The Department of Magdalena joined its voice to demand that the National Government, through the Decentralized Session of the Fourth Commission of the Senate of the Republic that is held in the district of Guáimaro, Salamina, act because that is the only way in which this area can offer a better future to its inhabitants.
Senator Claudia Pérez, who led the initiative to carry out the Decentralized in this area, made a strong call to the National Government to visit the regions and experience first-hand the reality with which the population of this Department has to deal. .
“I demand respect for the department of Magdalena. We needed the ministers to be present today in Guáimaro. Here we are those who do respond for our department. It is very easy to administer from cold Bogotá, but what you have to do is put on your boots and visit each of our municipalities,” the Senator expressed emphatically.
This same call was made by the mayor of Salamina, Eduin Pabón Charris, who highlighted the importance of the peasantry for this area and how that union has been forgotten by national officials.
“I want you to know that Magdalena is also Colombia and that a peasant without land is not a peasant. Here, 90 percent of our farmers have nowhere to plant, that is why I want you to help us because together we can achieve many more things,” commented the municipal official.
The integrators of the working groups of the municipal mayors of the department of Magdalena and unions were also present to present to all the officials and national delegates the greatest needs that Magdalena has and how without their help it is impossible to solve them.
“Poverty is winning the battle for us. You don’t know how many children have not had breakfast or go to bed without eating. Today they are learning about our reality, the one we live every day, the poverty of our working people. We have no infrastructure, we have no schools, there are no supplies, there is nothing,” said the mayor of Sitio Nuevo, in the Rio area, Alfredo Antonio Navarro Manga, sadly.
On the other hand, the mayor of Pueblo Viejo, in the northern area, Brandon De Jesús Márquez Márquez, questioned what the authorities are doing to solve the problems of Magdalena. “Today our farmers and ranchers in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta are unemployed or are not producing because they fear for their lives because groups outside the law want to exert more force than the public force itself. “We need and demand commitment to solve the problems we have.”
The mayor of San Sebastián de Buenavista, in the southern area, Jivanildo Bordeth Meriño, asked the National Government to reinforce the retaining wall in Pijiño and improve the Guamal – Santa Bárbara road “to feel that the State has caught up. with us as a community.”
Finally, the intervention of the work table integrators of the municipal mayors of the department of Magdalena and unions was closed by the mayor of Tenerife, for the central area, Jorge Miguel Mercado.
“We need job creation, education, housing, the economy is driven by works, opportunities, dynamism, how can we save some needs if the winter and the El Niño phenomenon have not left us,” commented the mayor of Tenerife.
The Decentralized Session of the Fourth Commission of the Senate of the Republic continues with the intervention of Ministers, Vice Ministers and delegates, waiting to generate commitments that help the entire department of Magdalena.
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