Saints during the installation of the new Congress

In what will be the last speech to the Congress of the Republic as President of the Colombians, President Juan Manuel Santos highlighted how the new legislative chambers were integrated, reported El Heraldo.

At the ceremony, President He affirmed that it will be "the most diverse, plural, participative and inclusive Congress of more than two centuries of republican life".

According to Santos, the Congress that will dictate the laws for the next four years is "multicolored, a pluralistic congress, as Gabo would say, where a dozen parties or movements are represented, in a balance between the political tendencies of the right, center and left, with all its nuances. "

He points out that, for the first time There are five senators and five representatives of the Common Revolutionary Alternative Force, which was born after demobilization and disarmament FARC, after the signature of the FARC members: now that they have left the weapons, now that they have agreed to contribute to the truth and take refuge in transitional justice, now that They have sworn to respect our Constitution and the norms and principles of our republic … welcome to this temple of democracy! ", said the president of the Colombians.

Santos said the peace that remains in full construction, is not the peace of Santos, said the Colombian people who must be" protected "

" That's why today I'm telling you, not as outgoing president, but as a Colombian who loves your country, to you, to Congress and to the next President Duke: Take care of the peace that is born! Take care of yourself! Defend it! Fight for that! Because it is the most valuable badet that any nation can have, "said the Colombian president.

Investment

Santos has recount each of his government's actions to reach the signing of the peace agreement, restore the rights of the victims and repair them, and consolidate the presence of the state, with all its benefits, in areas where violence has prevailed for more than 50 years.

During his government, he devoted health as a fundamental right. "Today, we have the lowest figure of pregnancy teenage girls in the last twenty years; infant mortality has experienced the largest decline in the last five years in the last five years; we are regulating the price of more than 2,600 drugs, and we are going ahead in the financial cleaning of the sector.

He said that significant investments have been made in new schools and clbadrooms to expand school coverage. In this sense, he highlighted the program "Ser Pilo Paga", because it gave the opportunity to the young people of strata 1 and 2 to have access to higher education. There are around 40,000 young people studying for free in the best universities in the country.

"Today, we have a budget – and this has been the case in the last four years – where education is the most important and not the war.

This is how more than one million 300,000 children in their early childhood receive comprehensive care with the "From scratch to forever" program, which Congress has turned into state policy. .

The president also highlighted investments in drinking water, on the roads, but especially in free housing and subsidies for the less favored families.

"And here are some of the most visible results: thousands of lives saved, thousands of victims and injured they no longer produce, more investment, more tourism, more work, more protected natural resources, more progress on the ground … ", he explains

Insecurity

Security was another problem to those who Sa was referred to during the speech According to the president, the year 2017 has ended with the lowest homicide rate of the last forty years.

He also stated to have "the smallest number of kidnappings, the least landmine casualties, the lowest number of terrorist attacks … Our wounded soldiers 'pavilions are practically empty, and the victims' blood and crying their families do not move every day. "

Santos said that there are other challenges that the new government has to face with determination: killings of social leaders.He must also continue to fight" with all the forces ". other crimes that affect, such as theft and extortion.

For this, according to Santos, the government leaves a modern army, strengthened and motivated to face the challenges of citizen security

It has reminded that this year there is a commitment to eliminate 110 thousand hectares – 70 thousand of strength and 40 thousand for the voluntary substitution – to get closer to the goal of cutting the crops in half, as agreed with the United States. United States

"To return to the past, to fumigate, to put the peasants and consumers prisoners, victims and sick, would again be a failure. We need to step up, yes, a firm hand against traffickers and mafias, "he said.