Within the framework of the inauguration of a rice processing plant in Palermo (Huila), President Gustavo Petro spoke firmly about the prevailing need to remove government officials suspected of corruption. His words, full of determination, resonated in a country where corruption has historically been one of the biggest obstacles to development and justice.
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Petro, with a calm but energetic tone, recognized the difficulty of playing the role of judge in corruption cases within his own government. However, he stressed the urgency for those flagged for serious evidence of corruption to be removed from their positions, based on rigorous investigations carried out by the media, government institutions and the judicial system.
“There is a moment that is very delicate, when you are going to buy land that a land holder sells, there is an economic transaction. How much is the land worth? They can do it, make it worth more and the commission is distributed and the peasantry is defrauded, which, in the end, is the objective of the Agrarian Reform and the Nation, because the money is provided by the people. The president did not skimp on pointing out that corruption has no place in one of the fundamental pillars of his administration
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However, President Petro’s words were not merely rhetorical and in his speech, he outlined a series of concrete proposals to combat corruption in land transactions, including the implementation of advanced technological systems to monitor these operations in real time as well. addressed the existence of “parallel agendas” that undermine government objectives.
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