Eight senators out of 15 would vote against the initiative in the Third Committee of the Senate. These are their names.
The rThe tax form continues in intensive care and the project increasingly loses support in the different political sectors of the country.
The initiative would not have the majorities to move forward in the Senate of the Republic, specifically in the Third Commission, where a slight majority against the initiative would have already been established.
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Sources informed La FM de RCN that, Of the 15 senators that make up that corporation, eight would vote for the financing law to be sunk, after considering that it is inconvenient to tax Colombians with more taxes.
The eight senators who would vote negative for the project are:
- Mauricio Gómez Amín (Liberal Party)
- Juan Pablo Gallo (Liberal Party)
- Efraín Cepeda (Conservative Party)
- Liliana Bitar (Conservative Party)
- Antonio Zabaraín (Radical Change)
- Carlos Julio González (Radical Change)
- Miguel Uribe (Democratic Center)
- Juan Carlos Garcés (La U).
In the Fourth Senate Commission there could also be a slight majority of eight to seven to sink the project, but in that legislative document the situation is not yet clear.
On the other hand, The Conservative Party formally announced that it will not support the Finance Law because it is considered inconvenient in this difficult fiscal moment that the country is experiencing.
“This financing law would have serious effects on the pockets of Colombians such as the increase in the cost of the family basket, a result of the carbon tax on fuel,” the community noted.
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“Likewise, this law contemplates an increase in the tax on occasional gains by 20% for all Colombians who from now on receive an inheritance, sell their house or their car,” he added.
The conservatives consider that it is not advisable to end the simplified regime, because that would affect small and medium-sized companies that were formalized under this stimulus.
“It is not responsible for the country’s economy to put compliance with the fiscal rule at risk, increasing the debt when there is no income to pay it,” they say.
This Tuesday neither An agreement was reached between the congressmen and the Government for the filing of a presentationwhich is why the session of the Economic Commissions in which the project would be announced was canceled again to begin its discussion.
