A great controversy broke out in recent days after several students received a letter from the Icetex in which they were announced the suspension of support subsidies and the interest rate. María José CastañedaPresident of the National Association of Student Representatives (ACREES), lamented this and harshly criticized the president Gustavo Petro.
In dialogue with the station, the student leader said that the head of state with these messages is misinforming and generating confusion among people.
“As of Thursday, young people who have a loan with Icetex dawned with this terrible news (…) People are confused with what the president said”He said.
Castañeda explained that the Court knocked down two articles that were very different and were not related to the decision that the Icetex made today.
The estuary said that many of the beneficiaries can increase between 200,000 and 500,000 Colombian pesos. For this reason, he questioned Petro and made it clear that today they feel disappointed, since he has not fulfilled what he promised in the campaign.
“The president’s statement is irresponsible because he confused many people, But it is also irresponsible because it does not respond to young people, it excuses itself and is not clear with what it says ”, said.
The young woman added in her statement: “leave young people very The president has not fulfilled any of his promises and takes away these relief that they already had”
María José described as “sad” what happened, since, from her point of view, she is cheating and lying to the citizens by saying that the decision was made because all her “efforts went to public universities”, something that Nor is it true and gave an example that last year many students had to borrow.
“Again, it has breached us all, also in the public, promised 500 thousand quotas and this is the problem for which many young people have to borrow (…) The president does not give solutions, but deceives the young people and Colombians ”, He pointed out.
“We are in limbo, disappointed, but also without any response from the Icetex or the Government and much less from the Ministry of Education. ANDSto is a chronicle of a death announced, since last year we had been warning of Icetex, ”he said.
However, María José was emphatic in pointing out that the crisis with Icetex comes from a long time and they have been warning it, but they are not heard. “The President forgot that he is no longer a candidate and does not give the young people,” He pointed out.
“The situation is really worrying because we do not know what is going to happen, today everything is totally uncertain (…) We need a serious response from the president and that we are sentence at a table to be able to make a reform to Icetex, but none of this happens ”, Concluded the student.
