President Gustavo Petro appointed General Pedro Sánchez to take the reins of the Ministry of Defense in replacement of Iván Velázquez. The appointment has not been exempt from criticism, especially considering the effects that this decision could represent for the current military dome.
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General Sánchez has less seniority than the current commanders of the forces and as a defense minister will be his superior. But what does this imply?
As explained by former Minister Guillermo Botero at the time, the level of impact would be conditioned under the figure with which he takes office. “If you do it as an active or retirement military, the consequences can be different. As an asset you have to withdraw all those that are older than him”he said.
The above, based on military standards, would derive in the withdrawal of the officers with more time in the service that are below him in the command line.
On the other hand, we must bear in mind that since 1991, the defense portfolio has been chaired by civil power, so most opinions are also concentrated in the incoherence of the discourse because it is an appointment made by a leftist government .
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According to the former defense minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, with this decision President Petro “It would be incurring one more of its contradictions, the most serious of all.”
Ramírez added that “It is inconceivable that, after all the progress of Colombia, so that there is a civil power at the head of the military forces, yield that power. This is a contradiction with the discourse that he himself has had and does so to meet with the Military forces, which he has done nothing more than mistreat them. “
The former minister, in addition, warned that this appointment could make the military dome fallwhich in turn “aggravated” the weakening of institutions. This considering that the chief of the portfolio is part of the command line.
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