November 20, 2022, 1:04 PM
November 20, 2022, 1:04 PM
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Jerges Mercado, anticipated the treatment of a census law in the session this Monday of the Lower Housewhich guarantees the application of the census results in the 2025 elections. Thus, llHe loved the people of Santa Cruz to lift the departmental indefinite strike.
Mercado stated that in consensus with the Executive, a bill has been worked on that guarantees a quality census and collects the demands from the town of Santa Cruz. The document does not include the five bills submitted by different political forces, among them the one that was agreed between opposition legislators from Santa Cruz and the Inter-institutional Committee.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies reported that the document brings together three important elements. Ratifies Decree 4824 to carry out the census in March 2024 confirms that the distribution of resources will be made from September of the same year and complements, giving guarantees, that the results will be applied in the 2025 elections. “That is what we have been working on. Different political forces presented different bills, there are five that have come to us, but these were not the solution”said Market.
He added that these bills have been sent to the commissions, but he believes that they will not advance quickly, because some of them propose the creation of a new INE, fiscal pact and other issues, which lengthen the debate.
“We are at a time when we want to resolve the conflict in Santa CruzThat is why of all the laws, the one that we had proposed, with some other elements, a project for a law that immediately resolves the problem and gives certainty of the census, of the resources, of the seats and constituencies in depending on the results,” Mercado said.
He said that this project responds to all the demands of the Interinstitutional Committee, therefore, “It doesn’t make sense for the mobilizations to continue.” “I call on those who are in the roundabouts and are mobilized, that they can return to their homes. And I ask the rector (of the UAGRM) and the Civic Committee to do their part by lifting the measure of pressure, which is unnecessary because there are consensuses and agreements to carry out this law,” he added.
The call to legislators for this Monday in The only point on the agenda of the official session is to consider the Census Law.
