He assured that the condemnation of Epa Colombia could be related for its social origin that was in the midst of the social outbreak.
During the Council of Ministers, President Gustavo Petro vehemently criticized the five -year sentence imposed on Daneidy Barrera influence, better known as EPA Colombia, and the compared with the lack of research and sanctions in corruption cases related to the resources of OCAD Paz.
Petro questioned the judicial process that sent her to jail, noting that His punishment could be more related to his social origin and his participation in the protests of 2021that with the vandalism.
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“He did it in the midst of social outbreak,” President Petro recalled. In addition, he said that EPA Colombia restored the damage caused, a broken glass in a Transmilenio station.
According to Petro, Epa Colombia’s conviction It does not respond solely to an act of vandalism, but it could be a punishment for being “a poor woman who rises and protests” at a time when thousands of young people demonstrated in the streets of the country.
“They punish the protest, and punish the poor woman who rises,” said the president.
The President contrasted the situation with the alleged corruption cases in the management of the resources of OCAD Pazpointing out that the embezzlement could exceed 12 billion pesos.
“You just have to go to the site, review the contract, the date and verify that the work is not. These cases have not been investigated, despite being easily verifiable. That should be enough to take someone to jail. But it does not happen, because if it goes, the mechanism is discovered, ”he said.
President Petro insisted that the lack of action in these cases reflects a structural problem in Colombian justice, where investigations advance more quickly against citizens of vulnerable sectors, while those responsible for large acts of corruption remain in impunity.
Source: Integrated information system
