Will the Solidarity Income program continue when Gustavo Petro becomes president? This is one of the most frequent questions that Colombians ask themselves and that has not yet been fully resolved, since both the incoming and outgoing governments have thrown the ‘ball’ at each other on this issue.
(They raise the amount of Solidarity Income, but issue a warning).
Recently, the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS) reported that resources for this program were guaranteed until December 2022. However, warned that the money to maintain this initiative had run out and it was up to the new government to decide whether to continue with the monetary transfers or not.
However, in the final report of the connection process, Petro’s economic team drew attention to this program and stated that it will make a “urgent review of the financial status of the DPS due to the large cuts made by the DNP (National Planning Department) to the entity’s investment projects for 2023, amounting to 10 billion pesos; specifically in cash transfer programs (Ingreso Solidario)”.
According to Daniel Rojas, who led the splicing team of the elected president, Gustavo Petro, the Ministry of Finance did not include this program in the draft General Budget of the Nation for 2023, which is why the review will be made.
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In this regard, the Ministry of Finance of the Duque government said, after the filing of the Budget project for 2023, that, in the case of Solidarity Income, its validity, in accordance with the provisions of article 20 of the Social Investment Law , It only arrives until next December.
“It will be the incoming government that decides on its modification or permanence, for which it must process its legal viability before the legislature. While this legal viability is ensured, resources are programmed for this program in the Ministry of Finance”, reported.
(This would be the Solidarity Income in the government of Gustavo Petro).
The outgoing minister José Manuel Restrepo assured that definitive conclusions should not be drawn from the figures that are presented in relation to social investment projects and asked to consider, in addition, that the decision that the new government will adopt on the value and content is not known. of this initiative.
Will Solidarity Income continue or not? Everything indicates that the ball fell in President Petro’s court.
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