The vice president France Márquez broke the silence on his situation in his situation in Gustavo Petro’s government by stating that his body “black woman” It has been “celebrated, instrumentalized, worn and discarded”, and that went from being “the political phenomenon, heroin, to be the traitor.”
“Today I do not come to talk only about me. I come to speak from an Afro -descendant body, a black woman body that has been celebrated, instrumentalized, worn and discarded“Márquez declared in Cali, where he gave a speech for the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Afro -descendant girls.
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The vice president, whose relationship with Petro has deteriorated as well as her weight within the Executive, added that, During the electoral campaign that led the president to the presidency in August 2022, she was “the face of hope, The Afro -descendant woman who brought the echo of the rivers, of the humble houses, of the popular knowledge“, but said that it soon passed” to be the political phenomenon, heroin, to be the traitor. ”
Márquez, who had been speaking in public for more than two months, said that, in his country, “When a woman ascends, the suspicion pursues her, the system does not ask about her abilities, but in case it is in the place it deserves” and, “If it comes out of the assigned margin, then it is arrogant, it is unfair, clumsy, it is incapable, dangerous“
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“I will not pretend that it does not hurt (…) I want to shout, to tell how this country drags us in its narratives of destruction (…) How is a black woman eliminated from power in contemporary democracy? With narratives that serve as a prelude to explosives and bullets“said the vice president, who said she had lived from the campaign until today”Many episodes of separation, sabotage and exclusion“
Vice President France Márquez
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Distancing with Petro
Despite having been a cornerstone during the electoral campaign of three years ago – which led her to become the first Afro woman to occupy a high position in the Colombian government and to embody the arrival of the “nobody” -, Márquez currently has little or no relevance in the government. In the last six months, the vice president stopped having a game and lost the Ministry of Equality he led.
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Petro withdrew that portfolio after, at a burning ministerial meeting broadcast nationwide, Márquez criticized some ministers close to the president, which triggered a crisis within the government. From that Council of Ministers, held on February 4, the relationship between the president and his vice president did not be the same again.
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“In the photo but not in decisions“In his speech today, Márquez referred directly to tensions with Petro for the course of the Ministry of Equality, whose creation was entrusted to him “No structure, without resources, without support“, And where he said he faced a”systematic block”
“They accused me of not executing when they never handed me an instrument to do it. The idea was promoted that as I am black, sure robbery, without having touched a weight, they treated me as a criminal“said the vice president. And added:”They demanded me submissive and when I demanded respect they called me arrogant (…) we loved us in the photo, but not in decision making”
EFE
