Alfredo Saade left the circle closest to President Gustavo Petro on behalf of a suspension of the Attorney General’s Office for three months and due to differences of the president with the controversial official. In his last hours as head of dispatch, He continued in the controversial tone that characterized him in the two months that he was as the right hand of the first president.
In a first trill he went against the Interior Minister, Armando Benedetti, and said he would become a candidate to deal with an alleged “kidnapping” of Benedetti and Laura Sarabia to President Gustavo Petro.
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“God with me and I will be a presidency candidate I will travel the country and ask the popular power to help me free Petro from the perverse claws that keep him imprisoned And they have not allowed him to develop his government program so that the people can stop begging corrupt politicians”Saade said.
However, This did not take into account that on this fall inability to aspire in the 2026 elections. This will endorse a party, It cannot appear in next year’s cards, as he did not resign in time.
According to the Constitution, it cannot be elected as president or vice president “The citizen who a year before the election has had the investiture of vice president or exercised any of the following positions: Minister, Director of the Administrative Department, magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, of the Constitutional Court, of the State Council, National Commission of Judicial Discipline, Member of the National Electoral Council, Attorney General of the Nation, Ombudsman, Comptroller General of the Republic, Attorney General of the Nation, the National Registry of the Nation. Military, Auditor General of the Republic, General Director of the Police, Governor of the Department or Mayor”
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In the case of Saade, it would be understood that his position has the same level of department director. Nor could he aspire to any popular election position next year, senator or representativebecause the law is clear that no public employee can aspire if he does not resign 12 months before the election date.
In this way, it could not appear in the cards of the next elections.
This alleged candidacy for 2026 was understood as a rejection of the possibility of being an ambassador to Brazil. However, time spoke with the outgoing official and He confirmed that he is still waiting to supply all the processes to be an ambassador to the neighboring country. To assume as an ambassador, this would be another impediment to his supposed electoral aspirations.
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Insists on re -election
After having put his candidacy on the table, Saade himself contradicted himself by reiterating his relief proposal for the president Gustavo Petro, although this time included former president Álvaro Uribe as a possible beneficiary with his proposal.
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“Colombia must be played at the polls the grand final between President Gustavo Petro and former president Álvaro Uribe. The Congress of the Republic is obliged to transform the Constitution through a ‘fast track and allow immediate re -election”Said Saade, who said that this proposal would end polarization in the country.
However, there is no mechanism that allows what is proposed by the outgoing head of dispatch. The Constitution is clear that the only way to enable re -election is by referendum of popular initiative or constituent assembly. In addition, the ‘fast track’ mechanism itself depends on a constitutional reform. In no way could re -election be enabled for the next elections without violating the Colombian system.
Time
