Although the Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco, assured that Article 91 “strengthens the economy of the people through public associations of the people. For a country of change, progress must be made in economic and social justice in the national territory,” said the representative Christian Avendano there is a warning because this and other articles have “a door that can be opened for mega-contractors, corrupt contractors and mafia so that they disguise themselves as people’s economy and contract directly with the state and this is a risk that is not we that is why we voted against these articles. Before adopting this, the characterization of this type of economy must be clear.”
your partner, carolina giraldo, He added that “we are not defending large or small contractors here, here we are trying to strengthen control over public funds, whether large or small contractors.”
So is the representative Alvaro Londonovan La U, warned that “there is already a law that allows the administrations to cooperate, the associations, that law gives this power to the territorial.”
On the other hand, Karen Manrique, of the Peace Seats, celebrated that “the national debt to the peasants, the countryside and the people’s economy is justified”.
The article in question reads: “State entities may contract directly for up to the minimum amount with natural persons or non-profit organizations that are part of the popular and community economy. These contracts shall be referred to as Popular Public Associations and may be entered into for the performance of works or the acquisition of goods and services related to social infrastructure, rural housing, tertiary and local roads, culture, local productive infrastructure, energy efficiency projects, food productiondelivery of goods and servicescommunity water management, basic sanitation, care economics, environmental and community empowerment, and acquisition of products of agricultural origin or destination”.
Source: El Heraldo
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