Colombia: In a first for the globe, members of Colombia’s Congress are now permitted to bring their pets to work. For one senator, wild horses couldn’t have kept him from celebrating the implementation of the new regulation.
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Alirio Barrera arrived at the office on his white horse.
In order to convey the value of horses for the Colombian countryside, he first rode through the nation’s capital, Bogota, before mounting his horse and entering the chambers of Congress.
“It serves as a monument to farmers, both men and women, and horse-dancing herdsmen. To everyone who toils in the fields, “He spoke to AFP while holding his Pasaporte-named horse by the bridle.
Last week, the new rule was revealed by Senate President Roy Barreras while his dog was curled up on his lap. According to him, this makes the Colombian Congress “the first pet-friendly Congress in the world.”
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My horse is my pet,” says Barrera. “Let the law be for all if the law is for one.”
But several of his coworkers found his commute offensive. He had “an immature attitude with which he attempted to denigrate a good judgement,” according to senator Andrea Padilla.
She said that riding a dog to work was not the same as riding a horse. “A horse suffers on the tarmac, on the sidewalk, and it suffers on these waxed floors,” the speaker said.
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