2024-03-04 14:28:18
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The former president of the Republic and director of the Liberal Party, César Gaviria, sent a harsh letter to the Attorney General’s Office in which he assured that “the country faces one of the most serious crises” in its history and criticized the comptroller (e) asking that the public ministry oppose “the destruction of the health system.”
According to Gaviria’s arguments, the Government “has decided to ignore its constitutional and legal obligation to adequately finance health insurance” and has repeatedly delayed the current payment of the maximum budgets to the EPS, which would lead to an economic collapse of the current system.
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But, in reality, the letter has a special criticism and warning against the comptroller in charge, Carlos Mario Zuluaga, whom Gaviria points out for preparing “a report with such obvious technical and legal flaws that it only serves the Government to assume the functions of the EPS and carry out, de facto and illegitimately, the reform that has not been able to be completed in Congress.”
The latter would be Zuluaga’s strategy to keep the Government happy and, in turn, remain in office.
“It seems to be a coincidence of interests between the Government, eager to destroy the health system at all costs, and the acting Comptroller, seeking to remain in office pending a ruling from the Constitutional Court on a protection filed by the previous Comptroller General,” stated the former president.
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That said, the head of the Liberal Party asked the Attorney General of the Nation, Margarita Cabello, to “oppose the destruction of the Colombian Health System, contrary to the legal order, now supported by the acting Comptroller General.” .
Likewise, he assured that President Gustavo Petro “has ordered that the law that only has the approval of the Seventh Commission of the Chamber and that was also approved without the Ministry of Finance issuing its budgetary availability begin to be applied,” a statement for which there is still no evidence.
Finally, the former head of state referred to the shortage of medicines “as a result of the hasty decision to produce them in the country, without a goal having been achieved so far that, otherwise, is unattainable in most countries.” cases.”
According to Gaviria in his conclusion, “the consequences of these decisions are that the country is facing one of the most serious social crises in its republican history, with the possible death of thousands of patients.”
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