Clarifying that she attends each session held in Parliament, Deputy Norma Camacho commented that 4 months ago, when the health situation began to slightly normalize, she fulfills each of her functions.
Unlike some deputies who comfortably do not regularly attend their sessions, the deputy of the National Encounter Party (PEN), Norma Camacho, commented that this is not her case, since she has participated in the sessions in person for 4 months.
“I am not in the group of the comfortable ones. In fact, from the moment the health situation began to improve slightly, I decided to carry out my duties in person, ”the parliamentarian stressed.
Referring to the situation of her colleagues who do not attend regularly in person, the deputy said that they currently have a regulation, which establishes that parliamentarians can exercise their functions virtually or in person, leaving this to the decision of each one.
“That is enabled, that is, we assist legally if our presence is virtual or in person,” said Camacho, appealing to the personal criteria of his colleagues, according to their circumstances.
On the other hand, taking into account the infections that are gradually increasing, the deputy ruled that the hybrid format must remain in Congress, to avoid any type of difficulties in the health of parliamentarians.
“In my case, for example, apart from the sessions, I go to meetings and public hearings, where we are limited to a presence of 35 people. Besides, in other classrooms they also limit attendance; for this reason, we must ask ourselves if the 80 deputies will be able to attend all within the same environment, ”argued Camacho.
In this regard, he continued saying that the situation in which the contagion numbers began to drop would have been conducive to thinking about a simultaneous attendance of the congressmen, but now with the new variants and the presence of greater danger, reality is once again full of sanitary difficulties.
“However, beyond that, my personal decision is to continue attending because from my point of view, presence is essential in the exercise of parliamentary functions,” said the deputy.
In that sense, she added that virtuality makes many aspects difficult in parliamentary sessions, mainly when analyzing the projects presented, since by relying exclusively on the Internet, the congressman can find himself in various technical problems that make his work impossible.
“Even at the time of voting there are problems and another aspect that reinforces the difficulties is that our country is not characterized by its perfect access to the Internet. However, in all this time the problems would have been solved, even more so considering that virtuality is already part of everyone’s life ”, he declared.
FUEL
At another point, recalling the General Budget of the Nation (PGN) 2022, which is still being discussed in Parliament, it establishes that the 80 deputies will receive each month G. 3.5 million as fuel quotas.
This establishment generated some rejection by various sectors, even more so after learning that the increase represents around G. 117 thousand per day, while the National Police will only receive a benefit of G. 50 thousand per day.
In this regard, Camacho stressed that she and her partner Kattya González reject the benefits. Although they receive them regularly, like the rest of their colleagues, both parliamentarians decide to donate the amount of the benefits received.
“In the case of those who attend and do not, it is necessary to rethink it before the administrative area and later the president must communicate the final decision, since said establishment is in charge of analyzing all these issues and we particularly cannot make suggestions, beyond the what do we do, “said the deputy.
