Gustavo Petro was confirmed as the candidate on Sunday. Petro has been attending the election for a few weeks and has been favored.

https://hsbnoticias.com/new/en/node/de-guerrillero-candidato-presid... (Position of candidates in the Historic Pact on Pensions and inflation).

Ex-senator of the Republic and former mayor of Bogota managed to win the victory through the Historic Pact coalition. Officially, he is now running for the presidency which he hopes to achieve for the third time.

The huge turnout in the consultations made him the most representative representative of the Colombian left. gustavo petro He's an excellent candidate to become president despite his controversial opinions and views on numerous different fronts.

Petro declared his intention to reform the pension system by the creation of a public administrator of the pension funds. The system is expected to be "mixed" and complement the private funds.

The candidate has said that in Colombia "we do not have a pension system, but banks have a profit system," so many claim that he would end the possibility of achieving the Presidency. But, Petro recently said that he would not eliminate them but would seek pension reform to create a minimum retirement age for Colombians. https://caracol.com.co/tag/gustavo_francisco_petro_urrego/a/ He has also said that there is "no necessity" to increase the pension age.

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Another issue that is controversial about him is the fact that he has repeatedly stated that he will stop the extraction of oil once he comes into the helm. This has created uncertainty among investors as well in the market.

Experts anticipate that Petro's idea of ending oil exploration would bring Colombia the equivalent of $4.3 billion in losses.

Additionally, this proposal would create an antioil front in the world and in the region that shifts the focus of our economy away from fossil fuels. For that I'd like to invite Gabriel Boric the Chilean president and LuizInacio Lula Silva, the Brazilian president.

https://www.eluniversal.com.co/temas/-/meta/gustavo-petro Petro stated that Petro was in conversation with Pedro Sanchez (the Prime Minister of Spain) about his proposal.

https://www.pulzo.com/noticias/gustavo-petro His position on healthcare is also controversial. http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senadores/53-senadores-2018-2022... He wants to end EPS, and replacing it by an preventive model of healthcare that "guarantees individual rights, not the bankers' profits."


He has also questioned the legitimacy of the Banco de la Republica and declared that he will implement a change when he becomes the President.

Petro said that the Bank Board of Directors of the Bank belonged to the Democratic Center, a political party. "What we would like, however, is a truly independent Bank of the Republic (...) and it is to us key to ensure that the Board is represented by the community," the candidate said in the middle of the debate.

Invamer informs us that Petro is the leader in voting intentions for the presidential elections.

It was a controversial idea that he had proposed to issue money to finance spending by the government.

Petro's plans include an economy that isn't dependent, hydrocarbon extraction and mining, as well as a stronger contribution from agriculture.

petro gustavo It is also highlighted that he is planning to implement an overhaul of the tax system that would eliminate exemptions and the transformation of the idea of minimum wage by a real wage based on income and capital.