The Head of State thanked the House of Representatives for having voted in yesterday's meeting in favor of the adoption of the rules of the Framework for Peace, despite pressure in order to do otherwise.
The President Juan Manuel Santos asserted this Wednesday that the two members of the escort of the former minister Fernando Londoño Hoyos, who lost their lives in the attack yesterday in which the lawyer was wounded, they died as heroes and President Santos expressed his condolences to their relatives.
“With this we get- in addition to ensuring the unemployed- also reduce the time of unemployment and, at last, the unemployment rate, explained the Head of State in the Global Dialog ‘Employment and Prosperity, where President Santos listed the tasks developed by the Government in order to reduce unemployment, work on the labor formalization and improving the working conditions of the Colombians.
After the Safety Extraordinary Council in the Presidential Palace, Casa Nariño, the head of State also announced the creation of a special committee to investigate the attack. In addition, he said that efforts in the field of intelligence have been intensified throughout the city.
The Head of State warned that the Government "is not going to leave derail" by these terrorist acts and announced that it will investigate the fact to learn the whereabouts of those responsible. The former minister is cared in a hospital in the capital of the country. Those killed in the attack, which was perpetrated this Tuesday in the north of Bogota, are the driver of Londoño and a Police subintendant that was part his security scheme.
President Santos emphasized the process in which have been awarded these resources, just today, when entered into force the Free Trade Agreement with the United States. There were 195 proposals from various firms, both domestic and foreign and savings of 64 million dollars were generated.
“Education is the best tool for achieving social equity, and in this objective it is crucial the role played by the teachers”, said the Head of State, in a speech and added that teachers “are allies of the Colombian Government in one of the major transformations that we want to achieve, that is to bring quality education to the vast majority of children and young people from our nation”.
“During our government relations among the Ministry of Education, the teachers and the organizations that represent them have been respectful, open and frank, pointed out the Head of State in his message of congratulations on the occasion of the Teacher's Day. He emphasized the steps taken to promote teachers in the area of benefits and the investment of 39 million dollars for training teachers.
The National Planning Department clarifies that the figures mentioned by the former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez to a regional daily newspaper and on several previous occasions, regarding the reform of the State, are not accurate.
With the entry into force of the agreement that was handled by two decades, the Head of State stressed that the FTA will generate 100 thousand new jobs annually. The President ruled out that the agreement will cause an increase in drug prices.
The company TransGas of West reported that today, around 4:30 in the morning, in the kilometer 78 in the sector of Sabinas, municipality of Manizales, there was a break in the pipeline Mariquita-Cali, affecting the gas supply in this area of the country.
The company TransGas of West reported that today, around 4:30 in the morning, in the kilometer 78 in the sector of Sabinas, municipality of Manizales, there was a break in the pipeline affecting the gas supply in the Coffee belt.
“We signed nine memorandums that put in place processes such as the Free Trade Agreement with China and the access of Colombian products to the Chinese market allowing the health authorities to lift the vetoes they have” the Head of State said in relation to the results of his historic State Visit to China.
The proposal to tax the household goods with the 5 percent "would raise rates of those products, which breaks a promise I made in the campaign. So this proposal does not go”. That was asserted by the President this Friday from Shanghai where anticipates a State Visit.
The Head of State said to the Chinese investors in Shanghai that the dream that Colombia had twenty years ago is becoming a reality, In the sense of having a smooth flow of trade and stable and durable economic relationship with two very important countries: China and the United States
“That is why we are already investing three times more than what we have traditionally invested. But we can invest so much more if we have the investment, the resources that you may provide here in China” said President Santos to Chinese investors in Shanghai.
The Head of State made a full statement of the advantages and conditions under which account Colombia to receive foreign investment and also the needs of the country, for example, in the area of infrastructure. President Santos stressed that Colombia is respectful of the rules of the game for the investment and business.
At the end of his second working day during the State Visit to China, The Head of State highlighted the interest of entrepreneurs of that country to develop projects in Colombia. "What we need now is to run specifically projects, and the initiatives that we signed, get them started" said.
In the meeting with the President Juan Manuel Santos, the Prime Minister Wen Jiabao praised the good behavior of the Colombian economy during the past few years. On the other hand, the Colombian leader highlighted the transformation of China in the past two decades which, is a lesson for the world, asserted President Santos.
The Head of State, met with the Vice Prime Minister of the State Council, Li Keqian, to who Santos said him that the results obtained so far on his trip, are due to the good moment by which the two countries are going through and of the Colombia and China interest to strengthen its relations.