Political crisis threatens Santos coalition

[Judi Lynn]

Political crisis threatens Santos coalition
Thursday, 10 March 2011 06:57
Edward Fox

President Juan Manuel Santos is set to meet with members of the Conservative Party Monday to try and avoid a political crisis within the National Unity coalition.

Frictions began to emerge after leading Conservative politicians expressed their reservations over a proposed bill to grant the government special powers over the next six months to divide three government ministries and restructure some state agencies, W Radio reported Thursday.

In the meeting set for Monday, the Conservative Party will express their concerns personally to Santos, particularly the wish to avoid a "labor massacre" in the restructuring of the DAS and Colombia's drug enforcement agency, the DNE.

Although Minister for the Interior and Justice German Vargas Lleras will be present at the meeting, a request for his presence has not been forthcoming from the Conservatives.

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