The benches of Congress of Colombia
They are betting on restructuring the Icetex, seeking to respond to the claims of thousands of students who marched through the streets of the country.
“That Icetex does not continue to borrow from entities such as the World Bank, because the interest rates of these international credits, or with the multilateral banks, end up being transferred to the young people and the users ”, said Antonio Sanguino, senator of the Green Alliance.
In addition, caps are proposed on the collection of interest.
“Forward, The credits that are granted should not have an interest rate above the CPI, plus 2% annual cash. Backwards, that is, the credits that exist, a rescue plan for those who could not pay ”, he noted.
But where are the resources going to come from? Are the opposition’s proposals viable?
“We see some elements on which we want to provide information, because we find that, in the way in which they propose it in the first instance, it may not have sufficient elements of judgment and eventually endanger the continuity of the entity’s services” , assured Manuel Acevedo, director of Icetex.
But nevertheless, the clamor for reform by some users continues. One of them is Jairo Galeano, who, due to a family and judicial problem, was unable to continue his studies and was unable to pay the installments of the loan he acquired.
“At this moment, after having 8 semesters of Accounting, the job is not detracting, but I am driving a taxi, I have driven collectively, I have worked in workshops, because the doors were closed to me due to the embargo generated by the Icetex
and family problems collapsed, “he said.
According to Icetex, one in ten users of the entity has difficulties paying their credit.
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