He President of the Senate, Efrain Cepedaassured this Thursday that democracy is not being played with in the country, in response to the president, Gustavo Petrowho accused him of being part of a conspiracy that seeks to remove him from power and even assassinate him.
“President, it is clear that you do not know the democratic nature of Congress. We do not play with democracy here. You must finish your term and Colombians must decide with their vote what direction they want for the country after you. We do not take shortcuts or weaken the institutionality.“, Cepeda said in X.
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In a fiery speech he gave on Thursday during a meeting of alternative, community and digital media in Armenia, capital of the department of QuindíoPetro insisted on the conspiracy against him and said: “They wanted to see if Salvador Allende’s actions would be repeated, blocking the roads to overthrow the president, which is what they want to do: either the President dies or they overthrow him, the order has been given.“.
Gustavo Petro
“It is the mafia that pays for the Colombian president to be assassinated or removed from office as quickly as possible“, Petro said, who also assured that there would be a period of three months to carry out this alleged plan against his life..
This is an idea that the president has already denounced previously; in fact, It has been a constant in his speeches in recent weeks due to investigations into possible irregular financing of the campaign that brought him to power..
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“They mock the popular vote as on April 19, 1970“said Petro, who assured that they would seek to keep the people passive. At that point he addressed the youth with alternative means to tell them that this is where they are needed..
According to Petro, his opponents insist that “The president broke the law, and he did not break it, to bring about an impeachment process against the president in the House Impeachment Committee. A lot of money is running behind it.“.
Efraín Cepeda, President of Congress.
“And they don’t want us to say it because they want that on the last day, when they remove the president, as they did in Bolivia, as they did in Brazil, as they did in Peru, killing people, then the careless people allow the next president of the republic in this presidential period (2022-2026) to be Mr. Cepeda, president of the Senate.“, he added.
For this reason, Senator Cepeda, from the Conservative party and opposition to Petroinvited him to “Instead of looking for ghosts that do not exist (…) focus on the results that the country expects“.
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“The Congress of the Republic, as an independent and autonomous power, will continue to fulfill its constitutional mission without being distracted from its course.“, Cepeda added.
He Conservative Partyin fact, reaffirmed what was said by the President of the Senate: “Mr. President, reckless accusations against the other branches of power do not do the country any good and are not consistent with what you claim to be seeking with a national agreement.“.
Efrain Cepeda
Faced with this, Petro responded: “Nowhere did I accuse Cepeda of a coup d’état. What I said is what the law says. If the removal of the president and vice president takes place, and that is a coup d’état, the person who assumes the presidency is the president of the Senate.“.
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In his speech, the Colombian president also attacked the tycoon Elon Muskowner of the social network X, and said that “whenever” can close your account on that platform.
“TONow the networks, having demonstrated their alternative capacity throughout the world, are bought by the richest people in the world, as they did in Colombia. Now, where I express myself, there is a gentleman who is pro-Nazi, Elon Musk. At any moment he closes my account, and then the thesis of (former Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet, (of) silencing before barbarism, is applied.“, added the head of state.
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*With information from EFE and EL TIEMPO – POLITICS
