The controversies in the government of Gustavo Petro do not cease. This time, the senator of the Democratic Center, Miguel Uribe, sent a letter, on November 4, to Finance Minister José Antonio Ocampo.
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In the letter, he requests that quit your job as professor of professional practice in international affairs and public at Columbia University, United States.
“As is public knowledge, you requested a license for about 18 months at Columbia University (…) to accept the position of Minister of Finance and Public Credit. Therefore, the next year when the license ends, it is speculated that you will leave your position as Minister and leave the country to return to your academic activities in the United States.“, he says in the text.
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Likewise, Turbay assures that after the approval of the tax reform, Minister Ocampo “has a political responsibility”. Along with this, he writes that “it is striking that you impose such a harmful reform for the Colombian people and then leave the position of Minister of Finance to return to your daily activities, as if nothing had happened.”
Therefore, the senator demands that accept the responsibilities and consequences of the decisions that were made during the debate and what the approval of the tax reform implies.
“Do not abandon ship when the other year, due to inflation and the rise of the dollar, the country is plunged into an unprecedented crisis“, he assures. Uribe also emphasizes that it is important that Ocampo renounce the license that the institution has given him.
It should be remembered that Columbia University gave the Minister of Finance a little over a year to serve as head of the portfolio and then go back to fulfilling their academic commitments.
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“In order to guarantee Colombians that, in the event of a crisis, it will be you, together with President Petro, who will face the social problems that are exacerbated by the Tax Reform and will not leave the country under the argument of previously fulfilling academic commitments.Uribe wrote.
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