Another one who is leaving: the Vice Minister of Mines leaves Minminas

The Ministry of Mines and Energy, at the head of Irene Velez, he is left without another of his most important deputy ministers.

at the exit of Belizza Ruiz from the Vice Ministry of Energy adds that of Giovanni Franco of the Vice Ministry of Mines.

(See: Without Vice Minister of Energy: why the position remains vacant).

As it was revealed, Franco’s case would be related to rmeetings with mining multinationals that would not have been well regarded by the Historical Pact, the bench led by President Gustavo Petro.

The radio station La FM assured that from the government coalition they feel that “there is a conflict of interest of the vice minister, the complainants accuse him that, while President Petro publicly expresses his opposition to projects such as Santurbán, from the Minesa company, Franco, on his Twitter account, issued messages of support for mining exploitation“.

(See: The consequences of Petro assuming rate control, according to the Creg).

Giovanni Franco took office as Vice Minister of Mines on October 21, 2022 and He lasted in office just over 4 months. Among its functions were promoting the reform of the mining code, advancing the review of mining contracts and creating a new formalization model, among others.

Franco’s departure comes almost a month after Belizza Ruiz left the Vice Ministry of Energy.

Ruiz left office after presenting a report with which the Government made the decision to not award new oil and gas exploration contracts and that it has been strongly controversial.

(See: What Belizza Ruiz said to the Attorney General’s Office for the controversial report on gas).

At that time, he said about Minister Vélez that, “As a citizen, I would like to have a different person in office“. And emphasize that Vélez “It is very good in the environmental and social part, but in technical matters it has some deficiencies“.

(See: Former Vice Minister Ruiz assures that Vélez has technical deficiencies).

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