In, there was talk of the possibility that Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, is subject to a motion of censure. “The figure of the motion of censure is considered as the maximum political control that the Congress of the Republic (Senate or Chamber) can do to ministers, superintendents or directors of administrative departments, provided both in the Political Constitution and the Regulation of Congress,” in the definition of the Senate of the Republic.
There, Jose Jaime Uscátegui, representative to the Chamber for the Democratic Center, and Jennifer Pedraza, representative to the Chamber for the Dignity and Commitment Party, presented multiple arguments to take the head of the president of the political portfolio of the president, Gustavo Petro.
Within the framework of this exhibition of the arguments to bring Benedetti to the motion of censure, Pedraza and Uscátegui reacted to the announcement of the president, Gustavo Petro, of Convene the polls to Colombians because the Senate of the Republic does not approve of their bills. “While I consider that the labor reform has very favorable points, I voted positive in the House of Representatives, it seems inadmissible what the president is doing. First because it is lying to people who want better working conditions. It is not true that a popular consultation will ensure that a bill is approved in Congress because the questions of popular consultations must be simple, they can only have answers of ‘yes’ or ‘no’, they cannot be submitted to articulated. So, it seems to me that what the president does is take advantage of a political moment to advance the campaign; What he loves, loves to be campaigning, but thus takes the body to what is his duty, which is to govern this country, ”he said.
“Then, the consultation will not achieve better conditions to any worker, nor will he save the life of any patient; while the decisions of their health minister do have the health system in a deep crisis. So, that seems to me that it is inadmissible and Armando Benedetti, indeed, will be the face or one of the faces of that consultation, ”added the congresswoman.
Then, he said, it seemed unusual for Petro to talk about change having one of the most questionable people in traditional Colombian politics. “I saw the president’s press conference saying: ‘And here what they don’t want is to change.’ And I said: “How do you dare to fill your mouth with the word change when you have Armando Benedetti next to that press conference? And not only is Armando Benedetti, who is the presidential candidate of the pact, today? Roy Barreras. That is, they automatically have the wand to clean the history of the entire traditional political class and put a halo and a left smell already alternative when they are not. ” He added.
In turn, Uscátegui continued to point out that taking Benedetti to the motion of censure is necessary. “I have spoken a lot with Jennifer Pedraza and that group of women who a few weeks ago signed a letter opposing the designation of Benedetti as minister – there are all kinds of background – but in this month Benedetti carries as minister, you saw how he threatened Congress because the seventh commission of the Senate did not approve the nefarious labor reform and came out to threaten the congress; That if the reforms are not approved, we are going to see ourselves in the streets and that is a lack of respect and a violation of the division of powers in Colombia. ”
“Today the congressmen of the Seventh Commission are threatened, they have received threats against their integrity and that of their families and that is why, I think that we have to stop firm to defend the independence of powers and especially at the head of Benedetti, which as a minister of the Interior cannot be dedicated or threatened to challenge any congressman, regardless of the political color or his ideological shore, but beyond that, he does not forget this country The pituffolitic, of which precisely Benedetti is a fundamental axis of all that framework, ”he added.
For now there is no formal procedure to advance the motion of censure because there is no minimum group of congressmen to advance it. As for the popular consultation, the country is waiting to know the details, what questions would be asked and at what time, taking into account that the Government has a year and a half in power.
