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National Government, committed with victims of Coffee Region

Ramón Rodríguez, general director of Victims Unit, was present in the Coffee Region during “building country” workshop that took place in the municipality of Filandia, Quindío, and was headed by President Iván Duque.

President Iván Duque Márquez led in Filandia, Quindío the seventh workshop “Building Country”, a space that promotes a direct dialogue between the communities and the National Government.

The Colombian president was accompanied by the High Councilor for the Regions, the members of the cabinet, among them the national director of Victims Unit Ramón Rodríguez, the Governor of Quindío and the Mayor of Filandia, knowing the needs of the community and proposing solutions through public policy in various aspects.

“This Government is not going to do social policy to the territory with a checkbook in hand, our style is different, it’s about coming to listen and having direct interaction with the community, so that together we can build a country strengthening our Colombian society. I feel very proud, throughout this mandate we are going to have 152 workshops of “Building Country”, we are in Filandia in the seventh and every time I feel more excited about the development of this exercise so important for the regions “, expressed Iván Duque Márquez in his intervention.

Specifically in the subject of victims three fundamental aspects were addressed for the population: the first of them the imperative need to comply with the characterization process and purge the single registry of the false victims, the second aspect, emphasis for psychosocial attention to arrive as many people as possible and finally, the socio-economic restoration of victims based on access to rural and urban housing and the assembly of productive projects.

“I believe that all the issues are fundamental for the progress of victims in the territory, for example in the matter of cleaning of the Single Registry we are advancing in the process implemented the data quality with the help of DANE and of course we continue looking at the way to reach the Coffee Region through productive projects for reconciliation, “said Ramón Rodríguez.

During the meeting topics were also touched on aspects such as: tourism, economy, construction of the social fabric, road solutions, security, justice, education, culture, health, pensions, family, employment, new technologies, environment, among others.

During its visit to the Coffee Region, the national director took the opportunity to observe the progress made in adapting the facilities to what will be the first Regional Center for Assistance to Victims in the Coffee Region, which will be inaugurated next month in the city of Pereira. this special space for the victims will be operating on floors 8 and 9 of the remodeled National Palace, the investment of the unit for said project was $ 848 million.

Regarding the issue of indigenous return that will be fulfilled on September 24 and 25, the director said: “We have everything ready and coordinated with our central and territorial officials to make this indigenous return from Bogotá to Risaralda (Pueblo Rico and Mistrato) a successful process; there are 105 families that make up about 500 people to whom the National Government is guaranteeing their rights and they will be able to live with their environment again, along with family and friends, recovering their ancestral traditions “.

The number of victims subject to care by the Unit in the Coffee Region amounts to 249,285 people, so far the entity has invested a total of $ 330,052 million, $ 199,123 million in compensation, benefiting 28,067 victims.

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