Given the recent criticism from different sectors against the Government for the announcement of the decree of internal commotion for Catatumbo, President Gustavo Petro came forward, who assured that there are no hidden interests behind this measure and clarified that it only seeks to protect the country’s sovereignty. “The decree of internal commotion is not only to finance activities in Catatumbo but to defend national sovereignty, threatened from Catatumbo and Arauca,” said the president. In context: Gustavo Petro recognizes that the crisis in Catatumbo “is a failure of “And without giving further details, the head of state indicated that the actions of the ELN are not only attacks within the framework of the internal conflict but a “deadly strategy that endangers national sovereignty.” He also clarified that with this norm does not seek to be re-elected or to revive the financing law, since it indicated that without the support of Congress it will not be possible. “Those in the opposition believe that the internal commotion is only to re-elect me or collect the taxes that Congress did not allow in the financing law financing and it is not true; It must be said that although the collapse of the financing law exercised by Efraín Cepeda and his friends of the telematic turns of luck and chance, weakened the state and helped the ELN in its strategy, we will not revive the financing law without the Congress,” he assured. More news: The number of displaced people in Catatumbo increased to 32,000, the Ombudsman’s Office warned. Added to this panorama are the president’s questions against the intelligence sources and the Military Forces when assuring that, “it is not possible that the ELN fronts moved from Arauca to Catatumbo without being seen and in such a short time.”The current power of the ELN is not achieved internally. The weakening of the ELN and the empowerment of the population of Catatumbo is essential to maintain our sovereignty,” Petro pointed out.
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