In the afternoon of this December 12, it was decided to suspend the plenary session of the House of Representatives, in which the second debate of project health system reformdue to lack of quorum.
This is given with four days left until the end of the current legislatureso this government initiative remains in a race against time to be approved, which will end on December 20, in extra sessions, according to the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo.
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“We are going to have not only the 16th, which is the last day of legislation, but four more days until December 20th. There is more than enough for the Chamber to define“he stated.
The Minister of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, trusts that the health reform will advance in the Chamber, ensuring that the legislative extension until December 20 will be enough, although the impediments still need to be resolved. pic.twitter.com/VwoV1TZFmn
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And he added: “We are going quite well, in the next session the debates will end and the discussion will begin, there will be four more days, which are enough for the House of Representatives to define the project. All impediments have been resolved and only the articles will be discussed, so these days are more than enough“.
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So things are, This legislative proposal is hanging on a thread, since no major progress has been made in its journey through the Congress of the Republic, in its mission to be approved to become a Law of the Republic; even running the risk of sinking.
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