Business sector qualifies as ‘irresponsible’ Petro’s statements in the UN

On Tuesday, September 23, President Gustavo Petro presented his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. Your intervention, The last as head of state before that international instanceaddressed, among other issues, the war on drugs.

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The Colombian president lashed out at the management of the United States government in that matter, accusing it to use drug trafficking as a pretext to exercise control in Latin America. In addition, to question the decision of his counterpart Donald Trump to discertify Colombia for not fulfilling the commitments in the control of illegal substances.

President Petro’s statements have unleashed a wave of criticism both in the political and business sphere. Several sectors They reproach their performance and confrontational toneespecially at a time when tensions between Colombia and the US have worsened.

Among the voices that have ruled in this regard is that of the President of the National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ANDI), Bruce Mac Master, who reiterated the constant calls that have been made to the Head of State to manage international relations with greater responsibility and seriousness.

“To the Colombian government many have asked for responsibility in their statements against the United States. It is increasingly aggressive, it is increasingly provocative and, therefore, irresponsible,” The union leader pointed out in his X account.

The president of the Andi also described as “irresponsible” the words pronounced by the president before the UN.

“Yesterday’s statements in the United Nations are an act of immense irresponsibility whose consequences cannot pay Colombian citizenship. What are the intentions behind those words? Is it just about local electoral policy at the expense of the whole country?”Mac Master highlighted.

Along the same line, the president of the Colombian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham Colombia), María Claudia Lacouture, said that one of the tasks of a president is that of Gesting national interest to any ideology.

“The primary responsibility of the president is to protect the life, rights and security of Colombians; protect the sovereignty and international reputation of Colombia; and represent the country with prudence and attachment to the constitution and our international commitments,” mentioned.

Similarly, Lacouture any message that relativizes drug trafficking damage, legitimizes violent actors or subordinates Colombia’s defense violates that duty and “It can generate responses from the international community, including possible sanctions, whose responsibility will fall on the government and whose costs we will all assume.”

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What did President Petro say?

During his speech at the UN, the president told the US government to use his anti -drug policy as a control mechanism. “Anti -drug policy is not to stop cocaine that reaches the United States, anti -drug policy is to dominate the villages of the south in general,” affirmed.

Petro also emphasized that the decision to withdraw Colombia certification against the fight against drugs was carried out without “No right.”

“That is why I speak before you as a president bound by President Trump himself, without him having any right to do so, either human or divine, and without mental reason”Said the Colombian president.

After the participation of the president in the Assembly, in which he also requested that they open “Criminal processes” against US officials, The delegation of this country withdrew from the enclosure.

(Read more: President Petro speaks at the UN General Assembly)

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