In moments when the plenary session of the House of Representatives advance one race against time to approve the pension reform before June 20 – or else it will end archived by legislative times–, this Thursday the opposition warned that By prioritizing this initiative, at least 75 projects could be sunk of parliamentary initiative.
“More than 75 projects will be sunk due to lack of processing at the end of the legislature on July 20. The agenda of congressmen is frustrated and that of the Government is imposed”, claimed the Uribista representative.
According to Cadavid, this type of primacy would show that The person who manages the board of directors of the Chamber is not President Andrés Calle (liberal with a Petrist tendency), but the Minister of the Interior, Luis Fernando Velasco.
In that sense, he warned that projects such as the family defenders and their strengthening; The programs of monetary transfers unconditioned or solidarity income as a state policy, or the revocation of mandate of mayors and governors. “The Government’s agenda prevailed, not that of the congressmen”, the representative claimed.
Currently, the plenary session of the Chamber discusses at least 50 impediments that the representatives have presented warning of possible conflicts of interest on behalf of the initiative process.
It is expected that, once this step has been completed, begin the firm discussion of the articles, what would it be with negative presentation from the opposition that calls for the collapse of the project and then give way to the positive presentation. Apparently, given the complexity of the project and the tight times, the congressmen would be willing to meet between Friday and Saturday.
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Legislative times indicate that if the initiative is not approved and is reconciled before June 20when the parliamentary period ends, the project would be archived. Because it was established in the last legislature, it has no chance of be discussed in extraordinary sessions.
