This Tuesday the first debate of the National Development Plan began in the Congress of the Republic. In the midst of the discussion of the economic commissions, 276 articles of the 358 proposed in the bill were approved.
Among the approved proposals, the president of the Third Committee of the House of Representatives, Katherine Miranda highlighted the approval of article 303 that seeks to give equity to the legal benefits that have the police patrolmen with the officers of the entity.
“This article is very important because it seeks to strike a balance as well as equity in the social benefits that patrol officers have today versus officers. The idea is that all the benefits that the officers have are also available to the patrolmen.“, It indicated.
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On the other hand, article 254 was approved, which gives free rein to the creation of the Basic Value Unitto which the goods and services in Colombia thate were or will be de-indexed from the minimum wage.
Some of these goods are traffic fines, payments for procedures in notariesthe Soat, the health moderators quotas, among others.
On the other hand, the congresswoman maintained that on the second day of the PND debate there will be a discussionquite agitated by the different proposals of the representatives and senators to several articles of the project, especially in the elimination ofand various extraordinary powers of the presidentsince some concerns remain in this regard, so they will be reviewed with a magnifying glass”.
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It is worth mentioning that within the nine extraordinary powers of President Gustavo Petro are, modify cash transfer programs such as youth and families in action, acquire the infrastructure of the San Juan de Dios Hospital to create a new entity that has new health services, as well as local roads that allow the construction and improvement of rural roads.
In this sense, the Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, He supported these powers, arguing that they were specific and that “they have been widely discussed with congressmen.” He also maintained that he expects all of them to be approved.
Meanwhile, a total of 21 articles were eliminated from the bill, including the elimination of the proposal that the National Police would be part of the Ministry of the Interior.
Finallyit was decided that the entity will continue to be part of the Ministry of Defense.
The discussion will continue this Wednesday, March 22, starting at 8:00 am in the Congress of the Republic.
