The ministers and senior officials of the government of President Gustavo Petro They have been meeting since 10:00 am at the Center for Higher Studies of the National Police (Cespo) to talk about what the direction of the Executive branch will be for 2025.
Among the main issues being discussed are the budget cut, the legislative agenda and the ministerial shake-up, announced by the head of state at the end of last year. Likewise, one of the messages that the president hopes to leave in all portfolios and entities will be the need to advance in the National Development Plan (PND) and show management results.
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“I don’t like that, for the third year of the Government, the speech is let’s go, because it refers to the future, it refers to a promise. And a Government that begins its third year no longer promises, it does, it delivers.“, stated the president in December.
Gustavo Petro also hopes that, during the conclave, Each minister goes to the board and explains how his management was in the last year and how he progressed in compliance with the PND. In fact, in the first part of the day, the cabinet members finalized details of their presentations; while the president arrived after one in the afternoon to listen to the ministers’ presentations.
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Susana Muhamad and Gloria Inés Ramírez
Presidency
Ministerial shakeup, key issue
Another of the most important points of the meeting has to do with the ministerial shakeup announced by the head of statewho will tell his officials that those who have aspirations in 2026, either for the Presidency or in Congress, must raise their hand in the coming days so that they can think about their replacements.
However, the date on which each minister would leave would not be immediate. A deadline would be given until March, which is the time when there is a risk of being disqualified from next year’s elections..
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Juan David Correa, Luis Gilberto Murillo and Andrés Camacho
Presidency
At the moment, there is talk of the departure of five ministers and directors of entities: Susana Muhamad (Environment) Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo (Health), Luis Gilberto Murillo (Foreign Relations) and Juan Fernando Cristo (Interior) and Gustavo Bolívar (Social Prosperity).
It is expected that Muhamad, Jaramillo and Bolívar will aspire for the Historical Pact, while Murillo and Cristo could move towards another current, since they are not part of the coalition and are not from the same current as the current president.
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*With information from EL TIEMPO – POLITICS
