BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that he would call a national referendum so that voters can weigh in on his embattled health and labor reforms amid a lack of support for the proposals in the country's legislature.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that voters would decide the future of his embattled health and labor reforms in a popular referendum amid a lack of support for the reforms in the country's legislature. (Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra; Editing by Julia Symmes Cobb; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will call for a special election in which voters will be able to approve or reject labor reform and health reform, which have been stalled for months in congress.