These have been days of constant wake-up calls against Gustavo Petro. The candidate for the presidency of the country, now, adds to his list of controversies the accusations made by the National Trade Union Council (CGN) that assures that the aspiring head of state did not want to heed the call of the businessmen. It was last Monday, April 18, when the country's 30 most representative businessmen met with the presidential candidate, Sergio Fajardo.
“There is an atmosphere of tranquility with candidate Fajardo. We have raised our interest in preserving democracy, economic freedom, to generate social and sustainable development, to fight poverty and corruption, and Fajardo identifies with this and generates peace of mind (...) Of course, there are differences in tax issues, development issues and the country's priorities, but the candidate generates peace of mind for the country's productive sector,” commented the president of the CGN, Jaime Alberto Cabal, about his meeting with the presidential candidate.
“We have sent him the communication and followed up, but we hope that his response will be positive because this dialogue is very constructive for the country. We are waiting for a response from candidate Gustavo Petro who has not yet spoken, he has not said whether or not he will attend this open invitation,” added the director regarding the lack of participation of Gustavo Petro.
Just as there was a meeting with Fajardo, and pending a demonstration by Gustavo Petro, the CGN announced that there will be a meeting with John Milton Rodríguez, presidential candidate for the Colombia Justa Libres party. “On Thursday, April 21, we are going to meet with candidate Ingrid Betancourt. We are rescheduling with John Milton Rodríguez because this Tuesday we are going to have a very important meeting with the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, so we had to postpone it,” he said.
Sergio Fajardo, on his way out of the meeting with businessmen, assured that he had presented the proposal for a productive development model for Colombia. “We have a mediocre model in the sense that Colombia has levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment that we do not deserve as a country. In the reforms we are in order. First the tax reform and we have to start generating jobs quickly with the capacity of the Colombian economy,” he said.
According to the presidential candidate, his plan is to generate 1.5 million jobs and one million companies will be formalized in the country. “We are going to create and strengthen 100,000 companies with technological tools,” he said. “The first reform is the tax reform because we need resources. To the extent that we generate employment, we can think of labor. Pension is a task that we have pending, but we are going in order”, he added.
For the aspiring head of state, it is necessary that his colleagues meet with entrepreneurs to reach consensus that will contribute to building a profitable future. “These meetings are necessary. They are urgent because we have to call on Colombia to talk and the business sector is essential for the country's development (...) Those of us who have the vocation of convening sectors, who know how to agree and build have no problem. And Colombia needs it, because people are afraid of insecurity and have anger,” he said.
Recently, a document signed by different people was released expressing their support. Artists, journalists, experts in science and culture, joined their ideas to design a specific plan that should eventually be embraced by Gustavo Petro. More than 100 academics expressed their feelings to the senator, who responded positively to the call and assured that they would be part of the new country process, considering that they are system and life changers.
“Thanks to the support expressed today by dozens of artists, intellectuals, culture and art workers for their support. They will be a fundamental part of the Change for Life,” he said.
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