00:00Abelardo de la Espriella left his luxurious life as a lawyer and eccentric businessman to launch
00:04He entered electoral politics and achieved his goal of becoming president of Colombia.
00:08The challenge was complex. He defeated the country's first left-wing government, the powerful political machine.
00:13from Uribismo to a blurred political center. But that wasn't the hardest part. The truly difficult part
00:18The challenge is to fulfill the number of promises he made to Colombia and to solve the problems
00:23Whether or not they voted for him, they will all be affected by his administration.
00:27In general terms, those will be their challenges.
00:29To govern for all, to maintain a harmonious relationship with the other branches of power,
00:33To promote a broad, concrete, and bold legislative agenda. And above all, to respect the constitution.
00:39policy.
00:40Regarding the overall issues affecting citizens, the main challenges of
00:43Abelardo's priorities are: 1. Strengthening security and fighting drug trafficking and crime
00:48organized. De la Espriella will end Gustavo Petro's proposal for total peace and give it
00:53a one-month deadline for members of criminal gangs to submit to justice.
00:56We'll have to see how many of those groups embrace his idea and what happens after September 7th.
01:01with those who don't comply. He also said that crop fumigation will resume.
01:04illicit use.
01:052. Strengthening of military institutions.
01:08In this area, he pledged to rebuild the public force and modify the prison system.
01:13and even to set up a first line of security, made up of veterans and reservists.
01:183. Strengthening the relationship with the regions. This is a key part of their strategy and implies
01:23Resources and good communication beyond speeches. That's what his idea about
01:28alternate government headquarters. But the decentralization proposal needs to be made more concrete.
01:33and it remains to be seen how far he develops it.
01:354. Fight against corruption.
01:37This problem has a history in Colombia dating back to its birth as a republic. And it
01:41According to the General Audit Office, it causes losses to the country of more than 50 trillion pesos per year.
01:45of the Nation. De las Prieyas pledged to create a task force to search for corrupt officials.
01:50supported by reforms to public procurement and efficient search for public funds
01:55lost.
01:565. To the country's finances. One of the first challenges for the new government is to gain a thorough understanding of them.
02:00the true financial situation of the country. And from there, outline the corrective measures.
02:04"He who knows what he owes, knows what he has," the grandmothers used to say. According to official data,
02:09Colombia's fiscal deficit closed 2025 at 6.4%.
02:136. The health system. A controversial issue in the Petro government.
02:17Seven health insurance companies (EPS) have been taken over, but that doesn't mean improvements in the healthcare system. And now the
02:22Colombians must spend more money on access to services.
02:26De las Priella will have to deal with the crisis if she wants to do so with a shock plan that
02:29Inject 10 trillion pesos. Review the adjustment to the training payment unit and allow
02:34Timely and immediate attention to users. Strengthening and making the EPSs more efficient is
02:38part of their objective. There are many other important issues, but these are the ones of greatest concern.
02:43to the people. Along the way, there will also be challenges in protecting the environment.
02:47international relations management, social guarantees for Colombians
02:51and the way the protests, which will grow again during this four-year term, will be handled. It will also have
02:56The challenge of governing transparently and without scandals, such as the wiretapping scandals, facing the country head-on.
03:01from the Uribe administration or the NGO corruption I inherited from the Petro administration. For just
03:05To cite two examples. Ordinary people don't want public resources to be stolen.
03:10The opposition seeks guarantees to do its job, and Uribismo, as he himself said,
03:14Álvaro Uribe is willing to support anything that benefits the country. But he won't stay put.
03:18Stay put if Abelardo de las Priella's political project wants to steal your political space.
03:22which he has held for more than a quarter of a century.
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