In the midst of a complex stage that is going through this fractured government, a new scandal arose this week, Around the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs (Dian), As announced by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Luis Carlos Reyes.
Minister Reyes revealed an extensive list in which he appears diversity of current politicians, both of the government’s coalition and the oppositionthat made recommendations to move people within the DIAN. Some asked for promotions to manager and/or transfers, while others even asked for the sectional addresses. Naves as sectional directors
In the long list appears, in addition to Roy Barreras, Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Finance Minister José Antonio Ocampo and the new chief of Cabinet, Armando Benedetti.
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To this are added congressmen from all political shores such as Ciro Rodríguez, Alfredo Deluque, Germán Blanco, Sandra Jaimes, The president of the Senate, Efraín Cepedaamong others.
These are all the congressmen who appear on the list that Reyes supplied to the Attorney General’s Office in June 2024 and that public opinion was announced on Tuesday, February 18:
List of those who made requests in the Dian
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– Alfredo Deluque
– Mauricio Parody
– Kike Carrabales
– Saray Robayo
– Liliana Bitar
– Ciro Rodríguez
-Yenica Acosta
– Daniel Restrepo
– Armando Zabaraín
– Edgar Díaz
– Sandra Jaimes
– Carlos Mario Farelo
– Ángela Vergara
– Gilberto Rondón Linerals
– White Germán
– Leonardo Gallego
– Jairo Castellanos
– Antonio Correa
– Alejandro Martínez
– Silvio Carrasquilla
– Fernando Niño
– Óscar Dario Perez
– Alejandro Ocampo
– Carlos Cuenca
– Alfredo Saade
– Daniel Restrepo
– Juan Carlos Garcés
– Efraín Cepeda
– Former Ocampo (José Antonio)
– Roy Barreras
– Benedetti (Armando)
– Vladimir Dappre
– Julio Elías Vidal
– Jairo Castellanos
– Daniel Restrepo
– Juan Samy Merheg
– Ali Ibrahim
– SEC Gregorio Eljach
– Nicolás Echeverry
– Cha Dorina
– Wilmer Carrillo
– Olga Velásquez
– Karina Bocanegra
In the leaves containing the list are five columns: the first with the name of the recommended person to locate in the DIAN; the card number, the type of application (the post to which they intended to transfer it), the city, and, finally, The name of the congressman or politician who makes the request.
On this case, there are many reactions, since there are those who claim that it would have been able to treat influences, which constitutes a crime; while others do not see it this way.
Former President Álvaro Uribe said: “If someone has asked for positions in this government to say it. Media register that the Attorney General has said that recommending is not a crime“.
Valentina Delgadillo Abello
Portfolio journalist
