After the triumph of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, the Historical Pact brought together their House and Senate benchesseeking, among other things, to start the work firmly before the installation of the new Congress next July 20.
The legislative work of the movement will be governed by the government plan that Petro worked on during the campaign. At the meeting, details of the agenda that Gustavo Petro and his cabinet will advance in the legislature were entered. Senator Wilson Arias spoke of Petro’s “priorities” in this new legislature.
“There is interest in educational reform; popular unschooled youth is a proposal by Gustavo Petro; and intensive programs in employment”would be the lines on the agenda that will lead to the legislature from July 20.
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Faced with the alliances to achieve this governability, Arias stressed that “look with good eyes” the liberal bases, the same ones that supported Petro in the campaign. “The acceptance and understanding that we have a new government gives us a new starting point in that conversation.”reviewing the alliances in the regions in the political parties that will accompany them in Congress.
“We can do something like what Juan Manuel Santos did when he beat us, receive proposals from everywhere to build, we can collect the proposals, both from Rodolfo Hernández, and those who finally joined him “. And he launched to raise names like Alejandro Gaviria, who “arrived recently, he is an elaborate man, the conversation with him will not be quick.” “Which of our men can be the bridge to talk?” Arias asked himself, “we are in talks,” he said.
Maria Jose Pizarrowho chaired the meeting, also gave details of the agreement to which they would arrive to achieve a joint agenda that they will present in the legislature.
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“Women are a fundamental axis, everything that we are talking about here, will have women, the law of political violence, the reform to Esmad and the reforms in education issues, will be work that we will do in the coming days,” it was indicated.
