He President Gustavo Petrothrough a presidential speech, he decided to convey the Council of Ministers of this February 4. He assured that the decision was made when it is important that Colombians know first of hand what is discussed in the cabinet.
Likewise, I take the opportunity to present to Armando Benedetti Like his new head of dispatch, a position he has been vacant a year and a half ago. Laura Sarabia, current Minister of Foreign Affairshe was the last person to fulfill this role in property.
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“Here is Benedetti sitting (…). There is no intermediary between the minister, the minister and the president. The Constitution says that the government, constitutionally, is the president and the ministers, the administrative directors. That figure that invented Santos … The Duke Government, as a rare thing … that figure of intermediaries only serves, in the end, to do business. It does not allow to govern because the government does not flow“Petro said.
However, despite Petro’s position, The vice president, France Márquez, and the Minister of Environment, Susana Muhamad, the presence of Benedetti in the government cabinet.
In the midst of his speech, the Head of State also spoke of breaches of the commitments acquired with citizens in the middle of the current administration: “There are 195 commitments acquired with the people, of which 146 have not been fulfilled so far. Write. I have them all by ministry. We are servants of the people. Servants of the town“
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The President @Petrogustavo He announces that, for the most part, the Councils of Ministers will be public from today. “Democracy is that the people can monitor, participate and decide. For the most part, every administrative act must be public and transparent. ” pic.twitter.com/kvmmpy7lgd
– Colombia Presidency 🇨🇴 (@infoPresidencia) February 4, 2025
Likewise, Petro spoke of the choice of his first cabinet and made a special mention to the Former Minister of Education, Alejandro Gaviriaholding that having chosen him as head of this portfolio was “The worst mistake I made as president“
Petro also talked about several issues of the national situation, among these the discomfort in the army for having published U Trino with the location of an Eln camp in the Catatumbo.
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“It is insinuated that the army’s officiality is brave with the president because I was a bad triune, I had almost never happened to me, but it happened to me“He said.
About the United States
Likewise, he talked about the diplomatic crisis with the Government of Donald Trump in the United States, and mentioned Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia that Colombia will not give ‘the arm to twist’.
“This government does not kneel, follow an international principle that I have tried to agency every time I speak in any international space. It is Colombia’s international life and politics, because Colombia is the heart of the world, “said the president, who during the first 50 minutes sent a long speech in which none of the council attendees could speak“, I affirmed.
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Donald Trump, president of the United States
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He also said that the first thing is that Latin Americans do not arrive imprisoned and then the discussion of the theme of tariffs.
“Trump believes that we kneel for the merchandise, he believes we are like him. We are different, we are not him. We can understand yes, I’m not saying no, but you have to understand the difference. Progressism puts the person above the merchandise. First they arrive without wives, then we talk about business“He insisted and put the task to Sarabia to define these conditions well.
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