The senator for the Historical Pact, Gustavo Bolívar, revealed that he will resign from the Senate next year once he completes his tenure as president of the third commission of the corporation, in charge of processing the tax reform.
RCN Mundo was able to establish that Bolívar will seek to resign his seat in the Senate for economic reasons, because currently he cannot meet his needs in that matter with the salary of a Senator.
“What I plan to do is go or ask for an unpaid leave or retire at the end of the year, when my presidency of the Third Commission, that was all, I have been saying it to several media outlets, I have come down financially”pointed out Senator Bolivar.
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I add that it’s already been 5 years “sacrificing my economy and I have to go and recover itto does his thing what he always does, maybe temporarily return to my activity because with which I have obtained my sustenance which is television, cinema, books”.
He also revealed that before leaving Congress he wants to pass the tax reform that is currently in the legislature, the general system of royalties and “above all the National development plan, but that is not so fast, it will be for next year”.
One of the most important bishops of the Historical Pact and of the new Government, confirmed that President Gustavo Petro “When he named me head of the list or when he suggested that I be the head of the list, he knew, I told him that I could not sustain my economy for 8 years, sacrificing my family”.
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He also pointed out that in the In the next few hours, I would make it known to the president himself. to establish what the work route will be during his stay in Congress.
He told RCN Mundo that his economy is not good, since he still has important expenses to pay, such as a debt with the DIAN.
The “expenses for the standard of living that I brought are very high, very high, if it is not enough, let’s say at my pace of life today in politics to be able to pay.” He added that he had just “declared almost 1 billion.”
