AME3105. BRASILIA (BRAZIL), 01/18/2024.- File photograph dated May 30, 2023 that shows the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, with his former Chief of Staff, Laura Sarabia, during the South American Summit held in Brasilia (Brazil). Laura Sarabia, the former Chief of Staff of the Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, attended this Thursday to her summons before the Prosecutor’s Office in the case of the theft of a briefcase with money in her house and assured the media that she “did not order” the use of the polygraph on one of his accused domestic employees. EFE/ Andre Borges ARCHIVE
Photo: EFE – Andre Borges
In the midst of the tense ministerial planning meeting on January 31, the director of the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS), Laura Sarabia, presented her resignation letter to the president, in a protocol manner, due to the lack of results that the president claimed. to his entire cabinet.
However, sources confirmed to El Espectador that the president, that same night, was emphatic in saying that he would not accept the resignation of the most powerful woman in the Government.
According to sources from the Casa de Nariño, although the president has not made decisions, in the coming days he will define who remains or will not remain on his team. The truth is that in that airy meeting, the Ministers of Justice, Néstor Osuna, and the Mincomercio, Germán Umaña, told the president that, although they considered that they were carrying out their duties well, they put their position at Petro’s disposal.
Read: Ministers and officials made their positions available to President Petro
That council of ministers, one of the most important of the year, lasted until 1:00 am and ended with the departure of the director of the National Planning Department, Iván González, who would have had some differences with the president.
What some analysts see in González’s sudden departure is an attempt by Petro to go full throttle to materialize his changes. Although this, they warn, is not enough to criticize the work of González, who is widely respected in the entity and in the cabinet (with some exceptions among the hardest-line people in the Government).
See also: Human Rights Watch asks Petro to reject the disqualification of María C. Machado
The temperature in the council of ministers would be related to the execution of programs of a Government that proposed a broad and ambitious agenda of changes in a variety of areas in the country.
???????? Find out how senators and representatives to the House vote in ‘Congress at hand’.
???? Read more about Congress, the Petro government and other news from the political world.
✉️ If you are interested in political issues or information that you consider appropriate to share with us, please write to us at any of these emails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; or [email protected].