:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/73CNZYIQTJAIRLUVHPCRGBUIOQ.jpeg "Gustavo Petro clarified how his ministers should be: \"I demand loyalty to the government program, zero corruption and results\" 1")
On Monday 27 February, in the evening, the President Gustavo Petro announced the withdrawal of three of its ministers just 7 months after Government. The news was controversial as the changes were sudden and, in some cases, even former officials were not initially expecting. They even defended Alejandro Gaviria, Patricia Ariza and Maria Isabel Urrutia after the news
Criticism of health reform ministers: Gustavo Petro assured that the document “was discussed for hours and days”
Over the weekend, the counter-proposal presented by the Ministers of Finance, Education, Agriculture and the National Director of Planning was disclosed, where the profound differences with the document presented by Minister Carolina Corcho were obvious.
In the case of the former education minister, his departure was due to the leaking of a document he had created with other cabinet members: José Antonio Ocampo, Cecilia López and Jorge Iván González, where they made suggestions and comments on the health reform proposal presented by Carolina Corcho. Yet the same Daniel Coronell who was the one who presented the writing in the magazine ChangeHe came out to make sure that while he won’t reveal his forte, he can claim that Gaviria wasn’t the one who gave it to him.
On the other hand, the departure of Patricia Ariza from the culture portfolio would have been justified under the argument of the lack of results in the time it took, just like the departure of Urrutia from the Ministry of Sports. A news that took them both by surprise, because they were not even warned in time of the news.
The changes that come for the working day
According to the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, the changes obey Law 2101 of 2021, in which the gradual reduction of the weekly working day from 48 to 42 was ordered.
After all the comments that led to the President’s decision, since in less than 7 months he has already made 4 changes in his team, this February 1, on his official Twitter account, President Gustavo Petro mentioned the demands that it has for someone who holds a relevant place in one of your government’s portfolios.
“From my ministers and ministers I demand only fidelity to the government program, zero corruption and results,” the president wrote. The shared message already has 8,609 likes and more than 2,271 retweets, moreover, in the comments, Internet users told him of their differences and shared their support for the decision which until today has many unknowns. for different political and social sectors.
In this sense, some of the comments are: “Making numbers in the reports is corruption and the MinMinas continues there. Be a little consistent Gustavo, he is no longer in the campaign”; “He asks them for loyalty, but he throws them out like dogs without showing their heads… You are very cynical”, “My family and I are signing with Petro”.
Sacked ministers were aware of president’s decision, chief of staff assured
María Isabel Urrutia and Patricia Ariza said they learned of his departure from the cabinet of ministers along with the other Colombians during the speech
For their part, the outgoing ministers sent short messages wishing the best and indicating that they would continue to work for the country from outside the government.
“I thank @petrogustavo for the invitation to be part of his government. My opinions have always had a constructive purpose within the framework of a pluralistic coalition government. I will continue to express my opinion freely so that Colombia has the best possible reforms”, wrote Alejandro Gaviria on his networks.
While Patricia Ariza in a magazine interview Week He underlined: “Mr. President, I hope you are doing very well in the government, if it goes well for you, it goes well for all of us. I will continue to fight for change, I believe in it. I traveled in the municipalities to recognize the cultural richness and the astonishing diversity. I recommend the music of this country, it is wonderful, extraordinary. And I recommend that you talk more with people, you are a silent man and it is worth talking without an objective”.
And in the case of María Isabel Urrutia, he ratified in an interview with snail radio“I am here to work for the boys and girls of Colombia. I don’t think because of the way they took me out that they’re going to offer me anything, but I’m going to keep working. There are divisions, we Those of us who believed in change will continue to work for change”.