Former Colombian Ambassador to Washington Francois Santos He was one of those who attended protests against the national government. He assured that the demonstrators are a force that is only waking up and that the President of the Republic should listen, Gustavo Petro.
![Former Vice President Francisco Santos came out to march against Gustavo Petro: 'We want reforms, not destroy what we have built' 1 The speech of President Gustavo Petro, the day of the mobilizations in favor of his government, aroused different reactions. Presidency.](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/GlobeLiveMedia/FMCOFDFL5ZHC5OP2OOQNHGC35Q.png)
Members of Congress ask Gustavo Petro to respect the distribution of powers: “It does not suit the president to gossip”
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“What is certain is that we see a lot of people here, a civic force that is barely waking up. Let’s hope that Petro, who says he listens to the streets, listens to what people say: we don’t want they’re ending our health, we don’t want them ending our pensions,” Santos said.
The former vice president was in the Seventh Career of Bogotá with the demonstration that began in the National Park Enrique Olaya Herrera, who was destined for the Bolivar Square. However, in the middle of the ride, there were people who wanted to go to the Monument to Heroes to pay homage to the public force.
![Former Vice President Francisco Santos came out to march against Gustavo Petro: 'We want reforms, not destroy what we have built' 2 Colombian President Gustavo Petro shows the proposal to reform the health system before presenting it to Congress in an act at the Nariño presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, February 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/GlobeLiveMedia/WWAH3QDOAITIIILG2P2MJPK5IA.jpg)
Petro’s health reform: this was the reaction of the political world to the text that will be discussed in Congress
From Uribism, the opposition and the ruling party: all the benches have spoken out on the project which will change the way health services are provided in the nation
“We want reforms, we want to improve, the people must sit down to agree with them on the reforms, but that they are sustainable and that they are based on those that have been built, and not that they destroy what we built with so much difficulty,” the official said. who was part of the government of Alvaro Uribe and Ivan Duque.