Gustavo Petro called for a great national convention: “It’s time to surrender to build a fairer country”

“It’s time for a national agreement. When one utters these words, we are all known to agree, they sound cute. The national dialogue that must be followed by a national agreement, and we already have a historical experience: the 1991 Constituent Assembly.” With this intervention, the President Gustavo Petro He called for a large space for agreement between all social and political forces.

During his speech to install Congress of the RepublicThe Head of State focused on two blocks: environmental and social justice. Finally, talk about complete peaceand progress in implementing comprehensive rural reform (the first point of final peace agreement) and anti-narcotics, especially fentanyl.

At the end of his speech, which lasted more than an hour and a half, he called on Congress in full force to form it national convention between the various social forces to advance national pacification and eliminate political confrontations. In this regard, he indicated that this initiative should have its first goal in building more equitable societies.

“I believe that the National Convention means a more just and productive society and that it is the path to peace (…) We can transcend the differences And social, economic and political diversity, ”explained Pietro. By the way, he made an invitation to “those who led the country” to surrender to come to terms.

In this sense, he insisted, this national agreement could not focus on “the surrender of the poor” but that this should be the task of those who ran the country and the concentration of power in favor of the excluded population, he said.

To this end, he added,Not rhetorically“That agreement has been reached, but with better conditions in the current health and education system. For this reason, he proposed agreeing to major reforms that will be discussed in Congress (Health, Pensions, Labor and Law 30).

In conclusion, the President said again that this mechanism also passes through the legislature: “The Congress of the Republic is the most intensified expression of the national agreement that is addressed here through law and reform relating to health and the world of work and pensions.”

In addition, he pointed out that the new discussions should also include Public serviceswhose bills will be introduced in the first legislature in line with the Petro government.

In the end, he asserted, this national agreement must be one of the foundations for peace in order to end the “second phase” of violence in Colombia: that committed between the rebellion and the state. In this regard, he notes that this confrontation has ended, as well as the party struggles similar to those of La Violencia’s time.

This national agreement on social and environmental justice can summarize in the Congress of the Republic the reforms that Colombia needs. The global life force of Columbia is.” After that, Petro solemnly declared Conference installation Colombian in a new legislative period.

As soon as he finished his speech, it was the turn of speech to the opposition. The first to speak was the Senator Maria Fernanda Caballefollower Democratic Center. It started with a harsh criticism of the security situation in the country. Erika Sanchez, of the same party, also gave a speech inside the opposition law.

David Lunaof radical change, and Daniel Carvalhofrom Verde Oxígeno (also dissenters), culminated in a response to the President’s speech.