The Senator of the Historic Pact, Isabel Zuletarecently assured that he already has ready the legislative act with which he seeks to revive the figure of the immediate presidential re-election.
However the President of the Senate, Efrain CepedaI affirm that The atmosphere in Congress is not conducive to this initiative being successful. and become Law of the Republic.
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“I don’t see any atmosphere in the Congress of the Republic. I have always said that Congress is the way to settle these differences. I don’t see any atmosphere for a presidential re-election and, what’s more, the Conservative Party introduced a paragraph to the effect that it is not only a legislative act, but a referendum because it is an absolutely guaranteeing issue to ask the Colombian people.“, said the head of the legislative branch.
Isabel Zuleta, senator of the Historical Pact.
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For him, this is a time to give more priority to issues that really interest the country and that do not generate polarization.We must concentrate on how people will fare, if they finally deliver on their promise to the Caribbean region with the reduction of energy rates. What we should be interested in at this moment is employment, that people have ‘money’ in their pockets and this generates deep polarization. (…) I don’t see the mood and most of the parties have said no.“, he added.
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Although the President Gustavo Petro and the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristohave been designated from this proposal, Zuleta said on Monday that there are few details left to formally file the initiative.
“We already have it articulated. We have the entire argumentative basis. What we are missing is the compilation of the concepts. We think it is very important to involve the jurists and especially former magistrates who have had a tradition in these discussions. They have already given the discussion on what is the substitution of the Political Constitution and what are the limits that we congressmen have to present reforms.“, he said in statements collected by ‘La FM’.
Efraín Cepeda is the new president of the Senate.
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This proposal has raised controversy, even among the rank and file of the ruling party. In fact, when the Antioquian congresswoman spoke for the first time about this initiative, EL TIEMPO asked members of the Historic Pact, who assured that the proposal had not been discussed in the party.It gets us into debates we are not interested in having.“, a source from the political movement said at the time.
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“We are working with the grassroots to gather proposals, because it is not only about re-election, but also about the recall of the mandate. The proposal is much broader because, today, it is not possible to make this figure effective and there are many obstacles, it is a decorative figure.“,” Zuleta said in June.
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*With information from EL TIEMPO – POLITICS
