According to the Ministry of Finance, the leaked letter was “an input prior to the filing of the reform,” the costs of which have yet to be defined.
In a tweet, Alejandro Gaviria described Cambio’s publication as a “malicious leak.”
Gaviria’s participation in the cabinet was welcomed by the Green party and the Liberals, who supported his unsuccessful candidacy for the presidency in last year’s elections.
Will continue with the reforms
Petro assured this Monday that “this government of change is not going to give up reforms to improve health, pensions and fair working conditions for all Colombians.”
“The objective is simple, the hows and the means complex: we simply seek that any patient is cared for and that the disease is prevented, that any elderly person has a pension bonus, that any worker has job security,” added the president.
Earlier, the Ministry of Finance revealed that if the health reform is approved, it would have a fiscal cost of 9 trillion pesos (1,855 million dollars) in 2024, which would increase progressively until reaching 12.8 trillion pesos (2,639 million dollars). dollars) in 2033.
From the opposition, mainly from the right-wing parties, the reform is criticized for its million-dollar costs, but also for promoting corruption.