Petro calls congressmen who sank the tax reform ignorant: “they defunded water in Colombia”

President Gustavo Petro visited the Chingaza system this weekend, which supplies water to the city of Bogotá. From there, accompanied by the community, he recorded a speech in which he spoke about the water crisis in the country’s capital.

Initially, he criticized once again the rationing measure imposed by the administration of the Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán to promote fluid savings.

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According to him, “We have a very serious problem whose solution can only be presented by changing structures; It is not rationing water, it is increasing the amount of water, and a policy is needed to stop urban growth.”

Subsequently, The president again attacked the congressmen of the Economic Commissions of the Congress of the Republic who sank the financing law, which, according to him, reduces the resources allocated to water and other environmental projects.

“The attitude of the parliamentarians who, foolishly and with ignorance in their minds, wanting to overthrow the president as a result of elections, decided to defund water in Colombia is regrettable. They are definancing the lives of the Colombian people, and that cannot be forgiven,” he said.

In that sense, He blamed the president of Congress, Efraín Cepeda, who on several occasions stated that it was inconvenient to generate more taxes for Colombians.

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“National Parks need more money. There is a senator, Cepeda [Efraín]which is dedicated to taking money from the Government so that the lords of games of luck and chance do not pay taxes. “Then it leaves us defunded to care for nature, neither more nor less, through parks,” Petro added.