During the ordinary session of the National Assembly (AN), the draft agreement was approved, the support and congratulations to the people of Colombia and its president Gustavo Petro for the victory obtained in the presidential election of last June 19, 2022.
The agreement implies the urgent need to agree on peace in the sister country that includes the alliance of the peoples.
“Congratulate the President-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Vice President Francia Márquez, ratify from the parliament the solidarity with the Colombian people in the search for peace and accompany all the initiatives proposed by Petro aimed at materializing peace in Colombia”, highlighted the deal.
Deputy Julio Chávez stressed that the challenge of the new Colombian government is to govern from the only trench to build peace in that country.
“Now you must work from love and from the need to unite the entire Colombian society to seek an inclusive dialogue inside and outside of Colombia, as well as to enforce international law and the principle of determination,” he said from parliament. .
He explained that Venezuela and Colombia must meet again in history so that an oligarchy can never again separate what Simón Bolívar united.
«The destiny of Colombia It will be next to the free peoples”, affirmed Chávez.
Likewise, he recalled the spiral of violence that Colombia has experienced from 1948 to date. According to Deputy Chávez, these events have claimed the lives of more than 262,000 Colombians in the armed conflict.
«The oligarchy that betrayed the project of the union of the Great Homeland was in charge of filling the streets of Bogotá with blood. From that time, in 1948 practically to this day; This spiral of violence has claimed the lives of more than 262 thousand 197 Colombian men and women in an armed conflict.
Opposition supports Petro
The opposition caucus of the AN also declared itself in favor of the election of Gustavo Petro in Colombia. Deputy Oscar Rondero assured that the change that has taken place in the sister country is evident.
“After a lot of blood and many failed peace attempts, it seems that peace in Colombia is reaching its inhabitants. The peace of Colombia is the peace of Venezuela and therefore it ceases to be a threat », he said.
He stressed that it is necessary to open trade and the border between the two countries and reestablish consular relations.
He also referred to the role that Francia Márquez plays in the government, “the figure of an Afro-descendant woman in the government is not a small thing,” he said.
Colombia overcame fear
Similarly, deputy Ilenia Medina stressed that CColombia overcame fear“In addition, big data won, Colombia’s other option was worse than Donald Trump,” he said.
He also stressed that this victory is a defeat for imperialism and has been seen in the fear of the transnationals and in the challenge that will be presented to Colombia.
Finally, the first vice president of the AN, Iris Varela, stressed that Colombian society will have peace in the Petro government.
“The people of Colombia are represented by the people who came out to vote and not by the oligarchy that applies the policy of extermination,” Varela said.
He pointed out that this triumph of Petro in Colombia evokes that of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in 1998 and ordered the National Assembly to help defend the victory of the Colombian people.
Finally, deputy Roy Daza, from the GPPSB, said that this is a victory for simple, hard-working people and stressed that Uribismo is past, that it is no longer an alternative in Colombia.
