:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UVVQLFEWO5E57KOOEOLDEGSN5Q.jpeg "Petro arrived late again, this time in Barranquilla: they had prepared a box for him 1")
Who attended the South West Carnival Parade of Barranquillain the department of Atlanticindicated that they were waiting for the Colombian President Gustavo Petromore than two hours, since they had planned his arrival at 1:30 in the afternoon, but he arrived at sand until 4 p.m.
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Mayor Claudia López expressed her support for the policy of total peace established by the current administration, but she made several appeals to President Gustavo Petro regarding increased strength and investment in young people with social problems.
Even the president, the first lady and other senior national government officials had a box with a small table for drinks and several white plastic chairs, which they were unoccupied for several hours.
The bone local media patiently awaits the arrival of the President to ask your questionsbut some- assured that the security team of the Presidency did not let them.
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“Tasty, tasty, but things have to change, so we continue to rule through change”were the only words of the Head of State in Barranquilla.
A few minutes later, the President and the First Lady met the Mayor of Barranquilla, Jaime Pumarejowho did not hesitate to question the support of the Ministry of Culturepointing out that they need more support from the national government to organize this type of party, since most of the money comes from property taxes in The Sandy.
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“We need much more support from the national government because Barranquilla, through its property taxes, is making a supernatural effort to be able to persist and grow this party and the truth is not consistent that the most important party receives only 300 million pesos from the Ministry of Culture“, the mayor of this city, Jaime Pumarejo, was heard.
Minutes after beginning a brief carnival tour, the president and his wife left the heavily guarded venue, leaving a ‘bad taste in the mouth’ for those who waited hours for the president to perform only an “ephemeral” visit, in agreement with NCR Radio.
On the morning of that same day, in the municipality of San Benito in the department of Sucre, the president took advantage of the event of delivery of 243 hectares of land to 52 peasant families point out that the suspension of the director of the SAE (Special Heritage Company), Daniel Rojas, It is the “first bell” against the reforms to which he committed himself during the campaign.
President Petro pointed out that Daniel Rojas is one of the officials he has chosen and that he considers that they are on a “red line”, where the “corrupt” give them two options when they arrive at their positions: “Either they kneel down and get the ticket and lend the state to corruption, or they are killed.”
And the president added: “In the case of SAE, I chose Daniel. And look at the result: a few weeks after its possession, an investigative body appears, which has never, ever investigated the huge theft of mafia assets seized by the politicians in power.
He stressed that people like Rojas are important to the national government because – in addition to risking their lives and those of their families – they are the ones who allow the land and property of drug traffickers to go to the people who need it. need the most, as is the case with the peasants, which is why he does not agree with the investigation he is carrying out against the official.
“And, on the other hand, when you start handing over the assets of these gangsters to the poor town, to the peasant town, to the town that was flooded at that time, then she starts a whole new investigation and suspends the director of the entity”, declared the President of the Republic.
And finally, President Gustavo Petro reiterated that this type of investigation of public officials does not attack only them, but the changes that were proposed in the public square during his presidential campaign to make “change possible”. “.
“Is that justice? What do we see before us in that fact alone? It’s the first bell, barely; It’s the first step they’ve taken to try to stop us from doing what we promised in the public square, and for which 11.5 million powerful voters, men and women, young and old,” he said.