In the installation ceremony of the Fenalco Congress, the president of the guild, Jaime Alberto Cabal stated that from here to the elections of Congress and President of the Republic that will be in 2026 “we cannot keep our arms crossed waiting for a candidate or a messiah to save us.”
By insisting on the desire to change the course that the country must take, the union leader said that “there are many actions that we can implement and that we also have been promoting.”
Before those present in the Auditorium of the Plaza Mayor Convention Center, in Medellín, at the opening of the Annual Guild Congress, Cabal detailed the six actions in which Fenalco and its members in this pre -embedding stage will be concentrated.
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1. Vigilantes and alerts so that there are elections
The first task, he said, that “As citizens and as entrepreneurs we must make sure that the elections are held according to the electoral calendar, we cannot allow any sprains, nor any excuse that puts the normal of democracy at risk.
He added that “In this case, the requirement of the institutions to fulfill their sacred duty to enforce the Constitution will be a priority.”
The elections, one of the analysis issues in the Fenalco Congress.
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2. ‘Let’s go to help choose a good congress’
For Jaime Alberto Cabal, the Congress that ends his period in 2026, With valuable exceptions, especially in the Senate, it was indebted to the country. For that reason, he supported that “It is necessary to support and re -elect those who did not give themselves to the government, or their dire reforms, fulfilling their duty.”
Commented that it is important to point out “So that they do not return, those who are involved in acts of corruption and sold to the Government for personal gifts or interests, betraying entrepreneurs and citizens.”
He said that the guild has visible each other, but He pointed out that, in the face of the March elections, in alliance with the Institute of Political Science (ICP), “we will take a balance to visualize them completely.”
The leader too He stated that it is essential to apply for parties and support new leadership with civil society people who can go to oxygenate Congress.
In this purpose of changing the course of the country The role that the Congress chosen in next March, whether or not to accompanying the initiatives of the new Government, is fundamental.
Fenalco asks that businessmen be assertive in contribution to political campaigns.
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3. No to indifference for politics
As entrepreneurs and citizens we cannot continue to afford to say that we do not participate in politics, nor do we talk about it. If the country truly hurts and we want the change of course we have to participate.
Entrepreneurs in Colombia We generate 10,885,000 formal jobs; For its part, the public sector generates 809,000 jobs, but while the rulers and politicians who are in power proselytize, businessmen in general are apatheticat least, talk about politics with our employees.
4. Assertive economic support for campaigns
The president of Fenalco said that much of political campaigns in Colombia are financed with private sector resources.
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“It is very important to be assertive and not disperse resources, channel them towards processes and efforts that are making groups of citizens and institutions to collaborate with the change of course in 2026,” he said.
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5. White Paper, an agenda for the future of Colombia
Starting from the fact that the future of the country is not built only with the vision and ideas of a ruler, but with the contribution and ideas of many citizens, Fenalco works on the elaboration of what he has called the White Paper.
It will be a document of agenda proposals for the future of Colombia to be delivered to candidates and of course to the next president and his government team.
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According to Cabal, it includes 12 principles, 10 public policies and 16 bills.
6. Vigilants and alerts for the transparency of the elections
“It is also our duty to be vigilant and alert of the results of the elections. There are private initiatives that we must support with economic and human resources to reinforce the surveillance of each and every one of the voting tables with electoral witnesses; the example was given by María Corina Machado in Venezuela,” The president of Fenalco concluded.
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