The mayor of Cali urged the National Government to provide protection to his counterpart from Medellín, who is being ‘white’ of threats.
Mayor of Cali, Alejandro Eder.
Through his X account, the mayor of Cali, Alejandro Eder, He expressed his rejection of the threats received by his counterpart from Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez, and demanded that national authorities act immediately to guarantee their safety.
“I strongly reject the threats against the mayor of Medellín @ficutierrez. The National Government and the authorities must act immediately to guarantee their safety. Colombians cannot allow political violence to become landscape, ”he wrote.
The president said that It is necessary to display the hate speech To prevent verbal aggressions from being passed to physical aggressions as happened with the magnicide of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay.
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The pronouncement It adds to the voices of political and social leaders who have expressed concern about the increase in aggressions and threats against public officials in the country.
Human Rights and Mayors Associations have warned that this type of facts, Not only do the integrity of the leaders at riskbut affect the Democratic exercise and institutional stability.
So far, Neither the National Government nor the Mayor’s Office of Medellín have delivered details about the origin of the threats. However, the corresponding investigations are reinforced in the next few hours.
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It should be noted that alleged threats have also been known against the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, which lights alarms in the country, because these facts They have met after the attack suffered by the senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, a fact that He took him to death on August 11 In the facilities of the Santa Fe Clinic, two months after the attack.
For these facts, Political and guild sectors urged the National Government to take action on the matter to guarantee the safety of mayors.
Source: Integrated information system
