The elected mayor emphasizes the importance of the agricultural sector in Nuevo Belén de Bajirá, highlighting that more than 10 thousand hectares of rice are produced per harvest, 40% of the banana destined for Europe comes from this region, in addition to passion fruit and cassava crops. Perea has a vision of sustainable agroindustrial development for the municipality in the coming years.
Regarding large infrastructures, Perea positions himself in favor of the Atrato-Truandó canal project proposed by President Gustavo Petro, arguing that this work would be one of the most important in Latin America and the world, with a transformative impact for the region.
In this sense, Perea and his team have taken concrete steps such as the creation of Canatcol AP (Atrato-Truandó Interoceanic Canal of Colombia) by community councils and indigenous reservations, seeking strategic alliances with national and international companies to carry out these large-scale projects.
About the votes
With complete normality and full guarantees for all democratic actors, the first elections for mayor and Council were held in the municipality of Nuevo Belén de Bajirá, Chocó, in which a total of 8,972 citizens (4,004 women and 4,968 men) were declared eligible to exercise their right to vote.
For this electoral process, the National Registry of Civil Status installed 11 voting stations, one in the municipal seat and 10 in townships, which were made up of 31 tables. In turn, 231 voting jurors were appointed (186 regulars and 45 remaining).
“The democratic day for the election of local authorities in Nuevo Belén de Bajirá took place normally and the inhabitants of the municipality went to the polls in complete calm. The National Registry Office provided full guarantees for the development of the elections in this new Choco municipality,” said the national registrar of Civil Status, Hernán Penagos.
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