The presidential candidate for the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, asked his sympathizers and followers to respect press freedom, after the criticism that journalist Ricardo Calderón has received who revealed a report on the visit and meeting of Juan Fernando Petro to La Picota in Bogotá.
“In the midst of the tension unleashed by Ricardo Calderón’s report in Snailwe must always have the utmost respect for journalistic questioning,” Petro said.
He also indicated that: “right or wrong, freedom of the press must be respected.” He also pointed out that in the face of an eventual government of his, “The independence of the press will do us good.”
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And he added that it is important to “defend against the argument and not attack the person.”
Petro’s statement comes amid controversy over the meeting he had his brother Juan Fernando Petro with Iván Moreno, brother of former mayor Samuel Moreno, in La Picota prison in Bogotá.
