A new day of mobilizations at the national level, against the Government of the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, was called by the different sectors of the opposition. In the initiative, led by members of the Democratic Center party, sectors of society seek to demonstrate against the proposal to advance a constituent process by the head of state, who remains committed to carrying out his social reforms through this mechanism.
The protests will take place on Sunday, April 21, in order to have greater participation in the streets, with respect to other initiatives that have been carried out during the week. Although the response in these mobilizations has been acceptable, the intention on this occasion is to surpass previous records, on a day in which they hope to collect the disagreements of the bulk of the population, who have demonstrated their disagreement with their being carried out. these changes.
Among the promoters is the influencer and former candidate for Mayor of Cali, Jaime Arizabaleta, close to Uribism, and who began to promote the idea of going out to demonstrate through social networks. Which has received a positive response not only from his followers, but also from opposition politicians, who would aim to capitalize on popular discontent against the president, who has shaken the political landscape with his insistence on the constituent assembly.
“Whoever is going to attend the march, repeat this message. On Monday, April 1, at 6:00 am, we began the greatest activism to promote the march of April 21,” Zabaleta warned in his profile on idea of speaking out in the main cities against this determination, which on previous occasions has been carried out under the name of the March of the Majorities.
One of the issues that is yet to be confirmed by the committee that has called for this march is what the routes will be in capitals such as Bogotá, Cali, Medellín and Barranquilla, which will be the epicenters of the mobilization that has generated expectations among those who seek to generate impact against
“We will go out this April 21 to defend democracy and the Constitution of Colombia. “Petro has become a dictator, he called a constituent assembly to change the rules of the game and perpetuate himself in political power,” Arizabaleta had advanced in his first announcement, about the reasons why Colombians should mobilize against the position of removing forward an alternative that, except for the support of former vice president Germán Vargas, has generated discontent.
In the opposition group, which has the support of senators María Fernanda Cabal and Miguel Uribe, there is strong discomfort over what they have called Petro’s contradictions, in the sense that during his time as a presidential candidate, in 2018, he signed on marble that he would not call for a constitutional reform to advance his government program; Although the great fear lies in what could be his desire to be re-elected, beyond his initial refusals.
“During the campaign, the president said that he was not going to call a constituent assembly and he even reached the cynicism of signing it on marble. By elementary principle, every dictator lies,” Arizabaleta indicated in one of his messages. “Petro with his ‘constituent’ seeks the same thing as Maduro: annihilate democracy and perpetuate himself in power,” he added in another of the publications with which he has aroused the interest of those who consider it inconvenient for an initiative of this type to prosper. With Infobae