After a draft decree prepared by the government to eliminate the third day without VAT of 2022President Gustavo Petro came out in defense of this decision and assured that these conferences generate strong damage to the Colombian economy.
(They ask the Government to reconsider the elimination of the day without VAT).
Through his social networks, the president argued that if we want to improve the internal economic situation we must stop buying imported products.
To the extent that the day without VAT does not separate the sale of national products from imported ones, it generates strong damage to the economy.
If we want to improve the economic situation, we must stop buying imported products if they are produced in Colombia. https://t.co/NAhnvDn8B1
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) November 23, 2022
Faced with the possibility of this day being eliminated, various sectors of traditional and electronic commerce have requested that the measure be reconsidered since it would stop a day with high consumption dynamics, which would leave millions in losses for these sectors of the local economy.
(Commerce clings to ‘Black Friday’ for the end of the year).
Under this scenario, the President Petro He assured that measures should be taken to encourage the purchase and sale of Colombian products and not imported goods.
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