At Monday’s session of the National Commission for the Coordination of Electoral Processes in Cali, One of the topics dominating the agenda was the ‘walks for life’, with President Gustavo Petro calling for support for his policies next September 27..
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According to this Attorney General Margarita Cabello, a permanent guest of the commission, political organizations, candidates and citizens expressed their concerns about the possibility of instrumentalization of this situation. Marches of some candidates for the October elections.
For this reason, Cabello did not hesitate to ask Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco, who was present at the session, to ensure that the Government guarantees balance. To prevent controllers from having to take action.
“It is their responsibility to ensure the safety of these marches and should not become platforms to promote any candidacy.. In such a situation, if imbalance is allowed, controllers must take action,” Cabello said.
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At the same time, A video of a man allegedly from the Ministry of Mines inviting a group of Cali citizens to go out and take a walk was known on the internet.
And in Sucre, a spokesperson for the National Union of Peasant Users (Anuc) told EL TIEMPO on the 27th that the day’s logistics (snacks and transportation) are mostly the responsibility of the National Land Agency.
“95 percent of the logistics of this mobilization, including transportation, snacks and lunch, are covered by the Government. There was little effort from organizations“said José Bohórquez, president of Anuc in Sucre.
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He also stated that everything related to logistics is carried out by the National Land Agency, through an operator to rent buses and food.
The Attorney General, who has gathered voices from various quarters, is not the only one raising such alarms.
In the same scenario, Election Observation Mission (MOE) director Alejandra Barrios made a similar call: “We support the concern that a right to social mobilization is being used for electoral purposes”.
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And he added: “What should the government pay attention to regarding the 27th march? Not to be used to promote candidacy, not to affect the balance of election debates, not to use marches as a tool for political campaigning”.
He also reminded: This call was planned a month and a week before the regional elections.
And despite the resources The prosecutor’s office stated that they have not received any official complaints so far regarding allegations of irregularities in the call and financing of the mobilization.Following warnings about the pressures, a special team was assigned to follow up the issue.
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Likewise, precautions were taken on another point raised by the Chief Public Prosecutor: This is Wednesday’s security issue.
MoreoverAt the request of the Citizen Security Directorate, the Prosecutor’s Office determined a plan for the devices to be deployed by the police and local authorities.Beware of possible acts of violence and ensure that those responsible are prosecuted.
Actually, Security operations already exist in major cities to guarantee the right to mobilize. Like citizens who will not attend the event.
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For example in Bogota people from other departments are expected to arrive; In fact, the local minga has already arrived in the capital and announced that he will stay in Bogota until September 28..
This is the first day of the so-called ‘taking of Bogotá’, which Petro’s government is also planning in the towns of Kennedy, Engativá and Suba.
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On that day, which This project, which will be extended until September 30, is framed in a tense atmosphere with the Bogota Mayor’s Office over issues such as the subway and the cancellation of Solidarity Income subsidies given to 161,000 families by the central government.
in the capital, Mayoral candidates such as Jorge Luis Vargas (Cambio Radical) denounced that the purpose of both the march and the takeover was to support former senator Gustavo Bolivar. (History Pact), candidate of the Peter Government.
“It’s good that the Attorney General’s Office warned that @petrogustavo intends to interfere with the election process. Petro wants to stop Bogotá, we will not allow it!“said Vargas, who invited Bogota residents to the cacerolazo in protest on Wednesday night.
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Considering these symptoms, Senior government officials, people (including officials) go out and walk.
The first of these was Minister Velasco. He denied the information circulating on WhatsApp, in which he was accused of providing internet to neighborhoods in return for the portfolio. He is about to go for a walk on September 27th.
On the other hand, Velasco distanced himself from the mobilizations and pointed out that they were called by social organizations and not by the Government and that the Executive Board called for them. He just showed his support for them.
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“We welcome the social mobilization on 27 September in support of President Gustavo Petro’s policies of peace and change.“said the minister.
A few hours later, ICT Minister Mauricio Lizcano pointed out that this call was made for organized connection communities in the Murillo Toro building.from your wallet.
AND, After warning that he would continue to support and call for the march on the 27th, he decided to move the meeting from a face-to-face meeting to a virtual meeting as a voluntary action.“to avoid suspicions.”
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EL TIEMPO tried to find out the Ministry of Mines’ stance regarding the video attributed to an official of the Ministry of Mines inviting people to march. However, he had not responded to messages at the time of going to press. The Land Agency in Sucre also did not respond.
Approximately 20,000 indigenous people from different parts of the country such as La Guajira, Cauca, Putumayo and Amazonas are moving to Bogota To join the march on the 27th.
Approximately 1,200 NASA People from Valle del Cauca arrived at the Tercer Milenio park in the center of the capital.
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Communities will be concentrated in different sectors of the city, such as the Gymnasium and Regional, National and Pedagogical universitiesThey will have cooking areas and bathrooms equipped by the Bogota Mayor’s Office.
These communities are expected to be in the nation’s capital by September 28They want to have a meeting with President Gustavo Petro to discuss agreements that guarantee the benefit of their community.
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