Accompanied by ministers, other government officials, congressmen and family, the president Gustavo Petro arrived at the Plaza de Bolívar, this Thursday, during the commemoration of labor Day To give a speech and thereby move its bases before residing, before the Senate, the popular consultation.
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In the speech, Petro only dedicated himself to attacking congressmen that sank the labor reform and that have openly expressed their rejection of the consultation, qualified even “HP slavee” whom they plan to vote not her.
But, while the president stirred the public who listened to him in the square, The attitude of one of its officials did not go unnoticed.
It was the Interior minister, Armando Benedetti, who was after the head of state; however, With his strange behavior he did not seem completely present at the event.
Colombia’s former ambassador to Venezuela and FAO, It appeared several times in the plan of television transmission and networks with a lost, inexpressive and staggering gazeapparently, from what happened at the time. Even after a while, the minister disappeared from the stage, but a while later It appeared inside the Congress with the same attitude.
Benedetti, who continues to star A Toma and Give Me Fight with Chancellor Laura Sabaria – in the May 1 event – and will have the titanic task of promoting the popular consultation in Congress, he admitted, days before, that he suffered addiction problems.
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In an interview with the magazine Change, Benedetti acknowledged that he had been dominated by his addictions 27 of his 57 years. He said that since October of last year he entered a rehabilitation process that has kept him away from alcohol and substances.
“When you take liquor, you open many doors: To infidelity, to devote much more to work, to get away from the family. And that kind of doors They always break the relationships”Said the minister.
Benedetti said that in October last year he traveled to Mexico to initiate his rehabilitation process. He affirmed that his consumption began with the emotional instability that generated the separation of his parents. I was 10 years old.
“When you start with daily consumption, it takes you to other types of reactions. At first, cocaine or drink can help you To interrelate much better, to talk much better if you are shy. But, over time, you end up locked in your room”, Added the minister.
