The distant president of Colombia Gustavo Peter on Sunday called for the resignation of all government ministers and executive directors, opting to announce the social media move.
The announcement comes days after Petro hosts it Morning The six-hour government meeting was broadcast live on television and social media, where he once again called for cocaine legalization and drugs to be “sold like wine.” Peter also denounced the Minister throughout the conference for failing to maintain most of his leftist regime's outcome and the promises of its campaign.
“I have requested the official resignation of the Ministers and Directors of the Administrative Division. Peter's message has been made in the cabinets several changes. “The government will be fully focused on implementing the program.”
Peter's highly controversial meeting, the idea that the President on the far left was “inspired” from the communist Cuba and presented as “exercises of transparency” was a proud former member of the Marxist M19 terrorist guerrilla It featured several shocking moments. Colombia's first left-wing president has admitted that his administration, which has been in office for about 18 months, has not met more than 75% of previous campaign promises.
Peter appeared to exonerate any liability in the lack of consequences of his administration by arguing during the meeting that “the president is a revolutionary and the government is not.”
Local politicians described the conference as “a sad scene of civilization” and a “circus show.” Embarrassment has prompted a new crisis for the Colombian government, with Home Minister Juan Fernando Cristo declaring it “unsustainable” last week. Crist officially introduced him Resignation To Peter on Monday morning.
The current competent home minister reportedly stressed to local outlets that his resignation was “irrevocable” and Petro on the disastrous meeting that revealed “internal fractures” of the leftist administration on Thursday He claimed he spoke to.
In addition to the latest public defense of Peter's cocaine and recognition of his leftist government's failure, several Colombian ministers have aired their complaints publicly and have publicly criticized some of their peers . One of the most notable competition, centered around former ambassador Armando Benedetti, is Some Corruption, domestic violence, drugs and alcohol Addictive Last week, a scandal appointed by Peter was appointed as his new chief of staff.
Colombia's new Foreign Minister, Laura Sarabia, also received serious criticism. Sarabia began her tenure as a diplomat in Peter Short life The diplomatic crisis with the United States, following the President of Colombia, suddenly refused to allow the US deportation flights to transport illegal Colombian immigrants into the country.
“Benedetti and Sarabia, and both Peter's inner circle members who left the Colombian government in the aftermath of illegal eavesdropping and abuse of the power scandal in 2023, are known as “.Nanny Gate. ”
Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez and several Colombian pastors expressed distrust of Peter during a live meeting. Vice President Marquez said he respects Peter's appointment of Benedetti, but she disagrees with that. Marquez also criticized Saravian's attitude as her and called her disrespectful.
Environment Minister Susanna Muhammad criticized Benedetti's designation, saying, “As a feminist and as a woman, I cannot sit at this table for a progressive project with Armando Benedetti.”
Muhammad resigned from her ministerial position on Sunday morning; Confirmed On Monday, she showed her resignation corresponded to Benedetti's designation as chief of staff.
“Mr. Benedetti has access to all the information about the President of the Republic, all the information about the functions of the office, all of which creates great distrust in me. “I am confident about the difficult decisions that must be made. I'm not calm.”
In addition to Cristo and Muhammad, Minister of Culture Juan David Correa and Minister of Labor Gloria Inez Ramirez already have it. departure Government on Monday morning. Additionally, Jorge Rojas, who recently took over as the successor of Saravia as head of the presidency's administration (Dapre), and attorney general of President Paula Robudo Silva, have left their positions.
Foreign Minister Saravia, Minister of Education Daniel Rojas Medellin, Justice Minister Anchella Maria Buitrago, Minister of Agriculture Martha Calbalagino and Minister of Mining and Energy Omar Camacho also resigned on Monday. If Peter accepts his resignation, it will remain publicly unknown at the time of the press.
Columbia magazine Semana It has been reported According to unnamed government sources, Vice President Marquez is expected to resign from his position as Minister of Equality, but the latter is democratically elected and therefore will not be able to resign as Vice President. It's expected.
Additionally, Mines Minister Andre Camacho and director of National Planning Department Alexander Lopez are expected to resign soon. Semana Marquez, Camacho and Lopez pointed out that they were extremely critical of Benedetti's presence in the government.
According to For Colombian journalists, several ministers were not informed of Petro's decision in advance and were discovered on Twitter. Hours after he called for the resignation of the minister, Peter left Colombia and attended the World Government Summit 2025 in Dubai, making an official visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia. According to At the local outlet, Foreign Minister Laura Saravia and new Chief of Staff Armando Benedetti will accompany Peter on his weekly tour of the Middle East.
Before the ongoing crisis in the Peter government, former foreign minister Luis Murillo resigned in January along with current technical attorney general Mauricio Lizcano and Transport Minister Maria Constanza Garcia. Columbia's Blu radio pointed out Monday Fifteen different ministers resigned between February 2023 and July 2024.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
