Patricia Silva, ex-humorist of Happy Saturdays, He won a lawsuit once morest Caracol Televisión so he can receive his well-deserved pension. With a ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice, it was determined that the comedian had the right to it through the public fund.
The humorist applied for the pension in 2016, when she turned 57 years old. However, she had to sue to get what she deserved for her hard work.
Patricia Silvia sued Caracol Television
The journalist Graciela Torres, better known as ‘La Negra Candela’, announced the sentence handed down in which Caracol TV is ordered to process the comedian’s pension for Colpensiones.
“Caracol TV, through its Pension Fund, must recognize the humorist and comedian Patricia Silva Zarate the pension to which she has been entitled since August 1, 2016, when she turned 57 years old, which was not recognized because Caracol TV changed it from Colpensiones to Colfondos A few years of work were stuck for this reason,” explained ‘La negra candela’ in a video shared on social networks.
However, Patricia Silva herself, faced with the comments of some Internet users, was forced to explain the reason why she had to sue for the pension to be recognized.
“I know that a video is coming out where they talk regarding Patricia Silva winning the lawsuit once morest Canal Caracol, but what I do want to tell you is that I did sue the channel and when they told it that they had to pay money to the pension fund, they they never appealed, they never said no. I continued on the channel, I continued working with all the dignity that they gave me and with all the support, ”he began by saying.
He also clarified that the channel never refused to pay him his pension, but that the problem was with the two pension funds.
In addition, she was quite grateful to the medium with which she had worked for several years: “I am leaving grateful to Canal Caracol, too much. With his head held high, speaking what is of the channel”.
It should be noted that the Santanderean began her career on Happy Saturdays 30 years ago. Like many of her colleagues, she started at the bottom. She first was an extra and, a year later, she got a short speech in front of the camera.
Since then, she has become one of the best comedians, managing to consolidate thousands of fans in Colombia and around the world, who have closely followed her career.
It is not the first time that Caracol has been sued, the now congressman Agmeth Escaf won a million-dollar process once morest the television channel.