He Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristosince he arrived at the National Government, has made it clear that one of his objectives is to build a ‘great national agreement’.
However, this task has been difficult, in which the president’s comments ended up working against him on several occasionsbut there would be few details left to finalize a first document.
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And the Mininterior is polishing the proposal on which the ‘national agreement’ will revolve. Even in this department they assure that they plan to release it towards the end of this week, missing only the ‘blessing’ of the head of state. In fact, This file continues to be adjusted and waiting for details to be finalized by the President of the Republic.
Gustavo Petro
Presidency of Colombia
However, EL TIEMPO was able to find out what the three axes of Minister Cristo’s proposal would be, which would be presented to the political parties, unions, social sectors and other expressions of society.
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The main point of the proposal is institutional support. At this point there is a total commitment to the Constitution and a resounding no to presidential re-election. In this way, the way would be closed to the proposal of the Senator of the Historical Pact Isabel Zuleta for re-election and the initiative for a constituent assembly that President Petro made in several spaces would also go out of the way.
The second axis is that of tone down polarizationwhich implies less aggressive political language and an attempt to marginalize any type of violence (especially armed violence) from the 2026 race. This is an issue that several sectors demand from the president, questioned for his attacks in his speeches and trills.
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Juan Fernando Cristo, Minister of the Interior
Milton Díaz / Portfolio
The third point has to do with the objective of the minister of re-promote the implementation of the peace agreement with the extinct FARC guerrillasince it would seek to give priority to the municipalities that are part of the Development Programs with a Territorial Approach (PDET) and others affected by the armed conflict in the investment of resources.
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In fact, none of the three axes mentioned sound like something new, taking into account that Minister Cristo has already been talking about them in different spaces since the first day of his administration. The difference is that they would be recorded in a document that would serve as the axis to reach an agreement..
“We have followed the dialogue very discreetly with political forces, with businessmen, social organizations and we have built elements in the midst of the situation and the confrontations of the moment“, Minister Cristo said in dialogue with EL TIEMPO, there he highlighted the advance of the fundamental principles to make an agreement of principles with which the great national agreement will be developed.
PORTFOLIO
*With information from EL TIEMPO – POLITICS
