There is concern among some congressmen about an article that would be included in the health reform and It would grant special powers to the Government to transform working conditions in the sector.
(Read: Health reform: uncertainties due to lack of socialization).
Last Tuesday, January 31, the members of the seventh committees of the Senate and House were invited to socialize chapter three and the conclusions of the project that will be carried out by the government of Gustavo Petro.
One of the points that stood out were the “powers to issue labor regulations to guarantee fair and dignified working conditions, with stability and facilities to increase the knowledge of human talent in health, both in the private and public sectors“.
For attendees there are many doubts about this point since the scope of these special powers is not clear. For now, it is not clear if said article will be included in the bill, which must pass four debates, nor how it would be worded, since the draft of the initiative is not known.
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In fact, this is one of the main questions that has been made to the initiative that will be filed this month before Congress and thebecause only their central axes are known.
Today we socialize the bases of the structural health reform with congressmen from the House and Senate of the seventh commissions.
This space is part of the cycle of dialogues that we began in October and today brought together 54 people, including congressmen and members of their UTL. pic.twitter.com/TqXpj3prJw– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) January 31, 2023
to meet Several congressmen stopped attending as a form of protest against the Government for not socializing the text and they argued that in previous meetings they only presented slides.
But from the Government, both the Minister of Health, Carolina Corcho, and President Gustavo Petro himself, insist that there have been several socializations.
However, political forces in Congress, including government allies, are already are moving to make decisions regarding this reformas well as the others that the Executive will present, such as labor and pension.
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From the Liberal Party, for example, they warned that “They will not allow them to devastate the health system“EL TIEMPO learned that César Gaviria, head of the community, will tell the liberal congressmen that control of health cannot be returned to government entities, as would be contemplated in the project.
Who are also moving They are the conservatives, who have already announced a bench meeting to assess their position against the Petro governmentabout these projects. “It is important to remember that the Conservative Party firmly left some blue lines that allow us to guarantee the fundamental principles that our community has defended and it is our duty to review that the actions of the national government consider citizen sentiment,” they said in a statement.
And Cambio Radical, which is independent, would not accompany her, because on Sunday in his column published in EL TIEMPO, the natural head of the community, Germán Vargas Llerasquestioned that the project is not known and said that this reform is “infected with ideology.”
(Read: Petro defends the health reform after various criticisms of the project).
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With information from EL TIEMPO*
