“We need to close half of those ministries, save and put the money to what is needed,” said Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
From Cartagena, former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez spoke about some Colombian ministries, promptly for those of equality and sport. He suggested to close these institutions so that the money invested in these areas could go to other sectors of the country.
The announcement was made in the middle of a forum appointed “for the future of Colombia” which took place in Cartagena with presidential candidates of the Democratic Center.
The former president of the Colombians mentioned: “I will tell you an imprudent thing, if there is any error in the country, it is wanting to solve a problem with a ministry. Look at the Ministry of Sports, what has it served? Now he classified the selection, Fortunately, but look at the sport of sport, here everything. The Ministry of Equality, why has it served? To waste resources. We need to close half of those ministriessave and put the money to what is needed. “
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During the space, Senator Esteban Quintero also participated, who took the opportunity to highlight the work of the Colombian soccer team, but spoke about the complaints and nonconformities after the cut to proposed that the sports area has had:
“The national government has not given the Colombia team a single weight, the only thing that has done the National GovernmentPresident, and listen very well, in Colombian sport, is to reduce the budget to our athletes … from 1.3 billion pesos reduces it last year to 460,000 million pesos. ”
As support, Uribe Vélez argued indicating: “We do not need money for the ministries. But to sports, A planning office was better, a writer with all today’s electronic connection, distributing well a four hundred that a bureaucracy in a ministry crying because they have made this cut. “
Senator Quintero expressed his proposal to close the Ministry of Equality to allocate his resources to sport, to which former President Uribe responded shortly: “Cix it too and have an equal education program.”
On the other hand, the forum also aimed to discuss security, international connectivity, and projects for Colombia and the Caribbean. It was at this time that Uribe Vélez presented his concern about the figures of more than 100,000 young people in Cartagena who are without studying or working in formal employment, ensuring that insecurity must be fought, in part, with presence in the neighborhoods.
The forum also had the participation of María Fernanda Cabal, Paloma Valencia, Andrés Guerra, Miguel Uribe Londoño, Paola Holguín and Senator Enrique Cabrales.
Source: Integrated information system
