2023-04-26 14:37:42
It occurs after Liberals and Conservatives refused to support his Health reform. “The political coalition agreed as a majority has ended,” he said.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, called for the resignation of his entire cabinet in the midst of the difficulties that the government faces in order for its bills to be approved in Congress.
The request, confirmed by senior officials on condition of anonymity, has not yet been made official by Petrothe country’s first leftist president.
The news headlined this Wednesday the site of the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo, which described the matter as the “first major government crisis.” And he warned that the president had radicalized his speech and he had declared the coalition dead.
The Caracol Radio site reported this Wednesday that sources consulted by that medium confirmed that the president gave instructions to his chief of staffLaura Sarabia, to ask all the ministers of her cabinet to resign by protocol.
“The political coalition agreed as a majority has ended today by decision of some party presidents. Some of whom threaten the majority of their own bench,” he wrote on Twitter.
Petro referred in a long Twitter thread to a “government rethinking” after ending alliances with traditional parties key to the success of his reforms.
Stalled reforms
The president’s move follows the failure of the first debate on the reform of the health system, after the Liberal party of César Gaviria ordered its congressmen not to support the project. And the decision of the Conservative Party of maintain its refusal to reform.
After little more than nine months in power, Petro has not delivered the profound changes he promised in the campaign on the labor, health, pension and justice systems, among others.
The Liberal, Conservative and U parties, which they distanced themselves from the government on Tuesdayhave made repairs to his pretentious initiatives.
emergency government
At a public event, Petro assured that an “emergency government” should be installed in Colombia “since Congress was not able to pass some very peaceful simple articles” on the equitable distribution of land.
On February 15, the president asked his supporters to take to the streets to pressure the approval of his reforms.
Then he warned from a balcony of the presidential Casa de Nariño that he would continue calling for demonstrations until the “change” was a reality.
The 28th of February fired three of his ministers, among them the centrist Alejandro Gaviria, from the Education portfolio, whose criticisms of the health reform proposed by the government leaked to the press.
He also removed former Olympic champion María Isabel Urrutia, cornered by a corruption scandal, and Patricia Ariza from Culture from the Ministry of Sports, without justifying the decision.
Clarín writing with information from AFP and local media
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