Latin Press
The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, September 2, 2024, p. 30
Bogotá. Colombian President Gustavo Petro yesterday reiterated his accusation that there are maneuvers to remove him from power and asserted that the citizens’ stance against this strategy will be essential.
They have organized to carry out the coup d’état. What has been announced is taking place. It will depend on the people who elected me whether the oligarchic plan becomes reality or whether we defeat them again. This will not be a parliamentary vote by our enemies to remove us. This will be a popular struggle.wrote the president on his social network account X.
This message was released after the National Electoral Council announced that it had decided to press charges for the alleged irregular financing of his presidential campaign.
There were expressions of support on social media with the hashtag #TodosConPetro; in contrast, opposition politicians questioned him for insisting on the danger of a coup d’état. The first time he warned of this risk was in May 2023.
Lawyer David Porras, for example, commented on X that The oligarchy’s media is lying. Don’t be fooled! No to the coup d’état!
A user identified as Ave Fénix posted on the same platform: They are not magistrates of the National Electoral Council, they are criminals linked to criminal proceedings who intend to bring charges against our president of Colombia.
The Superintendent of the Solidarity Economy, María José Navarro, stated that she repudiates any attempt to annul the popular decision that elected a government that defends life. I support the President and reaffirm my commitment to preserve and deepen peace and democracy.he sentenced.
Journalist Daniel Coronell announced in his column Change details of an invoice that, according to him, could show that Petro’s campaign exceeded the limits allowed for the first round, held on May 29, 2022. It was issued two days after the elections for 356 million pesos (about 85,179 dollars at the current exchange rate), supposedly in the name of Ricardo Roa Barragán, campaign manager and current president of Ecopetrol. It was not reported in the reports.
The Colombian He noted on his website that, According to investigations, his campaign team would have hidden more than 6 billion (pesos, one million 435 thousand dollars) in its accounts and exceeded the permitted spending limit by more than 5 billion (one million 196 thousand 342 dollars), versions that have fueled criticism and reactions, both from allies and opponents, to the management of the head of state..
Catherine Juvinao, representative of the Green Alliance in the House, rejected the president’s words and compared her situation with that faced by the former far-right ruler Álvaro Uribe, who is under investigation, she added. The Colombian.
In this context, the armed forces held the National Liberation Army (ELN) responsible for the death of two soldiers following an armed attack that occurred at a military unit in the municipality of Tame, Arauca department, in the east of the country.
In a statement, he added that the men were members of the 18th Engineering Battalion General Rafael Navas Pardo.
Just two days ago, the Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of two more soldiers due to an armed attack for which it also held the ELN responsible, in the north of the department of Santander.