Gustavo Petro's Lights and Shadows, the winner of The Historic Pact
http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senadores/53-senadores-2018-2022/1512-gustavo-francisco-petro-urrego was confirmed as the candidate on Sunday. He has been marking the election for a few weeks, displaying favoritism.
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gustavo petro of the Republic and former mayor in Bogota was able to secure the victory through the Historic Pact coalition. Officially, he is now an aspirant to the presidency which he is hoping to get for the third time.
He's the most representative persona in the Colombian left and is a strong presidential candidate despite his controversial views and ideas on numerous fronts, including economic.
Petro has said that he will alter the pension scheme by creating a public manager of pension funds. This will allow for the creation of a "mixed system" that includes both public and private funds.
According Petro, there is no system of pensions in Colombia. However, there are bank profits. Many have said that Petro will eliminate any possibility of becoming as president. https://www.grupoenergiadebogota.com/content/download/5967/88919/file/GUSTAVO FRANCISCO PETRO URREGO.pdf declared recently that he would not eliminate pensions, but he would seek reforms to pensions so that Colombians have a minimum pension. Petro also claimed that there is no need to raise the age of retirement.
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Another controversial issue is the fact that he repeatedly promised that he would stop oil extraction the day he takes office as President, a situation that has caused a lot of uncertainty among investors as well as the market in general.
Experts believe that Petro's plan of ending oil exploration would be devastating for Colombia, costing Colombia $4.3 trillion.
Additionally, https://www.pulzo.com/noticias/gustavo-petro would create an antioil front across the globe and across the region which shifts the economy away from fossil fuels. In this regard, I would invite Gabriel Boric the Chilean president and LuizInacio Lula Silva the Brazilian president.
https://www.portafolio.co/elecciones-2022/gustavo-petro-ganador-del-pacto-historico-562857 said he'd spoken to Pedro Sanchez, Spain's Prime Minister, in recent times about his plan.
His position on healthcare issues is also controversial. He wants to end EPS, and replacing it by the preventive-care model which "guarantees individual rights, not bankers' profits."
https://www.elespectador.com/tags/gustavo-petro/ questioned the independence of the Banco de la Republica. He stated that he was going to make changes when he becomes President.
https://www.elheraldo.co/gustavo-petro stated that the Bank Board of Directors belonged to the Democratic Center and "What we want is an independent Bank of the Republic (...) it is essential that the Board of Directors is a part of the society," the candidate stated during an argument.
Invamer says Petro has the presidency's decision to vote.
Also controversial was his idea to issue money to finance the government's expenditures.
Petro's plan includes an entirely new economic system which isn't dependent upon fossil fuels. The proposal also includes hydrocarbon extraction. But, Petro places more emphasis on agriculture.
It is also mentioned that he would suggest a tax reform which would end exemptions, as well as change the definition and concept of minimum wage into an actual income-based wage.