Pres. Petro sanctions pension reform law
Colombian President Gustavo Petro returned to the streets on Tuesday to sanction his pension reform law from the Plaza De Bolivar in Downtown Bogota. teleSUR
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00:00Colombian President Gustavo Pedro returned to the streets on Tuesday to sanction his pension reform law from the Plaza de BolĂvar in downtown Bogota.
00:09The reform is the only one of his social package that has been approved by Congress and intends to lift millions of senior citizens out of poverty.
00:18According to the head of state, the enactment of the law is the starting signal for measures
00:23such as the 225,000 pesos allowance for at least 500,000 elderly people in state of vulnerability.
00:32Several government officials and congressmen also pointed out that this will be a key moment for the first leftist administration in Colombia.
00:40Today, here, we are doing something important. It is not only a pension bonus.
00:55Today we are giving citizenship to the elderly, turning them into political subjects as we have to go back to the youth in Colombia,
01:05to turn them into thinking subjects, subjects with the power to decide things in Colombia.
01:12That is what is called constituent power. They are afraid of the world. They believe that I want to be re-elected.
01:20That's another lie. Here what we have to re-elect is good politics, good government, government in favor of the people, government of the people.
01:33During his address to the people gathered at the Plaza de BolĂvar, Petro said the reform also sought to grant citizenship to elderly and reiterated he was not looking for re-election.
01:45I am a congressman to make the law. And what is the law for, if not for the most humble people?
01:54To favor all the people of Colombia, and not as it has been used, to favor a few, among whom is the congressman who approves it. That is called selfishness. That is called greed.