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Young victims continue aspiring to massive representation on municipal youth councils

This was ratified by the representatives of that population in the National Table for Effective Participation of Victims, after confirming that the election of these counselors was postponed until March 7, 2021 due to the health emergency.

With the purpose of effectively influencing public policies in favor of the youth population and exercising control of all public management in the country, the youth of the National Table for Effective Participation of Victims, project a significant representation on the Youth Council of each municipality, which will be chosen for the first time in Colombia on March 7, 2021, in which they will occupy a special seat.

This was expressed by Alberto Vidal of the National Table, after indicating that after the aforementioned election that was scheduled for next November, due to the issue of the health crisis, there will be more time to educate and convince the young victims of conflict, on the benefits of this scenario to strengthen training and employment issues for all.

“I am almost sure that in all the municipalities we will be able to obtain the special seat of victims and also through other organizations we can achieve more seats. Then we have a titanic task of informing, of pedagogy, so that in more than 1,000 municipalities, the special seat of victims is chosen as elected in these Youth councils”, he stressed.

In his opinion, it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the Law establishes the number of seats according to the population level that exists in the different municipalities. “If it is less than 20,000 inhabitants, there are seven seats. If it is from 20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, there are 13 seats and more than 50,000 inhabitants will be 17 seats”, he explained.

Vidal commented that the National Board requested the postponement of the election of youth councils before the National Registry, due to the health emergency that is registered in the country, after considering that it was not the appropriate time to campaign and there were no guarantees to exercise a democratic right to choose and be elected.

“We as a Social Rule of Law have done a lot to consolidate these participation rights and the only way we can access these seats is to actively participate to achieve quotas in these Youth councils, from where we are going to work the public policy of young people with differential approach, especially in the care of young victims to ensure their comprehensive reparation”, he said.

(End/AMA/LMY)

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