With a document signed by lawyer Jorge Barrios, the Foreign Ministry asks to annul the ruling issued by the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca against the decree with which President Gustavo Petro appointed his wife as a Special Mission ambassador. Time reveals it.
The court overturned Alcocer’s appointment because it said it violates the constitution, which dictates that public servants may not appoint, apply for, or hire in public positions people with a level of kinship up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or with whom they are “linked by marriage.” or permanent union.”
The argument of the Chancellery. He assured that the Foreign Ministry was not involved in the case and would have to do so, because the decree not only has the signature of the president, but also of Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva (now suspended). “It is necessary to involve this Ministry in any action that falls on the decree in question,” said the defense.
The document, which asks that the Foreign Ministry’s right to defense and due process be guaranteed, was filed in the office of Judge Luis Manuel Lasso on May 2.
Alcocer’s travels. As La Silla Vacía revealed, the Petro government paid for an extravagant entourage of officials that cost 1,000 million pesos. From personal makeup artist to professional photographer and her best friend, they receive fees ranging between 10 and 30 million pesos per month for taking care of her image, her agenda and her company.
At that time, the Presidency justified it with gaps and did not explain several things.
Listen to this episode of Huevos Revueltos with Alcocer’s entourage and his travels.
