With the election of Carlos Camargo as the new magistrate of the Constitutional Court, President Gustavo Petro’s cabinet would have some adjustments again. This considering the previous statements of the first president regarding the importance of this role.
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The head of state had already warned that if María Patricia Balanta was not chosen, who also aspired to the position of magistrate, the government team would be restructured. This with a view to reorganizing alliances with the political forces of Congress.
“The choice of the new magistrate or magistrate will define the entire picture of alliances in Congress. We cannot give up those who have supported fascism”President Petro said at the beginning of the week, who had ordered his bench days ago to accompany the balanta candidacy.
In that context, from the house of Nariño, the resignation of The Ministers of Labor, Antonio Sanguino, the ICT, Julián Molina, and of Commerce, Diana Marcela Rojas.
The reason? According to information to which the request for resignation to these officials had access would be linked to the sectors to which they represent, ‘the U’ and Liberal, respectively -did not accompany the candidate for magistrate.
The departure of these ministers would be added to the long list of changes that the cabinet has experienced in the three years of the Petro administration. The last shake took place in early August with Relay in equal and environmental portfolios.
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Antonio Sanguino (Center), the Minister of Labor.
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The choice of the magistrate
The election of the new magistrate of the Constitutional Court was one of the most intense pulses that the Senate has lived in recent years. With support for Camargo and Balanta A tight result was foreseen in the voting.
However, the victory was taken by Carlos Carmargo with 62 votes. That is, he positioned himself in office with a difference of 21 votes compared to the 41 that his opponent obtained.
The incoming magistrate is a lawyer with a master’s degree and a doctorate in Law from the Sergio Arboleda University, where he was also a professor. He has been the Ombudsman and magistrate of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
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