The first party to withdraw its support to Bill 339 of 2023, was the Liberal Party, as it did not reach agreements on some of its red lines, such as te non-elimination of the EPS. Subsequently on March 29, the Conservative Party and that of the U withdrew their support for this project. The situation arose because the same day the parties received the final text of the reform, which had not included the articles proposed during the negotiation meetings with the government that took place for the last three weeks.
In addition, the president of the U party announced that they will present an alternative bill which include the proposal that were agreed with other parties, as well the Liberal party did a week ago.
With the loss of support from the three parties, the reform proposed by the government would lose the majority of the votes in the Seventh Commission of the House of Representatives:
Four counter-reforms were presented
It should be remembered that 4 counter-reforms to the one proposed by the National Government were presented in the House of Representatives, which are:
# |
Proyecto |
Pertenencia partidista de los autores |
1 |
340 de 2023 |
Centro democrático |
2 |
341 de 2023 |
Centro democrático y cambio radical |
3 |
344 de 2023 |
Centro democrático y cambio radical |
4 |
346 de 2023 |
Cambio radical |
Accumulation of projects
Additionally, the president of the Seventh Commission of the House of Representatives, Agmeth Escaf, announced that the bills that have been presented so far will be accumulated and debated together, except project 346, since it is the only one presented as statutory.
Alternatives proposals
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- Access and opportunity
- Finance sustainability
- Governance and institutional structure