The national president asked all communities to unite as a single national axis to achieve “transform Colombia into a country with total peace” where the proposals of all citizens are valid for the construction of the National Development Plan.
Colombia News.
This Wednesday at around 7:00 pm Gustavo Petro Urrego, president of Colombia, made his first national speech, calling the entire country.
Petro was emphatic in stating that the country is looking for a “power of life.”
Speaking of democracy, but above all, being part of those country dialogues for the construction of the National Development Plan.
He specified that they will be “binding” discussions, since the proposals discussed and given by the communities will be included “as a sovereign mandate.”
He stressed that there will be a total of 50 regions that will be part of these dialogues, the first will be in Turbaco, Bolívar, this Friday, September 16, where the main discussion will be the current situation around the Canal del Dique.
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50 regions and government delegates
This was one of the initiatives that Gustavo Petro emphasized in the middle of the electoral campaign, in fact, recently, through his Twitter account, where he usually gives official information, confirmed that there are 48 regions of the national territory with which it will be built. the National Development Plan.
With the so-called binding regional dialogue, the Government ensures that the communities and all sectors of society will participate.
They also specify that this proposal seeks to group and accommodate the proposals of more than 800 municipalities.
Including these proposals in the so-called roadmap of Gustavo Petro to govern the country
Delegates and government officials will lead it
When who will be together with the communities in these discussions, Petro confirmed it will be led by important officials of his Government.
Staying as follows:
- The Minister of Agriculture, Cecilia López, in charge of two regions or territories: Cundiboyacense highlands and Casanare.
It must establish dialogues and proposals with “168 towns, whose headquarters will be Tunja and Yopal,” as detailed by La República.
- Danilo Rueda, the high commissioner for peace, will be in charge of leading this task in the Montes de María and the volcanic area of Nariño.
- From Hacienda they will reach the Atrato region, in Chocó.
As for the Valle del Cauca and the high Guajira Gabriela Posso, from the Ministry of Youth will take these requests.
- «Luis Fernando Velasco, counselor of the Regions, will be collecting information in the Colombian massif and the south of La Guajira. While the Ministry of Culture will do it in the riverside municipalities of the Magdalena and the western zone of Cundinamarca.
As to Susanna Muhammad, Minister of Environment will be in charge of the Amazon and municipalities of La Mojana.
Vice President Francia Márquez the Pacific region. And the Minister of Housing in San Andrés and Honda.
While the chancellor, Álvaro Leyva, will assume the discussion in municipalities of Catatumbo and those close to the border with Ecuador.
Ministry of Science in San José del Guaviare and the Savannah of Cundinamarca. The controversial Minister of Minas Atlántico and oil zone. While Antioquia between the Ministry of ICT and Health.
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Those border areas between Colombia and Venezuela in the hands of the Minister of Commerce, Germán Umaña, as well as in the western region of the Amazon.
Mauricio Lizcano, director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, will do so in the municipalities of Magdalena Medio and the Urabá subregion of Antioquia.
Bucaramanga and Tolima by the Ministry of Labor.
Canal del Dique and Puerto Carreño Minister of Transport.
For his part, Iván Velásquez, Minister of Defense, will do so in 27 locations distributed in Darién and Caldas.
María Isabel Urrutia, Minister of Sports, will work from the North Pacific and Huila subregion. While she from the National Planning Department she will take the Tayrona and Sinú.
Alejandro Gaviria Ministry of Education will do it in the area called ‘vallenata’ and Bogotá.
Department of Caquetá and the Llano area led by the Minister of Justice.
We want a deep multicolored democracy. We want social dialogue in each territory to be the path of popular sovereignty and peace.
– Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 11, 2022
