00:00After several meetings between the president Gustavo Petro,
00:02his ministros, the military and his legal team,
00:05finally the interior commotion for the security crisis in Catatumbo.
00:09And although there are still details for know,
00:11during this week, the other following the following
00:14about resources, power and humanitarian aid.
00:17There is a line of how the government expects to overcome
00:20this difficult and painful chapter.
00:22The government opted to apply this measure in 19 municipalities
00:24from Norte de Santander and Cesar,
00:26as well as in two indigenous resguardos.
00:28And it is that the municipalities of Río de Oro and González,
00:31in Cesar, are one of the entrance doors to the region of Catatumbo,
00:35which is used by the ELN for the transit of its structures,
00:38victims of murder and criminal rents.
00:41While Arauca was in the center of the discussion,
00:43the Casa de Nariño did not raise the margin
00:44for fear that the Constitutional court was not justified.
00:48According to the decree, which was signed by all ministros
00:51and has 90 days, there are more than 36.000 people
01:00in the city of Norte de Santander.
01:05Only in Cúcuta, there are 8.756 people in 28 albergues.
01:09The president, Gustavo Petro,
01:10gave clear in the decree that the action of the ELN
01:13escalated in an unprecedented way and exceeded the capacity of the state.
01:16For this, in the document,
01:17it says that it is necessary to apply the state of conmoxion interior
01:19and begin to execute extraordinary measures.
01:22Between these are that the government should be able to
01:24recur to fiscal resources and modifications in the general presupuesto
01:27to finance the capacity of the public force
01:29and to put a hand on several programs of social investment.
01:32Also, they seek to recover the control of the public order
01:34in the border border with Venezuela.
01:36In fact, recently the president, Gustavo Petro, spoke with Nicolás Maduro
01:39to ask the help in the vigilance of illegal steps,
01:42especially in the river Catatumbo.
01:44The minister of Defense, Iván Velázquez,
01:45he ordered to work with the neighboring country
01:47to establish a conjunto plan of combat
01:49against the armed forces in the border border,
01:51while they know the other decretos,
01:53including new impuestos, mobility of tropas,
01:56investment in social issues
01:57and additional measures to provide the border border with Venezuela.
02:00The Congress already prepared to study the measures.
02:02The next martes 28 de enero, Senado and Cámara
02:05will discuss the Decreto de Conmoción Interior
02:06to so redact a final report.
02:08In this, they will argue if it is necessary
02:10or not to apply all the measures in Norte de Santander and Cesar
02:13or if they consider that the government has all the capacity
02:15to face the situation of public order,
02:18without referring to extraordinary figures.
02:20But in the last, the Constitutional Court
02:22will decide if the intention of the government
02:23has a future or not.
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