One of the questions most sought after by netizens in the last few hours on Internet it has been if during this weekend there will be Dry Law, this for the presidential possession of Gustavo Petro scheduled for this Sunday, August 7.
The National government confirmed that for on August 6, 7 and 8 the restriction will not apply, which means that liquor can be sold and consumed throughout the national territory.
The change of command ceremony will be held at the Bolivar Square in Bogota and about 100,000 people are expected to arrive at the site to witness the inauguration of the first leftist president who will have Colombia in its history.
“This is a possession of command totally different from all those that have been carried out in the country, in Latin America and the world, because it is a possession of the people. President Petro has wanted this possession is not only for an exclusive group of people, but that it has the participation, hopefully, of the regions”, said the coordinator of the event, Marisol Rojas.
Another of the data provided by Marisol Rojas was the value that the entire organization of the event will have, since initially there was talk of a cost close to 5,000 million pesos, but the coordinator pointed out that $1,859 million are destined for possession, which adding the taxes amount to $2.4 billion.
It is known that the presidential inauguration of Gustavo Petro King Felipe IV of Spain will attend, and the presidents Gabriel Boric of Chile, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico), Guillermo Lasso (Ecuador), Alberto Fernández (Argentina) and Luis Arce Catacora (Bolivia).