President Gustavo Petro accepts the resignation of Juan Carlos Florián to the Ministry of Equality

President Gustavo Petro accepted the Resignation of Juan Carlos Florián as Minister of Equalityin the middle of the controversy for its appointment and days after the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca suspended its designation.

The director of Administrative Department of the Presidency (Danpre), Angie Rodríguezwill assume the position provisionally.

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Florián leaves the position after a judicial decision derived from a claim, that argued that The quota law would have been breached, who contemplates that at least the 50% of high -level officials must be women.

At the time this judicial appeal was presented, 10 of the 19 ministries were occupied by menwhich reduced the 47.4 percent female participation.

However, the president questioned the determination by qualifying the judge who took it as “A Judge of the Holy Inquisition“And ensuring that she had been a measure “homophobic”.

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“If a person feels that he is a man or woman, that person says it. That is his right and no one, absolutely no one, can force it to the opposite: neither judge, nor police, nor father, nor society, nor state. The prioritization of personal freedom is what democratic socialists makes usreal liberals, libertarians, ”he said.

I would return to the cabinet

It is worth mentioning that, given the criticism, Florián was defined as a “non -hegemonic fluid genre.” He even asked that They will call it “Minister”.

According to government sources, Florián could return to office Once President Gustavo Petro possess the new Minister of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), That would be a woman, thus achieving complying with the law.

Even, Interior Minister Armando Benedettigave lights of his return to the cabinet: “With the Appointment of the new Minister of ICT, Gloria Patricia Perdomothe Demand loses livelihood. The government complies with the installment law, ”he said.