After National Government accept out Julián Molina of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)the first that occurs from the election of Carlos Camargo as magistrate of the Constitutional Court, the decree that appoints Yeimi Carina Murcia Yela As Minister in charge.
They asked Molina Constitutional Court In the Senate.
(Further: National Government accepted the resignation of Julián Molina as Minister of ICT).
It is worth mentioning that, other than Molina, the resignation of Antonio Sanguino (work) and Diana Marcela Morales Rojas (Commerce)since the parties that represent – green and liberal alianza, respectively – would not have accompanied Balanta, who was surpassed by 21 votes by Carlos Camargo, opposition candidate.
Julián Molina
These would not be the only changes that would be made in the cabinet, as the President Gustavo Petro Decide if other portfolio bosses should also leave their current position.
(Also read: Ministry of ICT claims to have executed 85% of its budget assigned for 2025).
Molina’s departure generated an immediate reaction in the U party, which since the beginning of this administration had been given that portfolio as a bureaucratic representation in exchange for its support for social reforms in Congress.
From that community they announced that the speakers of the 2026 budget will not attend the meeting convened by President Petro to discuss the initiative, which faces an adverse environment in the legislative due to a missing 26 billion pesos. This deficit would force a tax reform that, for now, also does not have more support in the Capitol.
ICT Ministry
“The decision responds to criteria of legislative autonomy and the need to maintain a technical and plural debate in Congress, without external conditioning. The party reaffirms its commitment to the rigorous analysis of the budget, in defense of citizen interests and fiscal sustainability,” they said from the community directed by Luz Luz Roldán and Alexander Vega.
Who is Carina Murcia?
Murcia, born in Puerto Asís (Putumayo), She is a social communicator of the Cooperative University of Colombia. It has a specialization in Government and Management of the Externado University and a Master of Human Rights of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Between 2023 and 2025 she served as director of appropriation of ICT at the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications.
It is not the first time that the Vice Minister assumes the leadership of the portfolio: it had already exercised that role temporarily before the arrival of Molina. For now, there are no signs about who could be appointed in the position definitively.
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