The government’s bid in Congress does not end. After the defeat that had last Thursday in the Senate when he succeeded in having Angélica Lozano chosen as president, Now the government hopes that this next one that is beginning can achieve the triumph of its allies in the constitutional commissions.
And it is that in the Senate as in the Chamber, for this week the main issue to be discussed is the election of the boards of directors of the commissions, where the projects that the government is already announcing will arrive will process in the coming weeks.
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Key allies in Congress
The First Commissions, those on constitutional and political affairs, the government would have two key allies, in the Senate Alexander López, who has just left the presidency of the Senate and is from the Historical Pact, while in the First Commission of the Chamber it would be the liberal, Óscar Sánchez.
The government is concerned about the presidencies of the economic commissions. The Third Senate would go to the conservative Efraín Cepeda, who has been one of the most critical of the government since last March when the party became independent.
In the Chamber, that commission would be chaired by a strong opponent, Carlos Cuenca of Cambio Radical. The Fourth Commissions are expected to remain Luis Felipe Lemus, senator of the U Party and who is equally critical since they are independent and in the Chamber Juan Loreto Gómez, of the Conservative Party.
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more about the president
Of equal interest to the government is Commission VII, where for now only the Chamber is clear, which would remain with the liberal María Lopera, very close to President Gustavo Petro. In the Senate it is still not clear who would be the president.
Regarding the Second Commissions, it is expected that the liberal Lidio García and Cámara, Jorge Murcia, from Cambio Radical, will remain in the Senate. Meanwhile for the Fifth Commissions it has been agreed that the presidencies in the Senate would be the liberal Jaime Durán and in the Chamber Erick Velasco, Historical Pact. The only one that is not clear about its board of directors is the sixth in both corporations.
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