In the midst of the delivery of the Emergency Plan for the Protection of the Life of Colombian social leaders, the president-elect, Gustavo PetroI affirm that will propose to ban the carrying of weapons and not authorize permissions of any kind.
“Eliminate the carrying of weapons in the city, with positive benefits according to the indicators in the reduction of homicides in the city, that is an issue that is worth assessing at the national level,” Petro said at the meeting.
And he reiterated: “Based on the special permits, well there is no prohibition on carrying weapons, if a good business, there should be no special permits which means that seized weapons must be immediately destroyed, not resold.”
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Front of drug policyPresident Petro reiterated that this issue should be reconsidered.
“It is up to us to put on the world table the discussion of ending that ban. East The Government must begin this discussion, first on a Latin American scale, which is our home and is the one that is suffering the consequences. We are set up in some prohibited businesses, ”said the president-elect.
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And he also invited the UN to dialogue on the subject: “You see in practice, how a country suffers, all those decades, just because there is a ban. United Nations encourages the ban and I think that needs to be discussed”.
Finally, faced with the formation of his cabinet, the president stated that he already has it ready and that he will announce it in the coming days.
“When I take office, there are no problems, the Cabinet is ready”, Petro said.