Federico Gutierrez47, studied Civil Engineering at the University of Medellín and completed two specializations, one in Senior Management at the same university and another in Political Science at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
He served as a Medellín councilor between 2004 and 2007 for the New Party and in 2007 he was re-elected for the party of the u In 2011 he was a candidate for Mayor of Medellín for the latter party but was defeated by Aníbal Gaviria. In 2015, as a candidate for the Democratic Center, he was elected mayor of the capital of Antioquia.
Currently, Gutiérrez, born in Medellín, is a presidential candidate for the Movement We Believe. Since 2021, he began collecting signatures for his candidacy. Later, he joined Enrique Peñalosa, Aydeé Lizarazo, David Barguil, Alejandro Char to confirm the Team for Colombia coalition.
ECONOMIC PROPOSALS
For Federico Gutiérrez, one of the biggest problems of vulnerable households is the cost of food. The candidate explains that the salary increase it is not enough to ease the hikes.
“We are living the consequences of the blockades that were experienced last year“, he pointed out. Referring to the departments where strikes were registered, they are those that, according to him, have more inflation.
Among its proposals is that Colombia be a agricultural pantry. To do this, it is necessary to promote investment in the countryside, use royalties, take advantage of irrigation districts, land titling and access to credit by farmers.
Along with this, ‘Fico’ considers that it is important to boost growth so that this is reflected in the social development and in opportunities for people. “There is no better social policy than job creation, and there is no better job generation policy than economic growth,” he told Portafolio.
Among his proposals is that the country’s economic growth be greater than 5% and that unemployment drop to single digits. “We are going to move the economy across multiple sectors. With the construction of one million VIS homes, 800,000 in urban areas and 200,000 in rural areas, we are also going to promote the construction of 400,000 additional No VIS homes, the improvement of 200,000 in vulnerable homes and the connection of 300,000 homes to public services aqueduct, sewage and garbage collection“, said.
Along with this, it proposes the construction of small irrigation districts and enhance the agricultural frontier. In turn, increase agricultural financing and increase Finagro discounts.
Finally, he assures that he is not going to end up with the Petroleum and that it is necessary to make a responsible energy transition.
BRIEFCASE
With information from EL TIEMPO*
