The plenary session of the Senate happened last night all the articles of the National Development Plan; However, in the Chamber they did not want to accept the text and they reconvened for today to vote the last ones.
The idea is that the representatives finish in the next few hours and that in the afternoon the reconciliation of both texts begins.
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House of Representatives approves the bill
With a vote of 114 affirmative votes and 20 negative, the House of Representatives obtained the new articles endorsed in the National Development Plan.
The discussion of the controversial article 55 begins
Article 55 is the one that has been related to ‘express expropriation’.
«If definitely a piece of land is not productive, the ANT is going to be able to keep the land of the Colombians. It cannot be ignored,» warned the representative of the Conservative Party Wadith Manzur.
They remove surtax to finance transportation systems
They eliminated the surcharge that was sought to be implemented on the property tax as a means of financing transportation systems in article 153.
Higher property tax
The seventh paragraph of article 152 was eliminated by which they said that they sought to increase the property tax to co-finance new projects.
New block of approved articles
Another block of articles followed, among which were 63, 84, 173 and 313.
As the debate sharpened, the representatives were already given lunch. Today it’s El Rodeo hamburger.
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Article from Popular Public Associations falls
The proposition that eliminates article 356 was found. This article spoke of how the public-popular associations would work and said that the value of the investments could not exceed 6,000 monthly minimum wages.
peasant forest concession
At this time, the representatives are discussing Article 49, which says that it would grant the use of forest resources and biodiversity in the vacant lots of the Nation, located inside the reserve zones of Law 2 of 1959, and with the support of the State. , without prejudice to the other modes established for forest use. This was finally approved.
The discussion of the latest articles of the National Development Plan continues in the Chamber plenary.
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New block of approved articles
A new batch of block approval arrives. The representatives voted articles 276, 106, 32 and 249 as they appear in the presentation. And later they did the same with 325, 328 and 314.
Call of David Racero
The president of the Chamber, David Racero, says that the discussion should be expedited and that only 18 articles of the National Development Plan remain to be approved so that the conciliation can begin.
Approved article 48
Finally, the representatives voted for article 348 that creates the National System for Animal Protection and Welfare and approved it as it came in the presentation. Finally, Losada’s requests were not heard.
Losada asks to vote on proposition
The representative Juan Carlos Losada asks to vote on a proposition to article 348 to eliminate the paragraph that prevents prohibiting «cultural practices with animals», which are nothing more than torture disguised as culture, he says.
animal protection
At this time, they voted for article 358, which would establish a National Animal Protection and Welfare System for the set of policies, guidelines, standards, activities, programs, institutions and actors that allow animal protection and welfare, as well as the implementation of the national policy for animal protection and welfare.
Block voting continues
The representatives voted en bloc on a series of articles, among which were 232, 255, 264, 252 and 288.
Ask to modify article
The discussion of article 91 continues. Some congressmen asked that to prove it, the part that says that «natural persons» will be hired and will only be left with «non-profit entities» that are part of the popular and community economy. Finally, it was approved with that proposition.
I thank Senator Roy and Representative Racero for their decisive role in approving the Development Plan in plenary. pic.twitter.com/DTQNKRqrgr
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) May 4, 2023
‘You would be surprised where this article came from’, Velasco
The new Minister of the Interior, Luis Fernando Velasco, came out to defend article 91 that allows contracting for the smallest amount with natural persons or non-profit entities that are part of the popular and community economy.
“Today contracts can already be concluded, we are expanding what can be done. You would be surprised if I told you that this article was the result of the First Commission years ago with Germán Vargas Lleras, ”he said.
Alert by article to contract with the popular economy
At this time, the representatives are discussing article 91, which is the one that would allow state entities to hire the popular economy for the minimum amount.
There are several warnings that this article could allow freelance hiring.
Block voting begins
Finally, decide not to accept the text of the Senate because they say that there are some alerts in what was approved.
Following this, they voted the articles as they came in the presentation: 65, 150, 151, 173, 222, 223, 227, 292, 326, 338 and 317 as they appear in the report of the presentation.
Start the debate in Chamber
In the plenary session of the House of Representatives, the debate begins at this time to discuss the approximately 40 articles that remain pending from the National Development Plan.
