What will happen to the health reform after the replacement of ministers

For many experts, health reform It was the origin of the ministerial crisis, which later led to the departure of 7 ministers from the cabinet of the Petro Government.

(Achievements and milestones of officials who left the Government).

The initiative, which went from “to be 99% negotiated” to not have the votes of the Liberal, Conservative and ‘U’ parties, is, according to analysts and ex-ministers, the project that motivated the crisis and broke the government’s coalition with the traditional parties.

For this reason, before the replacement of ministers, and the appointment of Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo as head of the Health portfolio, replacing Carolina Corcho, many wonder about the future of this project, which before the crisis seemed to be failing.

For Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, professor of International, Political and Urban Studies at the Universidad del Rosario, the changes in the cabinet can be read as “another government offensive to put pressure on the parties” for the project to be approved.

(Guillermo Jaramillo will work again with Petro: he is the new Ministry of Health).

Likewise, Theodore Kahn, associate director of Control Risks, assured that “A more conflictive relationship may come between the Executive and the Legislative, because several of the ministers who were considered a quota of the coalition parties have left.”

The truth is that beyond the changes in ministers and the reasons that caused the crisis, the health reform project remains pending.

In this regard, the designated health minister, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, stated, in an interview in the W, that he will seek agreements in order to improve the care system.

(Health reform, the origin of the ministerial crisis).

“I am optimistic about what is to come. After the high tide comes the tranquility. The most important thing is that we all find solutions.” Jaramillo said about the initiative.

He added that “With the wisdom of the Government and Congress, we are going to achieve the best for the health system, which should be an example for the whole world.”

For the experts, the arrival of Guillermo Jaramillo to the ministry is a door that opens to negotiate the health reform, because “Even from sectors of the opposition they recognize it.”

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