Francisco ‘Pacho’ Santos (Colprensa – Camila Diaz)

Former Colombian Ambassador to Washington Francois Santos He was one of those who attended protests against the national government. He assured that the demonstrators are a force that is only waking up and that the President of the Republic should listen, Gustavo Petro.

“What is certain is that we see a lot of people here, a civic force that is barely waking up. Let’s hope that Petro, who says he listens to the streets, listens to what people say: we don’t want they’re ending our health, we don’t want them ending our pensions,” Santos said.

The former vice president was in the Seventh Career of Bogotá with the demonstration that began in the National Park Enrique Olaya Herrera, who was destined for the Bolivar Square. However, in the middle of the ride, there were people who wanted to go to the Monument to Heroes to pay homage to the public force.

“We want reforms, we want to improve, the people must sit down to agree with them on the reforms, but that they are sustainable and that they are based on those that have been built, and not that they destroy what we built with so much difficulty,” the official said. who was part of the government of Alvaro Uribe and Ivan Duque.

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