Former President Álvaro Uribe He received, this Wednesday, August 20, The freedom ballot ordered by justice while The sentence to 12 years in jail is resolved in second instance in household regime to which it was convicted, And immediately summoned a public act in the town of Sabaneta, near Medellín, for this same day.
(See: Iván Cepeda says that he will proceed ‘to the relevant’, after a failure that gives freedom to Uribe).
The ex -president said in his speech: “We have to fight to recover freedom at a very difficult time. They want to take our soldiers to protect (Nicolás) Maduro in the binational zone, and there are 700 or more municipalities in Colombia, of which the legitimate and constitutional force of our soldiers and police have been replaced by the imposition of terrorism“
In addition, he insisted that Colombian soldiers should not “Go to take care of Maduro in the binational zone. To attack a country, the approval of others is needed, but the ultimatum is not an attack on the Venezuelan state […] We say no to the binational zone with Maduro“
(See: Superior Court of Bogotá orders freedom by former president Álvaro Uribe).
But this, said Uribe, “The Colombian people have to claim it, if Maduro is a legitimate target of the United States … It is a usurper, the elections have been stolen and remains in power. What is the reason for us to defend it and expose the life of the soldiers in that area?, That cannot be allowed, dear citizens“
Electoral Panorama 2026
The former president was very direct in which he intends to promote a government (of opposition to the current one) under the flags of freedom and security: “The old like me, who want to participate in this battle of coalition, have to do a very difficult exercise … the country was not perfect, Something good that we did lead us to Colombians to tell them ‘they do not take away the license to intervene in the public life of the nation’, Because something good we did and we also know how to correct mistakes“
Uribe Vélez referred to the freedom of citizens: “Rescue the freedom of Colombians is not from the right, or center, or from the left, that is recovery, a democratic principle, security is a value“
The former president indicated that news such as the murder of the Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay do a lot of damage to the country and said that this is due to the insecurity in the Colombian government.
(See: Álvaro Uribe’s new plan for the 2026 presidential elections).
Former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez
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Investment
“A transition government can project a succession of government, which gives this country a great democratic well -being“He said, although it was emphatic that in four years all problems will not be solved.
In addition, the former president said that it is important to go to the polls next year. “We have the firm commitment to return tranquility to Colombians, it is a commitment of the soul to the country“
On the other hand, much of his speech was dedicated to investment: “When there is fear to invest in a country that means that the freedom to invest is lost. For us or talk badly, nor money kneel“
The ex -president said that, after doing an analysis, he has divided the security in physics, legal and political, and his speech, he was dedicated to attacking pillars of society and nerve points of the Petro government: “When there is a government that threatens the private sector every day … A private sector frightened is a private sector that is not a leader. In Venezuela the only ones who could invest were the friends of the government and many buried their convictions simply to keep the companies, which have come gradually failing. We want him to invest with the government and the one against“
(See: Uribe urged the government of the Government in the crime of Miguel Uribe: Petro responded)
In the midst of his speech, the ex -president questioned: “What is better, limiting freedom of investment or that in a country can freely be invested without having the possibility of government acceptance?“In the meantime, he said The more limited the investment is going to be worse for workers.
“When the worker is the one who chooses, it is because there are many opportunities and he has the right to choose the best job opportunity, he does not have to be a slave to use misery“He said.
“We want an economy where the employer and the worker do well, so our last law was to reduce work, so that the worker has more time, sports and can share with his family“He added. In that sense, he referred to Surcharge that will begin from 7 at night (for labor reform) and questioned how entrepreneurs will impact.
Among other things, the former Chief of State spoke of “neocomunism based on the drug trafficking of Colombia and its democratic restoration government.”
Employment
Álvaro Uribe directly touched the issue of employment, and said: “We propose a fraternal economy system where entrepreneurs and workers can row in the same direction, And that a business sector grows 4% or more then there an additional premium for workers like this to employers and workers and workers“
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“Regarding young people, he said that many in the country have only the option of providing drug trafficking and thus begin to ‘win some pesos’, and they take them to other crimes. Thus freedom is lost to employment and to be able to choose. On this it was empathic in which education is required but not any education. We are committed to a technical education project for young people who can work from Colombia for Colombiaor for the foreigner to work in Colombia to spend on pesos or win on dollars or a foreign currency of good value and for that a good commitment is needed“He said.
Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist
