The Accidental Commission of the Bogotá Metro of the Senate summoned for next Wednesday, February 8, the Minister of Transportation, William Reyes, to a political control debate to explain his pronouncements on the future of the mega-project in the capital.
(Petro will travel to China to look for options for the Bogotá Metro).
The Congress men Miguel Uribe Turbay and David Luna confirmed the summons before what has been considered a warning from the National Government to the Bogotá Mayor’s Office to stop the financing of the work in case it is not done underground, as President Gustavo Petro has recommended.
We summoned the Minister of Transportation to the Senate to explain why Petro made the decision to blackmail the people of Bogotá and leave low-income citizens without works. pic.twitter.com/w4PGZB8SZC
— Miguel Uribe Turbay (@MiguelUribeT) February 3, 2023
“If the modifications are not accepted within the legal framework, the government also – to the extent that it finances 70 percent of the other projects – well, those are going to have to stop”Minister Reyes told journalists at the Casa de Nariño this Thursday.
(Bogotá Metro: in danger of suspension?).
His statement is added to a comment that President Petro made this Wednesday, also to journalists in the Palace. According to the head of state, the elevated subway along Caracas avenue “It is a grotesque, a chambonada”.
The Accidental Commission of the Chamber issued a statement in which it rejected the statements of the senior official and said that Mayor Claudia López “You must not give in to these threats“, well “Citizens would be the most harmed with the paralysis of works so important for the mobility of the city.”
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With information from ET Policy
