The opposition asked the president to exercise his role as commander of the Public Force and guarantee the security of citizens.
President Gustavo Petro. Photo: Presidency.
President Gustavo Petro ignited controversy after proposing, in the midst of the launch of the ‘Cauca Mission’ in Popayán, to decree a state of exception to ‘expressly’ contract infrastructure works, which even began to be executed and were not completed. they finished
Opposition political sectorsThey urged the head of state to think instead about combating the illegal groups that have besieged the inhabitants of various departments of the country,among them Cauca.
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“President Gustavo Petro does not have to decree any state of exception to contract works in conflict zones,What you have to do is make the decision to fight the bandits, especially the FARC dissidents that have the inhabitants of Cauca and Valle del Cauca under siege.Don’t invent a smokescreen,” questioned the representative of the Democratic Center Juan Espinal.
For her part, Senator María Fernanda Cabal said through her X account that“The problem is not a state of emergency, the problem is the theft of your government.”
Representative Julio César Triana of Cambio Radical spoke in the same sense, stating that in the midst of the “inability of the Government” to execute the General Budget of the Nation, allowing the state of emergency to be decreed “would be a reward.”
“What the president has to do is act as commander in chief of the Public Force and guarantee security to the violent territories,where they not only extort, but also ID cards,” said Triana.
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From the Historical Pact they came out in defense of the proposal of the president, Gustavo Petro,arguing that areas of the country such as Cauca require urgent intervention.
“Cauca needs an immediate response and that solution that can have investment in one or two days is important.“This legal mechanism proposed by the president will allow resources to arrive quickly,”said representative Alejandro Ocampo.
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