They warn that the chancellor must respond for “legitimizing tyranny and dictatorship” in Venezuela.
President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro.
Photo: Juan Diego Cano – Presidency.
In the midst of enormous controversy and the difficult situation that exists in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in again as president of that country before the National Assembly.
The issue generated rejection in different Colombian political sectors, which consider that what happened with Maduro is a usurpation of power. But not only that, They assure that it is a shame that this act has been legitimized by Colombia, with the presence of its ambassador Milton Rengifo.
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Given this, Congressmen promote a debate on political control of Chancellor Luis Gilberto Murillo and they talk about the possibility of promoting a motion of censure.
Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa assured that “It is a shame what President Gustavo Petro has done.”the chancellor and his ambassador, recognizing a president who has illegitimately used power, who has violated democratic guarantees as we have pointed out in previous weeks. It is time to think about a debate of political control towards the chancellor and to think about a motion of censure “In the coming weeks the Colombian Congress will be installed again.”
Senator Paola Holguín, member of the Foreign Relations Commission, said that the presence of Ambassador Rengifo does not represent the majority of Colombians.
“It is a shame that the ambassador’s assistance to the usurpation of power of the Maduro regime that was sworn in despite having lost the elections will be marked in the history of Colombia. The ambassador only represents Petro’s complicit governmentdoes not represent either Congress or the Colombian people, who only recognize Edmundo González as the legitimate president of Venezuela,” he indicated.
Senator Paloma Valencia He said that the Petro Government was complicit in the possession of a “tyrant” who stole the elections in the neighboring country.
“It is a shame that an ambassador from a democratic republic like Colombia attends an act of inauguration by a tyrant.” that the Venezuelan elections are being stolen. Accompanying Maduro in the possession is accompanying the crime, the theft of the Presidency of Venezuela. Gustavo Petro becomes complicit in that tyranny,” he stated.
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Representative Hernán Cadavid He stated that “the mere presence of the Colombian ambassador puts the Government of Gustavo Petro on the side of the drug dictatorship, it is a very serious precedent for Colombian democracy and it must be established that one is Petro’s political position and another is that of the Colombians that he rejects.” that destruction of democracy in Venezuela.”
The Government, through Foreign Minister Murillo, said in the last few hours that President Petro’s administration does not recognize the electoral results in the neighboring country, but he justifies the presence of the ambassador in Nicolás Maduro’s possession in the fact that Colombia wants to maintain good relations between the two States.
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