The minister of mines and energyIrene Velez, She left a press conference in Cartagena on Thursday when she was asked about her proposal that the economies of the countries that she classifies as highly consuming begin to decrease their economies.
The journalist who approached her asked her if It did not seem contradictory to him to propose a slowdown when the world is betting on economic recovery after a pandemic and in the midst of the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has also hit global markets. In addition, the reporter rebuked her about illegal mining in Antioquia. His angry response was to suspend the press conference.
“There are like 50 questions in 1, please let me speak because otherwise I can’t answer (…) This ends here, thank you very much to those who managed to listen”, said the minister.
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This is not the first time that Vélez leaves the press planted. A week ago, also in Cartagena, he had pointed out the possibility of implementing tax incentives for companies that began the decarbonization process.
When journalists tried to approach her to explain those incentives, Vélez left through the back door of the stage and did not answer the call. Her press team made the journalists wait, to consult her about the possibility of answering some questions and the answer was blunt: “no, she is not going to speak”.
Even, some of its communicators raised the possibility of simply sending a pre-recorded statementwithout the possibility of cross-examination.