2024-01-11 20:03:45
Congress will impeach the Minister of Sports, Astrid Bibiana Rodríguez, in the coming weeks. SEMANA learned regarding the document through which the proposal for debate is made, which is signed by 32 senators.
That there are 32 senators who support the motion of censure is a clear message once morest the Petro government and Minister Rodríguez. That number represents 30.5% of the plenary session of that corporation, much more than what has been previously achieved in this type of summons.
Against Vélez, in the House of Representatives, there was the support of 31 congressmen, that is, 16.6%; and once morest the Minister of Defense Iván Velásquez there were two summons: one in the Chamber with 15% support – 28 signatures – and in the Senate 16 signatures, 15.1%.
Senator David Luna, from Cambio Radical, is one of those summoned to the debate. | Photo: GUILLERMO TORRES REINA / SEMANA
The motion is signed by senators from different groups, including the Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Democratic Center, Radical Change and Green Alliance: Mauricio Gómez Amín, Efraín Cepeda, David Luna, Antonio Zabaraín, Mauricio Giraldo, Jorge Benedetti, Alfredo Deluque, Carlos Fernando Motoa, José Luis Pérez, Carlos Abraham Jiménez, Óscar Barreto, Didier Lobo, Paloma Valencia, Jota Pe Hernández, María Fernanda Cabal, Yenny Rozo, Liliana Bitar, Marcos Daniel Pineda, Juan Pablo Gallo, Miguel Uribe, Germán Blanco, Juan Samy Merheg, Esteban Quintero, Paola Holguín, Enrique Cabrales, José Vicente Carreño, Guido Echeverri, Nicolás Echeverry, Honorio Henríquez and Édgar Díaz Contreras.
Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa said that the minister has to respond. | Photo: valentina pÉrez
For his part, Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa, from the same party, assured that: “This is the largest sanction that Congress can establish for a minister, this time for non-compliance, improvisation and apathy in losing the Pan American Games. “Colombia is missing a golden opportunity to really motivate the athletes who have been preparing to leave the country’s name high.”
The main reason why they will summon the Minister of Sports to Congress is to clarify her responsibility for losing the venue of the 2027 Pan American Games that were going to be held in Barranquilla.
“It was their duty to support the holding of the games and adopt all the necessary measures to comply with the agreement with the Panam Sports organization, so that Colombia and Barranquilla in particular, were effectively the organizers of the 2027 Pan American Games,” they claimed. the 32 senators.
The minister must respond to the Senate. | Photo: GUILLERMO TORRES REINA
“The functions associated with co-financing were not fulfilled in relation to the plans and programs that respond to public policies on sports, by not making payments in accordance with what was previously agreed with the organization,” stated the senators.
It is worth remembering that Minister Rodríguez was in the eye of the storm following Colombia lost the venue of the Pan American Games, for which several have held her responsible for those events. The straw that broke the camel’s back was not having paid four million dollars at the end of December of last year for the jousts to be held in the country.
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