Julián Andrés Santa
In recent years there have been more scandals than good news surrounding the Ministry of Sports in Colombia, first with the former athlete María Isabel Urrutia who generated very good expectations as she was a character who experienced sport properly and came out with more sorrow than glory and later with Astrid Bibiana Rodríguez who yesterday afternoon presented her letter of resignation to the Presidency of the Republic, which was immediately accepted. According to the newspaper El Espectador, “the minister would have asked President Gustavo Petro to accept her departure from office before Congress summoned her to a motion of censure, which was going to be called in the coming days.”
Loss of the Pan American Games, main scandal
Without a doubt, one of the main scandals that produced the Minister’s resignation has to do with the shameful fact of Colombia’s loss of hosting the 2027 Pan American Games due to non-compliance with the payment agreement, so even His intention was to resign immediately but it was only accepted yesterday by the Presidency of the Republic.
Minister’s Statement
“Taking into account our conversation in previous weeks, I reiterate my desire to terminate my position as Minister of Sports as of February 15, 2024. Nearly completing a year at the head of this portfolio that is so important for the physical and mental health of Colombians, I want to express my most sincere gratitude for the opportunity that you gave me, not only to me as a person, but to the union of teachers and physical educators, without your vision, it would not have been possible for professionals in this field to occupy so much. distinguished position.”
Prosecutor’s Office Investigation
Let us remember that the Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation pointing out that the current Minister of Sports could have omitted functions related to the termination of the contract for the 2027 Pan American Games by Panam Sports Organization.
Scandal at the opening of the National Games
The official opening of the National Games of the Coffee Region generated a controversy where once again the protagonist was Astrid Bibiana Rodríguez who, at the time of giving her speech on air, the public stated that the minister was drunk because of her way of speaking, to which The person involved responded that it was a technical error in production. What caught attention at the time is that both in the speeches of Governor Víctor Manuel Tamayo and Mayor Carlos Maya, both of them were heard clearly and without technical failures in the microphones.
He fled a motion of censure in Congress
Today the sessions of the Congress of the Republic will officially resume where one of the pending debates was the motion of censure against Minister Rodríguez, a request that already had the support of 32 senators. However, the former director’s resignation was accepted just before having to be present in the aforementioned political control of the work she carried out.
2024-02-16 05:20:36