House of Representatives defines motion of no confidence in Foreign Minister Leyva

2023-04-24 18:33:28

He Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva faces this Tuesday the vote of the motion of censure summoned against him in the House of Representatives for the management of these eight months in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The vote was scheduled for last Tuesday, April 18, but the date was postponed because the official had an agenda in the United States for the official visit of the president, Gustavo Petro, to that country, after which the Executive obtained support for his agenda to face climate change.

This afternoon the precinct will define whether to vote to keep or remove the official from that position. The The balance tips in favor of Leyva, who would end up being the second official of the Casa de Nariño to be saved from a motion of censure.

Before this discussion, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, had faced the same format twice, on a first occasion in the Chamber and then in the Senate, debates from which she emerged armored thanks to the majorities she has in Historic Pact in Congress.

The discussion of motion of no confidence against Leyva it had been given on April 12, after the representatives of the opposition presented that summons alleging that the official failed to attend 9 calls made by the venue.

“The Congress of the Republic has been invited to answer for different situations that are putting international diplomacy, the Ministry and the economy of Colombia at risk”, said the representative of the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers, Érika Sánchez.

Leyva is questioned that the Foreign Ministry’s agenda has focused on peace and not on foreign policy, in addition to the controversial appointments of ambassadors and consuls that they have made in the diplomatic career, designating political quotas in those roles, despite the fact that he had promised to prioritize career officials (who trained for that purpose).

However, the 80-year-old official became one of the pieces of the Casa de Nariño gear for rapprochement with illegals with the aim of total peace and is the architect of the dialogues on Venezuela that will take place this Tuesday in Bogotá .