THE HOMELAND | Manizales
The National university of Colombia This Thursday dawned without a rector. After eight years in charge of the Rectorate, Dolly Montoya said goodbye to the academic community on Wednesday with a message of thanks.
The teacher José Ismael Peñadespite the discontent of the student community, finally took over as the new rector. His possession lasted longer than normal because The Minister of Education, Aurora Vergara, has not yet signed the possession certificate.
The event took place at Notary 14 of the Bogotá circuit before several witnesses and representatives of the alma mater’s establishments.
The above is the outcome of the strike that the students of the National University began as a rejection of the decision which was agreed upon by the Higher University Council (CSU), the body in charge of appointing the rectors, on March 21.
Juan José Ospina Torres, student representative enrolled in the Faculty of Administration of the headquarters Manizalesmentions that What the University is experiencing is administrative uncertainty. Even so, he classifies it as a advance of the student movement.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen, We do not know what the future of the administrative is. What we do know is that we are making progress and that is The minister, who presides over the Higher University Council, has not signed the possession certificate, has not validated the appointment of Professor Ismael Peña, so that is an advance that the strike is celebrating. However, It is generating uncertainty, which is a much bigger picture”, expanded the student representative.
However, the act of possession was carried out despite the fact that the documents are not signed which, according to the University’s statutes, are necessary for Peña to be in office.
He must be
Juan José Ospina Torres, student representative, mentions that students have the advantage. It is based on the fact that the minister filed due process with the Attorney General’s Office regarding what the duty should be: whether or not to sign the possession document.
“If you come to sign the minutes, we We will ignore the legitimacy that Professor José Ismael Peña has”, concludes Ospina. In Manizales, blockades have already been made as a sign of protest against Peña’s election.
They are prepared in Manizales
The appointment for the students of the U. Nacional Manizales headquarters was at noon this Thursday at the Palogrande campus. They are preparing for the national meeting that the nine headquarters of the Institution will have next Sunday in Bogotá.
“We are going to bring flags, posters and our own demands to present in Bogotá because there We are going to give a speech on the points that affect us. One is the constituent, with which We seek greater integration of the institution to the students and that our voice be heard,” he adds.
The meeting of the delegations of the U. headquarters will last until May 9. During the approach they will address discussions on political approaches, welfare, financing, gender and infrastructure.
“We are going to march to the Ministry of Education and there we are going to leave the political declaration at the end of the march,” concludes Juan José.
