The National Government requested the waiver of the quotas that political parties have in some entities such as the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of ICT, after the communities expressed their rejection of the health reform.
This crisis in the coalition It caused the vice-ministers of these three entities, as well as some officials of the Territorial Directorates, to have to present their formal resignation.
However, This decision has not gone down well with the conservative, liberal and ‘U’ bencheswho consider that it is blackmail on the part of the Government so that they vote in favor.
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The senator and spokesman for conservatism, Nicolás Albeiro Echeverri, said that “it is not healthy that public servants are asked to resign to try to pressure or blackmail to some organizations like the political parties that seriously, like the Conservative Party, have rejected the health reform”.
“We have delivered more than 137 proposals that were not accepted by the Government, after many discussions and technically and financially demonstrating that they are necessary and viable to guarantee the health of Colombians,” he added.
Following this, The idea that they should withdraw from the coalition to go to the opposition or to independence could be gaining strength within the caucuses. taking advantage of the fact that several of the positions they have in the State could be lost.
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Some sources reported that they do not understand why the government is exerting this type of pressure, when the only thing they have been requesting is that the commitments made with President Gustavo Petro regarding the health reform are fulfilled and that are embodied in the 133 proposals that were presented.
Everything that is happening could also harm the process of the other reforms. In fact, this Tuesday the Conservative Party will meet to define a position on other projects such as prison humanization and submission to justice, which have also generated strong controversy.
In the event that liberalism, conservatism and ‘la U’ decide to withdraw from the coalition in Congress, the National Government would lose the majority to vote on its initiatives.
