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The decision was announced by García himself, through social networks, where he assured that in the next few days the decree will be issued to ban gunpowder throughout the department.
“We thank all the leaders [de Cundinamarca] for trusting us and continuing to work to address the pandemic, to recover the economy and not to add one more concern at this time of December. We do not want children, adolescents or anyone burned by gunpowder“, Stated the governor in this video:
Cundinamarca sets an example for the country. The 116 mayors of the department and the governor say no to covid and no to gunpowder in our territory. In 100% of the municipalities there will be a decree. Our goal: prevent as many injuries as possible and save as many lives as possible pic.twitter.com/3djDqRPWvp
– Nicolás García Bustos (@nicolasgarciab) December 1, 2020
The unanimous decision of all the mayors of the department is historic, according to Caracol Radio, due to the tradition that exists in some municipalities surrounding Bogotá of celebrating with gunpowder.
Even, recalls the station, Soacha has a powder factory and still joined the decree.
Where will gunpowder be banned?
The Government published the list of the 116 municipalities of Cundinamarca that will be prohibited from celebrating with explosives; appear in this image:
While Cundinamarca dawns with this news, other cities such as Medellín and Cali are already on alert for the massive use of gunpowder during the first hours of December.
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