President Gustavo Petro Dennounce the Inminent Coup Against the Colombian State
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Sept 12, 2024 Photo: @elcomercio_peru
September 12, 2024 Hour: 7:03 pm
The chairman pointed out that there are significant sums of money involved in these alleged attempts at impeachment.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has warned of a suspected plan to remove him from office. During an event in Armenia, QuindĂo, where he met with representatives of alternative media, the president exposed details of what he considers to be an imminent threat against his government.
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«A coup d’Ă©tat are not the generals of the Police and the Army, looking for how to take over the Palace and remove the president, no gentlemen, they are not so brutal country oligarchs. It is a coup d’Ă©tat to the Colombian», declared Petro before the audience.
The chairman pointed out that there are significant sums of money involved in these alleged attempts at impeachment. To contextualize his argument, Petro recent events in other Latin American countries, such as the attempted military uprising against Bolivian president Luis Arce, and the dismissal of Pedro Castillo in Peru.
Petro said there was a plan to attempt on his life or remove him from office in the next three months. «They wanted to see if the Salvador Allende thing was repeated, to block the roads to overthrow the president, which is what they want to do: either the President dies or they overthrow him, the order is given», said the president.
The Colombian head of state added that this alleged coup d’Ă©tat would be «financed by the mafia». He criticized the process of the National Electoral Council (CNE) against his presidential campaign for alleged irregular financing, suggesting that there are financial interests behind it to get the case to the House Indictment Commission in order to suspend him from office.
Petro argumentĂł que, en caso de su salida, el prĂłximo presidente de la RepĂşblica serĂa EfraĂn Cepeda, actual presidente del Senado. Además, sostuvo que ya se ha producido un acto de esta naturaleza al desaforarlo de su cargo, el cual, segĂşn Ă©l, está protegido por la ConstituciĂłn.
The president stated that if he did not have popular support, this alleged coup d’Ă©tat would have been carried out immediately. These statements have generated intense debate in the country about political stability and tensions between the government and various sectors of Colombian society.
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