2023-04-27 04:05:53
President of Colombia announces changes in his cabinet of ministers
Colombian President Gustavo Petro He announced a new cabinet on Wednesday amid political turmoil in the South American nation, following he asked all the ministers to resign the day before.
These are eight new ministers and senior officials who join the cabinet to help “consolidate the government program”, which will be “the basis of a frank and sincere national agreement to continue working at the service of communities throughout the country” .
This was reported by Petro on his Twitter account, in which he explained that Ricardo Bonilla will assume the Ministry of Finance; Jhenifer Mojica will be in the Agriculture portfolio; Luis Fernando Velasco in the Interior; Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo in Health; Yesenia Olaya in Science; Mauricio Lizcano in Information and Communication Technologies; and William Camargo in Transportation.
In addition, Carlos Ramón González will be the director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency.
“The government program established a road map to carry out the change for which millions of Colombians and Colombians voted,” Petro explained in the official statement.
Rejection of the establishment
In the text, the head of state regretted that, despite the commitment to dialogue and the pact of his cabinet, his board of officials “was rejected by some traditional political leadership and the establishment.”
“We are going to persist with our program and our vocation of great national agreements. We reaffirm our commitment to always be faithful to the popular mandate received,” added Petro.
This day the president convened an extraordinary council of ministers following announcing the rupture of the coalition that the ruling Historical Pact maintained in the bicameral Parliament with the Liberal, Conservative, U and Green Alliance parties; whose leading members did not support health care reform.
controversial reform
The health reform is one of Petro’s great proposals, but the Historical Pact has not been able to pass parliamentary procedures due to lack of partisan support.
In fact, the local media outlet CAMBIO was able to confirm that “the first to leave President Petro’s cabinet” was the former Minister of Health, Carolina Corcho.
“President Petro would have offered Corcho another position in his government, but she would have refused,” the news portal added.
Greens second to Petro
The Alianza Verde party said Wednesday that “the change led” by the president “has the backing” of the political organization.
(Taken from RT in Spanish)
1682595461
#Petro #announces #cabinet #Colombia