Demandan investiduras de tres congresistas que votaron contra impuestos saludables

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In the WU the report of Colonel
with the congressmen, who can lose their

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credentials if determined by the Council of
State, for having voted negatively the healthy

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law and, at the same time, having received money contributions for their campaigns

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of BAVARIAI Postobón in seconds the names
of the three congressmen. Daniel Report Monday

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Good morning, July. This is
today' s Colonel report. Just a

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few minutes ago, a lawsuit was
filed before the Council of State for the

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loss of investiture against three congressmen.
This is Senator Carlos Abraham Jiménez, the

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House Rep Adriana Carolina Arbeláez and the
House Rep Jairo Humberto Cristo Correa. The

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reason is that these three legislators participated
in the debates and voted on the current

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opposite approval of the so- called
healthy taxes, despite having received contributions from

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companies interested in the fate of this
rule. Healthy taxes were created last year

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through a tax reform that approved a
tax on ultra- processed sugary beverages and

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another tax on ultra- processed,
industrially processed edible products with high added sugars,

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sodium or saturated fats. Then there
were initiatives to postpone the entry into

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force of healthy taxes. Deferrals mean
a delay in the entry of these taxes,

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with negative consequences for the health of
consumers and very positive for the pocket

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of recognised companies. This tax directly
affects the interests of companies producing or importing

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ultra- processed soft drinks or groceries. Among them are several that have in

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three social object the production of all
kinds of drinks such as soft drinks,

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malts, faljos, juices and flavored
waters, also postobón, whose social object

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consecrates the production, import on base
and distribution of soft drinks, soft drinks,

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fruit juices and malts, among others. The point is that for discussions

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and votes related to healthy taxes it
was not declared disabled. Senator Carlos Hayran

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Jiménez, who, according to the
records in the National Electoral Council, received

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donations for his campaign in Bavaria for
eighty- one million pesos and for forty

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- five million pesos for a total
of one hundred and twenty- six million

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pesos. In a similar situation is
the representative to the Adriana Chamber, Carolina

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Rveláez, who voted to apply for
the entry into force of healthy taxes,

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despite having received three contributions from Postobón
that total seventy million pesos, and one

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from Bavaria for forty- five million
pesos, that is, one hundred and

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fifteen million pesos of stakeholder contributions for
his election. It is on the part

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of these companies, therefore, that
they have a great interest in the approval

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or delay of this initiative. The
third congressman whose investiture will be sued is

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the representative to the Chamber Jairo Humberto
Cristo Correa of Norte de Santander, who

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did not declare himself prevented for the
procedure, although he received thirty- six

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million pesos to Bavaria and ninety million
pesos to Postobón, for a total of

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one hundred and twenty- six million
pesos declared as contributions or donations to the

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National Electoral Council. The lawsuit for
the loss of investiture against the three legislators

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who did not express their impediment was
filed this morning by attorney Jessica Hoyos Morales,

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president of the Colectivo José de l
r Restrepo, whom we greet at

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this time. Good morning, Dr
Luz, good morning, Daniel, eager

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for the whole audience, Dr Aoyos. Please explain briefly what was the rule

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that, in your opinion, these
three congressmen, whose investiture you have just

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sent to the Council of State,
violated. The three congressmen did not declare

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themselves prevented, as a ruling of
the Constitutional Court pointed out in the Judgment

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thirteen two of two thousand twenty-
one, which precisely declared the first article

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of the law of two thousand three
of two thousand nineteen, amending the Fifth

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Law of Congress, unaffordable. That
article, the lawyer' s collective sued

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him because he considered it not a
conflict of interest to discuss bills that directly

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affected or benefited the economic sector that
had financed their electoral campaign. Then,

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the Constitutional Court, unanimously eight zeros, decided that, indeed, it is

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a conflict of interest when congressmen participate
in debates that may directly or indirectly benefit

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donors from their campaigns. And in
this case, because in fact, these

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three congressmen participated mainly in a debate
was the general budget of the Nation on

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October 18 last year, in which
they intended to postpone the entry into force

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of healthy taxes, that is,
that it would not enter into force last

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year, but two years later.
And because they are taxes that civil society

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organizations in the country have been trying
for more than seven years to ensure that

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in Colombia, it is finally applied
to the extent that it is a recommendation,

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among others, of the World Health
Organization. And already as you pointed

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out, because these three congressmen received
direct funding from both Bavaria and Poeston,

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and did not declare their impedence.
That is why we are putting forward these

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demands for the loss of investiture mainly
by demanding, therefore, respect for democratic

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principles. Congressmen, when elected as
congressmen, have to legislate for all and

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for all, not for the benefit
of the economic interests of those who benefited

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from their electoral campaigns. There were
congressmen in the same situation of them,

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of these three legislators, who received
donations of drooling and aposton, but they

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did declare their impediment in the discussions. Yes, there were congressmen who,

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in the various discussions, received even
by party, received funding from these sugar

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beverage industries and declared their impediment,
that is, they were known in Congress.

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But some did and some didn'
t. These s Jiménez, the

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representative Adriana Carolinarveláez and the representative to
the Chamber Jair Humberto Cristo have something in

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common. All three are members of
the Radical Change Party. In this case

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there is some consequence for that political
grouping, or they will simply be replaced

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by the next one on the list, because the demand to lose investiture is

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individual, that is to say we
are doing it not in front of the

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party, but each one, already
according to what the Council of State said,

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for if it succeeds, they will
be replaced. The three of them.

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Ok usually how long does the Council
of State take to resolve a claim

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for loss of investiture. Dr Daniel
holes in terms say it' s very

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fast, but it can take three
to six months. The State Council has

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been delayed in other claims of losses
investigates that is, between three and six

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months we will know if these congressmen
continue to be or if they lose their

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investiture because they have received money from
companies interested in a norm that they discussed

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and voted for a thousand thanks to
Dr Jessicaballos, President of the box since

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the year two thousand fifteen. Nine
years ago, the Ministry of Health of

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the time, headed by Alejandro Gaviria, had tried to get the approval of

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healthy taxes on soft drinks, other
soft drinks and ultra- processed foods.

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The rule had a seven- year
cross for approval on behalf of the loby

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of the companies concerned, which have
true congressional benches, firmer and more faithful

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than those of the political parties themselves. This was today' s Colonel report.

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Thank you very much.