Professor Tobón, who has been between love affairs and claims in the Historical Pact and his support for President Petro, is once again in the middle of a ‘political storm’.
Colombian News.
Gilberto Tobón Sanín, teacher, doctor in Law and Political Sciences and political analyst, obtained the fifth highest vote in the last voting, however, he could not secure his position in the Congress of the Republic but he became a “relevant figure”. in politics from the country.
But he has also been in the midst of turbulence, especially because of his off-color responses in interviews, because of his dilemma of whether or not to support Petro in the second round, and now, because of a possible candidacy for the Medellín mayor’s office.
A whole controversy over Tobón’s meeting with Uribe.
The 72-year-old paisa, who was a candidate for the Senate for the Fuerza Ciudadana Party, obtained nearly 170,000 votes.
Despite the high vote, his party did not reach the necessary threshold to recognize legal status, but his figure did gain relevance.
Now the criticism has been directed at Professor Tobón for having met with former president and former senator Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
controversial meeting
Said meeting was in the capital of Antioquia and they talked about Medellín and its future.
Uribe did not publicly say that Tobón will be his candidate, but that speculation after the meeting and above all, because of the professor’s opinions on the management of the city.
“We totally respect its independence,” Uribe told him, noting that “we have talked about the need for an austere city with a totally transparent administration, which builds social cohesion and not confrontations.”
Respectful meeting with Dr. Gilberto Tobón, we talked about the future of Medellín pic.twitter.com/YG7IxQABB9
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) November 25, 2022
And although Professor Tobón has not ruled on this ‘meeting’, which has unleashed the fury of the political side of the Petro government, Mayor Daniel Quintero himself did.
We firmly won the mayoralty. We did not have to surrender to Uribism or to the political and economic powers that were believed to be untouchable. We have governed with the same firmness.
– Daniel Quintero Calle (@QuinteroCalle) November 26, 2022
