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Specifically, the proposal, presented by representative David Pulido, states that in regions like his, Guaviare, there are only two representatives, so it is necessary to elect a seat for the Senate of the Republic, this because they have no representation in that corporation faced with the difficulty of getting enough votes to win a seat.
The Democratic Center immediately opposed that article because it would go from 108 current senators to 120, that is, that corporation would increase by 12 more.
The rapporteur for the constitutional reform, representative to the Chamber for Radical Change, José Daniel López, indicated that despite the fact that there are more senators, their fiscal impact will not be significant for the treasury. He also recalled that five of the current seats will cease to exist in 2026, when the FARC will no longer have direct representation in the Senate.
Although that was the article that aroused the controversy, other norms were approved such as gender parity in the conformation of the lists for all public corporations. One more issue of the lists is related to the closed lists.
There was also an endorsement that the financing of the campaigns is directly with State resources, which is an old aspiration in all political reforms.
The First Committee in another legislative act approved that the congressmen’s vacation period will be cut by two months, this will allow for more legislative work in the year.
The two legislative acts now go to the plenary of the House of Representatives for its second debate. The two amendments must also be endorsed in the Senate before the end of the regular sessions on December 16.
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