” state kick they resist and are defeated by the demobilization of the people.” yearns for change. John Marulanda In this context, he expressed some desires that cannot be expressed in other times. “Colombia follows in the footsteps Peru, where the reservists succeed in the sense that they have succeeded in overthrowing a corrupt president. “We will try our best to overthrow a man who is a guerilla here,” he said.
The officer started the rowdy in the middle of a mobilization in Bolivar square in Bogotá last Wednesday. In the center of the capital, hundreds of members of the Association of Retired Officers of the Colombian Military Forces (ACORE), of which he was president until recently, gathered. In response, Marulanda announced that this organization “will bea strong enough political party or movement Enough to handle the emerging political situation”.
The words aroused the anger of a president trying to redirect his government after breaking his alliance with parts of the centre. “The reason is democracy, don’t think that because someone won by the will of the people and that’s different, then – what a sad word – you have to conquer it, give it to it. coupIt was as if we were stupid, stupid,” he said.
Petro, whose approval rate is 41 percent, warned that no one can “forcefully” make fun of the decision of the 11.5 million people who elected him on this issue. “Why are you afraid that we will end impunity? The truth frightens them so much that they despair. They are legally hiding what the public already knows: the massive corruption in the state and the genocide, violence and terror unleashed on the people are two sides of the same coin.
other reactions
“A reserving colonel proposes to dismiss the constitutionally and legally elected president, this call is no longer part of a political debate in democracy, it is a direct attack on democracy. I am sure the prosecutor’s office has heeded this call and will continue before this stance,” said Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco . A few hours later, prosecution, Its president, Francisco Barbosa, had just experienced public friction with the Petro, launched an investigation as a result of Marulanda’s statements, and rejected any attempt to undermine democratic institutions and their representatives.
“All alerts should be on“I call on my Colombian people to defend their decision in the elections,” said Alejandro Toro, representative of the Historical Pact Chamber, the coalition that led the Left to the Government.
The current ACORE official, retired General Guillermo León, sought to distance himself from his predecessor, Marulanda. He said that what he said in public “corresponds to his opinion and does not go beyond representing an individual position”. At ACORE, he added: “we believe in democracyWe believe in institutional empowerment and therefore our thinking is framed in the constitution and laws.”
For the ‘La Silla Vacía’ portal, “It is a fact that soldiers play with the idea that their loyalty is not to the president but to the constitution. and invoking the example of Peru”. He says, “an enormous risk may be incubated for democracy, feeding the paranoia that the president and his circle are conspiring to overthrow them.”
chilean mirror
Everything the Colombian right felt happened a few days after the election results in Chile. “Chile is waking up to the realization that it is so easy to destroy and much harder to build,” said former presidential candidate Federico “Fico” Gutierrez. “(Gabriel) Boric, like Petro, won the presidency by setting the country on fire.Gutiérrez thought that Petro had “invented” a coup to “stay in power.”
Alfredo Rangel, a columnist in the newspaper ‘El Tiempo’ published in Bogota, also predicted the future of Colombia based on the latest Chilean events. “Some say so”Boric’s government is over. It is clear that Petro needs to look in this mirror,” he said. “Given his government’s inability to solve the country’s real problems, he argued that “given the inability of his government to solve the real problems of the country,” he argued that “he took refuge in the ideological radicalism of the current president, dispersing the blame at his own discretion,” and generating new conflicts everywhere. That’s his element, comfort. area.”