At a recent event in Cartagena, the director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (Dapre), Laura Sarabia, drew attention not only for her participation, but also for the luxurious pair of shoes she was wearing.
The high-heeled sandals, from the exclusive Italian brand Ferragamo, They have a price of 980 euros, which is equivalent to more than 4.3 million Colombian pesos. This amount exceeds what a Colombian earning the minimum wage earns in three months.
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President Gustavo Petro has also been seen wearing shoes from the same brand, Ferragamo, which generated discussions about the coherence between government discourse and the personal choices of its most prominent members.
On Saturday, June 22, Laura Sarabia responded to the commotion caused by her expensive shoes with a particular message on her Instagram account.
The publication is titled “True luxuries.”
“A morning dedicated to oneself.
Freedom to choose what you really want.
The sea.
Listen to the sound of the birds.
The smell of coffee,” the publication says.
He also points out: “Walks through the countryside.
A good book.
A movie with a little wine and good company.
Homemade food.
Peace in the soul.
A caress.
Conversations that feed from within.
Sex with love.
Music.
Friends and family, which is the same thing.”
A scandal of great magnitude involves Andrés Sarabia, brother of Laura Sarabia, director of Dapre. Sarabia was accused on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, of being in charge of an alleged illegal contracting network with the State, in collaboration with Jaime Augusto Ramírez Cobo, another young man identified in this delicate matter.
The complaint, revealed by the alternative media Unequal and spread by influencer Alejandro Villanueva, accused Sarabia of operating a money laundering network in the Congress of the Republic and various government agencies. The case would have gone viral in private circles, according to the complainant.
The influencer noted: “When his sister (Laura Sarabia) arrives at the Palace, again, after the nanny scandal, Andrés began to have some behaviors and a big change in lifestyle that all his friends witnessed. Everyone witnessed how he went from living in an apartment on 53rd to Parque de la 93, he began to ride in high-end cars, to walk with a businessman who is now a ghost, who is the young David Cure or Carlos Child. He went from a UTL to a great businessman.”
Villanueva indicated that in the legislative sphere it was widely commented that Sarabia, along with Ramírez Cobo and his girlfriend, Daniela Valencia, exercised considerable influence over various positions in the Executive, particularly in the logistics agency of the Military Forces, although it was not delved into. the details of the latter. The question that arises is whether Laura Sarabia, as head of Dapre, was aware of these possible irregularities.
Unequal He highlighted that both Ramírez Cobo, supposed liaison between the Presidency and Congress, and Andrés Sarabia, carried out initiatives of government interest from the iconic Parque de la 93, in addition to offering supposed aid to members of the legislature. “The thing is that whoever made those statements comes from the president’s inner circle,” Villanueva said.
The curious thing, according to Villanueva, is that Ramírez and Daniela, a former Fiduprevisora employee, filed complaints with the Attorney General’s Office. This movement was intended, according to Villanueva, to mitigate the impact of the accusations and discover the origin of the complaints against him.. “You don’t file a complaint for empty WhatsApp comments. And the other is that the comments come from the president’s close circle,” he added.
