Senator Gustavo Petro of Colombia Humana, referred to the commotion caused by the photo in which he appears with Hollman Morris and the Mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina.
Several tweeters described the meeting as a meeting of the left, and there was even talk of a conspiracy.
In context: Rain of criticism for meeting between Gustavo Petro, Hollman Morris and Jorge Iván Ospina in Cali
The presidential candidate said that there were people who “bet that the country remains the same, that is, they are betting on the abyss.” Faced with these versions and the criticisms that were also directed at Ospina, for a possible participation in politics as a public official, Petro gave an explanation.
Petro assured that a distinguished Green parliamentarian, put a trill with lunch.
“Julio Cesar was having lunch with me, our poet too, invited by the editorial that It occurred to him to invite the mayor because obviously he is the host of the Book Fair, ”he explained.
“She put the photo and gave it to one of those friends who were there eating, like the great political conspiracy between the mayor of Cali and Petro. Hollman was there at lunch, because he is a co-author of the book, ”he added.
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The president took the political upheaval with humor and even assured that The senator thought much worse than Maria Fernanda Cabal herself, a politician from a completely different shore than him.
“Rather the green lady thought worse than the Cabal. I believe that if the Cabal had been there, it would sit with us. Well, one says, what is that? “He concluded.
The congressman made it clear that it was only a lunch in which they agreed, “By having the best-selling book” (One life, many lives).
