Colombia: How was Ivan Duque’s first month as a President?
Support for the Anticorruption Consultation, his position on the case of the "Water Bonds", were influential factors when measuring approval his as president
The latest survey by the firm Invamer for Blu Radio, Semana and Caracol Televisión, revealed that 58% of Colombians approved the management of Iván Duque in his first month as president. By contrast, 32%, among the youngest population between 18 and 24 years, disapprove his management.
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Although that 58% belongs to people over 55 years of age, the percentage of Colombians who think that the country is on the wrong track increased, according to the comparison made by Invamer, which showed 59%, 3% this month more than the consulted on the same subject in the month of May.
Factors that could influence the approval or disapproval
The "Water Bonds" of the Minister of Finance
"I have all the confidence in the minister, who is a person who calls things by his name and who is quite fair, I think he gave a very clear answer through his statement, and I hope that he will go next week to the debate to the that is cited and before the eyes of the country continue to make clear its honorability, "publicly announced President Ivan Duque on the case of the" Water Bonds "of Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla. Which were reported by the journalist Daniel Coronel in a column of Semana magazine. His pronouncement generated outrage on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
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According to the accusation of Daniel Coronel, the "Water Bonds" led 117 Colombian municipalities to get IGNORE INTO debt with Konfigura Capital, a company in which Carrasquilla figured as a partner, through the so-called "Water Bonds". Which were driven by Carrasquilla in the Congress when he was Minister of Finance of President Álvaro Uribe. What happened, says the text of Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo, cited by Coronel is that "the lenders were paid the attractive rate of UVR + 8%, while the municipalities charged them the very high of UVR + 11%, because Carrasquilla and its partners stayed with 3%, about $ 14,000 million annually for five years. "
For his part, Robledo shared a tweet in which Luis Eduardo Chávez, councilor of Soacha tells the drama of his municipality with the "Water Bonds". In addition, he quoted a debate on political control over the issue to the Minister of Finance.
"It is very painful and very sad to know that 37 of every 100 pesos of our municipality are destined to pay the Carrasquilla Plan debt": Luis Eduardo Chávez, councilor of Soacha tells the drama of that municipality with the bad business of Carrasquilla Bonds or Water Bonds. pic.twitter.com/b4hJrjznCC
– Jorge Robledo (@JERobledo) September 13, 2018
Anti-corruption Consultation
Although the Anti-Corruption Consultation failed to pass the threshold of 12 million votes to be approved, Iván Duque helped promote it. In addition, he convened and met with all the political parties, including the FARC, to advance in the implementation of the points proposed in the Consultation and in those raised by his Government.
He convocado el miércoles a la Casa de Nariño a promotores de #ConsultaAnticorrupción, a presidentes de Cámara y Senado, a presidentes de Partidos y sus voceros, para analizar juntos lo que viene en la agenda legislativa para enfrentar a los corruptos con toda la determinación.
— Iván Duque (@IvanDuque) 27 de agosto de 2018
" The purpose is to give an urgent process to all this large anti-corruption package and we can, in the coming months and towards the end of this legislative period in December, to give Colombians the news of having brought forward all these bills, "announced Ivan Duque after the meeting.
"I am glad that after the Anti-Corruption Consultation, the Government climbed IGNORE INTO the situation and sat down all the political parties, including the FARC," said lawyer and political analyst Andrés Fandiño in the Capital Connection program of Canal Capital.
The above is a positive message for the Colombian population because the fact is in line with what Duque said in his campaign for the presidency when he stated that he would work for national unity to fight against corruption.
LatinAmerican Post | Edwin Gustavo Guerrero Nova
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