the president elect Gustavo Petrothrough its social networks, warned the board of directors of ecopetrol that “the public owner freely chooses its members in the companies that represent it. It is the representation of the people”, taking into account the recent changes in the company.
Although Petro indicated that he is willing to reach consensus, he also referred to clean energy projects, something he has emphasized since he began his campaign for the presidency. “Don’t hold us back. The popular vote is a mandate. I want to produce a consensus, but not bend the popular vote that wants clean energy,” he said.
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The elected president responded to an article published by the newspaper La República in which he refers to the changes that were carried out in Ecopetrol, prior to the end of the government period of Iván Duque. “The most recent was the approval of the Assembly of Shareholders for the Board of Directors of the oil company to have a term of two years to four years. With this decision, the permanence of the board and the management team that makes up part of the corporate governance that governs from 2021 to 2025 was achieved,” points out the article of the cited medium.
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According to La República, these changes can only be made through a new statute reform and its board of directors will be made up of Luis Guillermo Echeverri and Cecilia María Vélez White; German Eduardo Quintero Rojas; Hernando Ramirez Plazas; Carlos Gustavo Cano Sanz; Sergio Restrepo Isaza; Luis Santiago Perdomo Maldonado; and Esteban Piedrahita Uribe.
The recent affirmations of the president-elect, without mentioning specific names, would have intentions of having his delegates in the company.
