The political reform what the president’s government intended to carry out Gustavo Petro It collapsed this Monday, December 16, in Congress, due to the lack of quorum.
He project presented before the Senate, It had to overcome the four debates in the plenary session, but this was not achieved, so the political reform was shelved.
In this regard, the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristopointed out that “The Senate board put political reform in eighth place and it was not possible to debate it. This reform is essential for the country and I wanted to suggest that it be approved so that in 2025 we could hold technical tables with experts and parties to seek consensus for the second round.”.
They killed the #PoliticalReform: The Senate board put it in eighth place and, after seven hours of session, did not even allow it to be debated. It is regrettable that such an indispensable reform for the country has been suffocated in this way.
The Colombian political system is…
— Juan Fernando Cristo (@CristoBustos) December 16, 2024
According to Christ, the country needs a profound change: “The Colombian political system is unviable and needs profound change. We proposed taking it to the second round and convening a technical table in January with experts and parties to build consensus. We are going to insist: we cannot resign ourselves to maintaining a system that clearly has no legitimacy or credibility among Colombians.“added the head of that portfolio.
For his part, the senator Humberto de la Calle does not see this as a bad thing, but rather perceives it as a time to reflect about said presentation. “We can reflect on the issue in a calm manner, but approving regulations today when we are practically campaigning is not convenient. Additionally, they added transfuguism, which is a very harmful formula. I understand that political reality has changed, but turning that into a permanent practice is illogical, because, on the one hand, it is said that it is to strengthen the parties with the closed list, but, on the other hand, they destroy them.”, he stated.
In turn, the senator Ariel Avila stated that “The Minister of the Interior proposed approving the Chamber’s text and reaching a great consensus in January, but the other year we were in a political campaign, so this failed. The levels of debate and radicalism make it impossible to reach agreements at this time”.
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