He President Gustavo Petro rolled up against his former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Luis Carlos Reyesin the midst of his speech of the Ministerial Meeting of Energy of the CELAC, even saying that the former government official was “accomplice“Gazo genocide for allowing companies such as Glencore They continue to export coal to Israel.
“I want to know how we do with Switzerland, which is carrying the Colombian coal to make the C of the Israel bombs when the president said no“said the Head of State, in reference to the fact that Colombian coal would be used for the Steel production which would then be used in the manufacture of Israeli weapons.
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It was at this point of his speech that he pointed to Reyes, because apparently in the decree of prohibition of exports of this first matter companies that export coal were not included.
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“My Minister of Commerce Reyes, cheated on me, did not take the decree to the legal filters, or I would have realized that there were two words that excluded coal exporters from the presidential prohibition to export coal. Reyes, complicit of genocide in Gaza“Petro said.
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The comment reached the ears of Reyes, who soon pronounced himself on social networks: “President, from the Ministry of Commerce we gave a great fight against the clause that returned the harmless decree“
According to the former director of the DIAN, it was Gustavo Petro himself who insisted on that point: “Even so, you imposed it yourself, claiming that the Mossad had infiltrated us and that if we did not put the Constitutional Court the decree knocked“
President Gustavo Petro
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In his speech, the first president He urged that yes or yes, the country’s coal should be sold to Israel: “It is forbidden to export coal to Israel, it is an order of the president of Colombia. That use the WTO treaty that indicates that every treaty that is done with a country that violates humanitarian law is canceled“
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In this order of ideas, Petro came to ask that the Swiss citizens and those of the Guajira block the operations of Glencore, responsible for the exploitation of coal mines in Cerrejónif he continues to export to Israel.
“I ask Glencore that this infrastructure that has useless is used for Colombian society“said the president, who also spoke about the possibility of unilaterally renegotiating the concession contract delivered to Glencore if the aforementioned company ignored the calls of the National Government.
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