:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/7FJLY5Z4DZFV7A2JIYMSXFSTQ4.jpg "Gustavo Petro lamented the “really lost life” of Samuel Moreno: “It saddens me”")
The Colombian president mentioned, on the morning of this Saturday, February 11, the death of samuel moreno rojas, former mayor of Bogotá. Gustavo Petro, via his Twitter account, was moved by the loss of what until several years ago was his party partner in the Democratic Pole.
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At first instance, the Head of State assured that he had put it sad the death of the former president of the capital, who had been in prison since 2011 after confirming his participation in the mega-corruption scandal in Bogotá known as the Hiring carousel.
“I am saddened by the passing of Samuel Moreno,” The first president began by saying through his social network account where, in addition, he assured that the life of the former president, imprisoned for more than a decade for causing one of the greatest embezzlements of the Treasure of the History of Colombia, had been thrown away and lost.
“A truly wasted life. A lesson on the left on the paths that a political alternative should never take,” added the head of state.
It must be remembered that Gustavo Petro himself was one of the whistleblowers of Moreno Rojas, who was not only mayor of Bogotá during the period 2008-2011but later he was fired by the Lawyer Uribista Alejandro Ordoñez and, later, expelled from the Democratic Pole, the group with which he arrived at the Liévano Palace to direct the destinies of the Colombian capital.
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In this regard, Petro added another statement to his thread of trills and recalled, indirectly, the embarrassing corruption scandal that landed Samuel Moreno in prison and assured that this was a clear message for all politicians who rise to popularly elected positions under the ideology of left and progressive
“A lesson on the left in the paths that a political alternative should never take,” concluded the president.
He Recruitment carousel It was not only composed of the now deceased former mayor, but was assisted by his brother, today also imprisoned for this affair, Iván Moreno Rojas. In addition, controversial businessmen, implicated in other alleged corruption scandals, Miguel, Manuel and Guido Nule.
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In this same statement, Gustavo Petro took the opportunity to throw new darts at the Attorney General’s office for having sanctioned the President of the Special Assets Company (SAE), Daniel Rojas Medellín, as part of the investigation opened for the Triple A affair. The public prosecutor also imposed a 3-month prison sentence on him, which the Head of State apparently did not appreciate.
“Today, a young civil servant is being prosecuted because he bravely confronted corruption in one of the politicians’ sewers: the agency that handles seized mafia assets. This young man marks the true path of political alternatives,” assured Petro.
To come back to the question of the participation of the current President of the Republic in this Samuel Moreno ended up in prison, we know that their last meeting, which was filmed by News Awas pronounced on October 18, 2018 in a court of Paloquemao, There, Petro greeted his former supporter.
“How are we, how are you?” GOOD? said the opposition senator at the time.
In the pictures was his wife, Veronique Alcocerwho is now first lady and has a look completely different. Then, onstage, Samuel Moreno appeared, who had his back turned and, unlike Petro, seemed quite relaxed. Finally, the rare meeting ended when the current Colombian president told the now deceased former mayor that his physical appearance, apparently, she was emaciated.
“Oh, my God… It’s over”, assured Gustavo Petro, who has repeatedly faced his opponents, who accuse him of having been a member of the same party as Samuel Moreno.