President Gustavo Petro said that Laura Sarabia, director of the Department of the Presidency, had to be hospitalized as an emergency since yesterdayin the midst of the scandal that surrounds her through WhatsApp chains who accuse his brother of being allegedly involved in corruption cases involving state contracts.
According to the President, The situation was such that the official had to go to intensive care after what he described as a “violent attack” by network networks..
“They have attacked his brother, He lives in a 70 square meter apartment like many in Bogotá and big cities and has been accused of practically enriching himself“, Petro said.
The president said the attacks They have been supposedly due to the proximity to the highest government circlessomething he called “unfounded criticism.”
“When you look at the research, there is nothing that is not the struggle of a boy trying to survive in what he likes, In its tasks of private administration, never public, there is not a single fact that indicates that some kind of irregular maneuver in a dirty manner, with public money, has been established.“, he added.
Petro stated that it is about denigrating him and to return to the fight he has had in Congress against corruption and try to show it as the opposite. “So, they are disregarding the honor of a person and a boy who has nothing to do with us, simply to make the president look corrupt. Which I am not, nor will I be.“
The president said that he is not interested in personal enrichment.
Andrés Sarabia, Laura’s brother, He reported to the Attorney General those who have accused him of leading an alleged network of influence peddling in the Government.
Together with his lawyer, Sarabia reported that he will file a complaint with the investigating body for the crimes of libel and slander, with the author or authors to be determined..
This complaint is based on accusations that indicate that Sarabia has allegedly increased his economic assets in the last two years through the company ALA Consulting SAS. The above supposedly with the help of his last name that connects him with the director of Dapre.
In recent days, Laura Sarabia had spoken out about the alleged implications of her brother stating that he has no partnership with his brother. “My honest work is the answer to the scoundrels that circulate on WhatsApp chains. Entrepreneurs and unions know that I have no intermediaries and you should know that offenses in public and apologies in private cannot be accepted.“he pointed out.
