Bogotá Mayor Claudia López met with members of the Bogotá School Congress, who had previously created an Accidental Commission to establish a common line of work on key city issues.
“Today, fortunately, the Accidental Commission for Bogotá has been established, which they called ‘The 18 for Bogotá.’ This is an idea of the last Congress, which the current one promised to continue talking about the major issues of Bogotà: safety, mobility, women and gender, environment, among others “, assured the representative in the Chamber of the Green Party. , Caterina Juvinao.
This invitation was an initiative of the Mayor to the representatives and senators of the various parties that will allow us to continue to advance in the “Bogotá we are building”.
With this trill, the mayor, Claudia López, thanks the members of Congress for their willingness to work together:
Thanks to the benches of the Senate and the Chamber who, above their parties, created an accidental commission for Bogotá and accepted the invitation to work together on:
• Seguridad
•Infrastructure
• Mobility
• Care system
•Education
•Health care
•Environment pic.twitter.com/q56B8Y1EM9– Claudia Lopez Hernández (@ClaudiaLopez) September 26, 2022
“Thanks to the benches of the Senate and the Chamber who, above their parties, created an accidental commission for Bogotá and accepted the invitation to work together on issues such as security, infrastructure, mobility, Assistance system, education, assistance health, environment. “, tweeted the mayor on his Twitter account at the end of the meeting.
Bills were also discussed which will be analyzed in this legislature – the first in the government of President Gustavo Petro – among which the following stand out: the tax stamp for the elderly, the modification of the General Participation System, the environmental protection of 1% of water resources that supply water to municipal, district and regional aqueducts, food security and the promotion of social and priority housing.
Senator Carlos Eduardo Guevara, president of the MIRA party, stressed the importance of the meeting to strengthen the link between Congress, the city and the national government.
“It is very important to know the budgetary needs, strategic projects and create a link between Congress, city and national government in order to be able to develop the necessary public policies on the issues of mobility, education, the environment, because if the city is well, it will. The country is doing well, “he said.
For her part, the senator for New Liberalism, Julia Miranda, welcomed the Mayor’s initiative because it allows them to know – in detail – the action of the District on various issues. “The coordination carried out by the Mayor is wonderful on issues of interest to the city of Bogotá and we in the Congress can support these issues. We all want Bogotá to do very well, “she said.
In turn, the representative Olga Lucía Velásquez was emphatic in saying that one of the central issues to be addressed is safety. “Ensuring that the police continue to arrive, that Bogotá trains them and does not take them elsewhere, that we can strengthen citizens’ proximity to the police, but also that the judicial system is a team game with Bogotá, that the entities of the national order works in harmony with the needs of the city ”, he highlighted.
Velásquez also referred to the consolidation of Bogotá – Region and said that “it is important because it allows us to create mobility and food security solutions for those of us who live in the city and neighboring municipalities”.
Irma Herrera, representative of the MIRA Party, stressed the importance of the meeting which helps to work for Bogotá, regardless of the political parties.
“Very satisfied with this meeting which coincides precisely with the inauguration of the Accidental Commission for Bogotá, 19 Representatives who will work for the city”, said the parliamentarian, who added that “to work for the city we must unite, regardless of the banks. policies in which each of us finds ourselves ”.
meeting attendees
House of Representatives
Juan Carlos Wills (Conservative Party)
Carolina Arbelaez (Radical Change)
Andres Forero (Democratic Center)
Támara Argote (Historical Pact)
Alirio Uribe (Historical Pact)
Olga Lucía Velásquez (Green Alliance)
Catherine Juvinao (Green Alliance)
Juan Carlos Losada (liberal)
Julia Miranda (New Liberalism)
Senate of the Republic
Ariel Avila (Green Alliance)
Andrea Padilla (Green Alliance)
Angelica Lozano (Green Alliance)
David Luna (Radical Change)
Aida Avella (Historical Pact)
Carlos Guevara (MIRA)
Irma Luz Herrera (MIRA)
Meanwhile, Andrés Forero, representative of the Democratic Center Party, highlighted the mayor’s invitation because he learned a budget of its management and the related proposals that can be followed by the Congress of the Republic. “I am part of the opposition to the district government and the national government, but I believe that in a democracy we should all be able to speak on the basis of differences and therefore we can build a better city.”
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