of a National Platform for Regenerative Artificial Intelligence, conceived as a technological, human, and living infrastructure that connects millions of Colombians. Through it, proposals for the new Constitution could be collected, translated, and made visible, with mechanisms for public traceability, inclusive deliberation, and symbolic and educational rewards.
The letter's annex details the creation of a National Citizen Participation System with AI (SNP-CIA). This system would integrate social media, streaming platforms, national portals, and satellite connectivity to ensure the inclusion of rural communities and young people. It also envisions the use of AI to synthesize proposals, translate them into indigenous languages, detect patterns, and answer questions in real time.
The senator emphasizes that this process would allow Colombia to co-create and vote on the world's first living social pact, open to all citizens age 15 and older. In her words, "Colombia is now ready" to lead a more advanced democratic model in the 21st century.
The importance of using artificial intelligence in this process lies in its ability to expand citizen participation beyond traditional limitations. According to the proposal, AI would not replace human action, but would serve as a tool to organize, translate, and democratize access to deliberation, ensuring inclusion, transparency, and equity in the construction of the new Constitution.