Gustavo Petro won the Historic Pact with the help of Lights and Shadows
Gustavo Petro was confirmed as the candidate on Sunday. Gustavo Petro He has been marking the elections for several weeks, displaying favoritism.
(Position of Candidates to the Historic Pact On Pensions and Inflation).
The former mayor of Bogota and former senator of the Republic has been able to gain the victory in the Historic Pact coalition and officially becomes a candidate for presidency of the Republic which is a post that he hopes to attain for the third time.
https://www.larepublica.co/gustavo-petro Despite his controversial proposals on various fronts and ideas, the high voting during the consultation has given him the status of the most representative persona of Colombia's left.
Petro declared his intention to overhaul the pension system with the establishment of a public manager of the pension fund. The system will be "mixed" and will complement the private funds.
He stated that Colombia is not a pension system but instead a system that is based on bank profit. This is the reason that people believe makes him the most likely candidate for the President. Petro recently stated, however, that he will not eliminate pensions, but would try to improve the pension system in Colombia, in order to achieve the minimum amount of pension for Colombians. Petro also stated that it is not required to raise the pension age.
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Another issue that is controversial about him is that he frequently promises that he will cease oil extraction when he assumes his office. This has created anxiety among investors as well and the market.
https://www.grupoenergiadebogota.com/content/download/5967/88919/file/GUSTAVO FRANCISCO PETRO URREGO.pdf Experts believe that Petro's proposal for Colombia to stop exploration for oil could cause a loss of $4.3 billion.
This proposal includes the creation an anti-oil front in both the region as well the world that moves the economy away from fossil fuels. I would like to invite Gabriel Boric to Chile and LuizInacio Lula de Silva to join me.
https://www.portafolio.co/elecciones-2022/gustavo-petro-ganador-del-pacto-historico-562857 https://caracol.com.co/tag/gustavo_francisco_petro_urrego/a/ Petro said he recently spoke with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, regarding his idea.
His position on health concerns is also controversial since he has argued on eliminating EPS and replacing it with a preventive health model that "guarantees the rights of the people and not the profit of bankers".
He also raised doubts about the independence of the Banco de la Republica. He also announced that he was going to make changes in the event he became the president.
https://www.elheraldo.co/gustavo-petro According to Petro, "the Board of Directors of the Bank belongs to a political group, the Democratic Center" and therefore, "what we want is a truly independent Bank of the Republic (...) it is important to ensure that the board has the support of the public," said the candidate in the middle of an argument.
According to Invamer, Petro leads the voting intention for the presidential election.
The idea of creating cash to fund spending by the government was not without controversy.
Gustavo Petro Petro's ideas concentrate on a sustainable economy that doesn't depend on fossil fuels.
He also proposes a tax overhaul that eliminates exemptions, and changes the concept of minimum wages by real wages that are based on capital or income.