The Head of State said that Governments must be pedagogical, because security and social policies must be linked as necessary complements.

Cereté, Cordoba, July 12 (SP). President Álvaro Uribe Vélez reiterated the importance of moving ahead social and security policies at the same time in order to advance with an integral development of Colombians.

“Something that honors Colombia is the balance between the Democratic Security Policy and social coverage”, the Leader pointed during the inauguration of the Hogar Grupal Sueños de Amor, of the Colombian Institute for the welfare of the families (Icbf in Spanish) in the municipality of Cereté.

He highlighted that his administration has financed both Democratic Security and social policy, at the same time, in order to increase investment.

He also insisted in the need of having a continuous pedagogical approach about the complementary policies of the Government.
“Governments must be pedagogical because social and security policies must work together. Both are linked, are necessary complements”, the Head of State highlighted.

He ratify that the Government is working in a bill to ask the wealthiest sectors to make an additional effort to finance the Democratic Security Policy.

“To guarantee that this policy (security) won’t use resources that must go to social policies. I think that we must highlight this, accepting all that we still have much to do. A great balance between social and security policies”.

In his speech, the Leader reminded that the National Government has diminished bureaucracy in several State agencies in order use the money they had for community works.