National Games 2023, the first big challenge for the new Minister of Sports

After the president declares the ex-minister ‘insistent’ Marie-Isabelle Urrutia and the scandal caused by the more than 300 contracts that she would have left signed after the announcement of her departure, the Ministry of Sports is one of the most exposed at the moment, so the arrival of Astrid Rodriguez will have several challenges along the way, the first of which will be the execution of the National Games 2023.

With his arrival at Ministry of Sports, Rodriguez will have to row to confirm the outcome of the 23rd edition of the 2023 National and Paranational Games, which have been called into question due to delays in the tender for the works and the infrastructure currently available in the Eje Cafetero, a place predisposed to carry them out. Therefore, if the situation does not improve, the games will not be able to be held in october, as originally planned.

The organizational problems of National Games come from the government ivan dukegiven that the call for tenders for the work needed to improve the infrastructure of the sports venues did not take place at that time and only started with the arrival of the distance at the ministry.

During this process, the resignation of the then Director of Fairs was recorded, Jhon Jairo Velasquezwho was criticized and accused of having received money for the delivery of tenders.

In this position he was appointed Balthazar Medina, former President of the Olympic Committee and still today Director of the National Games, who will have to meet the new Minister to present to him the state of progress and the missing points of the process undertaken, in addition to the complaints concerning irregularities in the restructuring contracts of the scenario, carried out by Constanza Montoya, city councilor of Manizales.

When possessing Rodriguez Like new ministershe said she was happy and supported the president’s remarks Gustavo Petropointing out that with their arrival, they will seek to take into account the training process of children who come to compete in high performance, in addition to ensuring that athletes receive full support.

“Very happy to take on this position with a lot of responsibility, with high expectations to achieve what the president said today… Lots of training, democratization of physical activity recreation and education physics for the boys and girls of this country, impetus for research in the university.In addition to this, we will take into account the whole process of training up to high performance with full support to our athletes as ambassadors of the country”, were among the first declarations of Astrid Rodriguez as the new Sports Minister.

On March 7, the new sports ministerwho received the order of the president Gustavo Petro to “continue” the portfolio, focusing his work on development, physical activity and physical education at school, because for him, without physical activity, people’s health deteriorates.

“Our role as a state concerns the development, above all, of the general physical activity of the population and of physical education at school and at school. That’s why the minister is a physical education professional… We have to move forward so that the whole population does physical activity. Without physical activity, health conditions deteriorate. This health system that we are putting in place needs the determinants of health: nutrition, air, water,” was the message delivered by the Colombian president.