The friendship between Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, and the alliances with traditional parties to form an official coalition that on paper would support the reforms proposed by this country’s first left-wing president has lasted only eight months. Petro has declared a state of emergency after requesting the resignation of seven ministers and changing the portfolio of the director of the presidency’s administrative department. The decision was made after seeing that the social reforms of change, land, health, pensions and the world of work, all promised by Petro during the presidential campaign, have failed to progress in Congress. “I think the government should declare an emergency,” the president said. “It means that teams from Colombia are working day and night to lower the price of food, to provide land to the farmers. Anyone who is unable to do this has no place in our government,” he added. Related news Standard Yes Maduro’s demands hinder the success of the peace conference on Venezuela Dagoberto Escorcia The Chavista government is pushing for the lifting of all sanctions imposed imposed on the country as a precondition for holding free elections in 2024 Despite the rejection of the presidents of the Conservative Party, the U Party (Union for the People) and the Liberal Party for most projects, Petro has invited to social pact and dialogue to make Colombia a prosperous country. He has done it categorically and radically, as his last speeches have kept Colombian society on edge: “Two things are missing here, because either we are the executive leave power and that the landlords return to rule this land and fill us with false positives. and blood – and that’s all they know how to do – or we make a social pact, not so that the people shut up or applaud being excluded or applaud not being allowed to carry out social reforms. In that speech prioritizing helping the poor, Petro demands that his minister’s heart is “for humble people and not just for earning a salary and commissions, and that they are able to face the huge challenges overcome those that are demanded of us in the countryside. We can wait no longer.” The blow to the table that Petro has delivered was caused by calls from various parties to vote against the health reform and after seeing Congressional Economic Committees scrap the article prohibiting the purchase of 3 million acres of land by the livestock farming allowed. deliver them to the farmers, while fulfilling the first point of the peace agreements agreed with the FARC. Congress “I don’t understand if the Colombian Congress wants war,” said a defiant Petro. “Congress removes the article that allowed for soft, peaceful negotiation and forces those who own the land to expropriate. How are we going to comply with the peace agreement if the legal instruments are broken by the Congress of the Republic contrary to the program of government elected by the people?” Petro asked, a question that has been interpreted as “dangerous” for the newspaper “El Espectador”. and that seeks to “demonize those he considers his enemies”. The Colombian president has blamed the presidents of the various parties that formed the Historical Pact coalition for forcing their own congressmen to reject reforms, particularly those of a new health system, under threat of sanctions, after the presentation continues in a committee of the House of Representatives thanks to the casting vote of Liberal Party congressmen María Eugenia Lopera and Dolcey Torres. The PL has asked the party’s ethics review committee to open an investigation into Lopera and Torres for supporting the Petro government’s health reform. In his second change of ministers since taking office, Petro replaced the ministers of Health, Interior, Finance, Science, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Transport and the leadership of the Presidency’s administrative division. The outgoing ministers belonged to the liberal, conservative and U parties. The new ones, according to some sources, are closer to the reformist ideas of Gustavo Petro. Last February, cabinet changes took place at the Ministries of Education, Culture and Sport. The break with these parties will leave the Historic Pact, Petro’s party, without a majority in Congress, raising doubts about the progress of their projects and reforms. The Historical Pact has 25 senators out of 108 and 33 representatives in the House of 188.
Source: La Verdad
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