Katherine Miranda hits out at Gustavo Peter after announcing budget cuts: “We could start…”

The President of the Republic Gustavo Petr’s report on the imminent reduction of the nation’s general budget (PGN) for 2025, after Congress did not approve the required amount of 523 billion dollars, provoked strong reactions in the political sectors. national territory. One of them was Chamber representative Katherine Miranda from the Green Alliance, who did not hesitate to express herself harshly on her social networks.

Petro, after the bill failed to pass in the economic committees, Peter was left with the authority to set the budget by decreealthough it may not include the so-called funding bill or tax reform; one of the reasons why he would apparently publish this publication, which has fueled controversy between those who defend his position and those who see it as retaliation against certain sections of the population.

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“If the 2025 budget has to be cut because Congress won’t pass a funding billthen all subsidies to the rich strata of the population will be cut. “The people are not paying the excessive debts of (Iván) Duque,” the head of state said on his X profile on Saturday, September 28, prompting a series of responses from several members of the legislature. , like Miranda: who went from supporting Peter at the beginning of his term to criticizing him.

For example, the MP specifically described the aspects in which state entities should carry out adjustments, before supporting initiatives that aim to impose higher taxes on Colombians. And in this order of thought, it will not affect the resources that should be allocated to departments such as Antioquia, La Guajira, Sucre, with cuts ranging from 24 to 37 percent, according to what their governors have condemned.

“We can start with: 1. Embassies 2. Travel 3. Concerts 4. Casas Colombia at events 5. Paid marches…. Which one would you add?” the congresswoman asked on her account on this social network in a harsh response to the president. In doing so, Miranda mentioned some aspects that have been the subject of debate on social media by the government, which has allocated significant resources to strengthen its foreign policy without yet producing results.

in return touched on another topic that sparked intense discussion: and that is the mobilizations promoted by state authoritiesand not only to support the projects of the executive, but also the image of the head of state: which, according to various measurements of electoral firms not paid by the Administrative Department for the Presidency (Dapre), is going through one of its worst moments, with more than 60% disapproval.

It’s the first time the budget is not approved by economic commissionsso it will have to be defined in accordance with the provisions of the political constitution. A fact that the President of the Republic, judging by his publications on the matter and his skirmishes with the head of the Congress, Efraín Cepeda, whom he largely blamed for the failure of this procedure, did not take well; led by Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla.

“The rules are clear and what is being funded must be included“Not that which does not have a source of resources, read the 12 billion pesos of the financing law cannot be included in the decree,” Cepeda said on what Secretary Bonilla said, who insisted on the value of PGN 523 billion dollars.