Several young people ended up with severe colic, vomiting and pain after consuming food that was given at the National Meeting of Youth Councilors in Colombia. Even so, they ask to correct and that the meeting can take place.
Colombian News.
This weekend the first Jaime Garzón Youth meeting will be held in Medellín, there hundreds of young people from all over the country will come to hear what the national scene is, in other regions, what the government proposes for them and listen to each other their proposals, but prior to the meeting there have been logistical problems that included massive poisoning.
National councilors from Bucaramanga, Bogotá, Barranquilla and other areas of the Atlantic, had sent a letter, stating that there were no conditions to hold this meeting.
For example, for the Colombia Joven ‘autonomous space’ meeting this Sunday, December 18, they denounced, it should not take place.
They asked to change to look for other scenarios and spaces that guarantee security, logistics to be able to “talk, listen and understand each other.”
Intoxicated, without resources and without support
Since the meeting in Medellín lasted two days, the young people had previously been summoned and it was there, where the food failed, lodging and the mobilization of the participants would not have been guaranteed either.
This meeting also comes with discomfort for situations that denounce, have not been properly addressed.
The meeting will be led by the Director of Young Colombia, Gabriela Posso. The visit of President Gustavo Petro is expected.
Youth councilors from all over the country have been complaining for days about the lack of guarantees for participation in the event, and some of them.
The National Youth Council, made up of more than 12,000 people from all over the country, has questioned the High Presidential Council for this and other situations that have been reported.
This year the elections for municipal youth councilors were held in the country.
On the way to the first national youth meeting to build the youth chapter of the National Development Plan. The complaints about the little logistical organization and guarantees of the event are clear, at the last minute they canceled the participation of the special seats. pic.twitter.com/fghq1Qbc9V
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