The National Assembly for Social Reforms, Peace and Unity It ended this Sunday, September 16, after two days in which Thousands of people showed their support for the reforms of Gustavo Petro’s government and they covered him before the allegations of an alleged coup d’état and a plan to assassinate him, already with a next date in mind on September 19 for a “great mobilization“.
The National University welcomed Petro’s popular bases these two days, who met at roundtable discussions to address issues such as education, health and environmental issues, as well as to take stock of what the Government has achieved in these two years and evaluate progress in the major social reforms that the administration is promoting.
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“The Assembly concludes with a firm commitment to unity and popular power“said House representative Alirio Uribe, who participated in the meeting.
After two days of dialogue, Social movements and unions have called for a new meeting on Thursday, September 19, to gather in the streets in a “Great mobilization for social reforms and the defense of the Government of Change“.
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Assembly in support of Petro.
A ‘coup d’état’
This meeting was planned as a show of support for Petro’s government agenda, Although the message was diluted with the president’s recent allegations of a coup against him, as well as a plan to end his life, which ultimately took center stage, with the attendees insisting on this “soft coup” or “from the shadows.”
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President Petro has lashed out against the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is investigating his electoral campaign for possible irregularities in its financing, and which is allegedly part of the plan to overthrow him.
Petro himself participated in the meeting on Saturday and said amidst the cheers of the public: “Every time I win they want to get rid of me; they are bored with Petro, every time the people elect me, they want to overthrow me (…) They can no longer stand Petro in the Presidency“.
He also said that it was the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), through the ambassador of that country in Bogotá, who warned him of an alleged plan to assassinate him before the end of this year in an attack involving a truck loaded with dynamite.
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In this context, the president has repeatedly urged his supporters to take to the streets in response to this alleged coup, something they will finally do on Thursday.
EFE
