He Colombian President Gustavo Petrowill install this Thursday, Independence Day, the new period of ordinary sessions of the National Congressin which his Government will seek the approval of the social reforms that did not pass in the previous legislature.
Petro will give a speech before both houses of Congress after leading in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina a patriotic celebration with an emphasis on the recent ruling of the international Court of Justice who sentenced that Nicaragua It cannot extend its continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles that delimit its border with Colombia.
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The priority of the president and the official party Historical Pact in the new legislature will be the controversial social reforms that could not be approved in the past period due to the crisis of the government coalition, after several center and right forces expressed their discontent with the content of the bills.
“In the session that starts on July 20, the government bench and its coalition will seek to advance the social reform projects“he said on Thursday. Senator Iván Cepeda, from the Historical Pact.
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Cepeda recalled that in the previous legislature the process of the pension, labor and health system reformall three highly criticized by different political, economic and even social sectors,”and to these reforms is now added the reform of public education and also the mining code“.
Installation of the second legislature of Congress
Changes in education and mining
The public education reformwhich will be one of the novelties of the new legislature, proposes some changes so that education is a fundamental right, as well as the modification of the Law 30 of 1992which regulates higher education.
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With the reform of the mining code, it is sought that the State has companies that participate in projects in this sector; that he Bank of the Republic be the only one who buys the gold extracted in the country; improve the exploration and production of minerals such as copperhe lithium and the nickelin addition to declaring the mining industry to be of strategic national interest and social interest.
“These are some of the essential projects that the government bench is going to carry out, since they are vital for the country, they concern structural problems that Colombian society has, they cannot wait and, therefore, we will do our best to ensure that this semester are approved in an expeditious and efficient manner”, Cepeda added. According to the leftist senator, that is the way “so that we can have fundamental changes in social matters in Colombia“.
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However, to get those reforms approved, Petro will not only have to rebuild the relationship with parties like the Liberalhe Conservative and of the Uwho distanced themselves from the government coalition, but deal with the opposition of others such as the Democratic Center and Radical changewho will have their own legislative projects.
EFE
