President Gustavo Petro took advantage of the meeting in the Plaza de Armas, at the Casa de Nariño, to refer to the second letter of former chancellor Álvaro Leyva.
In the midst of his speech, the Head of state replied that being in the fight for popular consultation, “a second attack that I must explain has come and you have to pay attention, because it is thoroughly as a deadly dagger, it will kill.”
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Álvaro Leyva indicated in the letter that he wanted to talk to the president: “It is not a gossip out there, of a madman who for anger, because he says he wanted to talk to me and I never knew that he wanted to talk to me. The Attorney General’s Office threw it, what I blame. It is charging me “.
The president of the continuous republic explained: “But they are not the follies of a crazy old man, decrepit, who is taking out the wound that could not remain chancellor, or his son. It must be known because, the guilt does not have the old man.”, Pulla to the former official.
In this way, Gustavo Petro explained that “What has come out today is not a gossip, it is a plotit is dangerous because it is an attack on Colombian democracy (…) “.
This is how the president added in his statements that the plot is not national. “It is not Colombians, although there are Colombians. Therefore, It is very dangerous because it is an attack on the national sovereignty of Colombia, to democracy and the freedom of Colombiansnot only to defend me, as a person. “
“The things that are going, supposedly denouncing, that any journalist with two front fingers should see, how absurd, how are evidence, what. Drug addiction? I am a revolutionary, I do not let myself enslave. Sometimes, I even have problems with women for that, in my personal life, “Petro said in his speech.
Finishing his speech, President Petro indicated with laughter that Armando Benedetti blackmail him “But I have never gone to a party with him, never in my life. I’m going to confess the truth. I am afraid of the friends that invites (laughs). I don’t get more in that, but I’m cautious. Thus they become truths. “
-In an open letter addressed to President Gustavo Petro, former chancellor Álvaro Leyva Durán asked the president to consider his resignationarguing that its permanence in office affects the institutional stability of Colombia.
According to the document, dated May 5, 2025 in Bogotá, Leyva details a series of episodes that, in his opinion, They reflect erratic behaviors and public disappearances of the president, which attributes to a worrying personal condition.
The former chancellor begins his letter with the phrase: “Mr. President, you are sick”, and proceed to enumerate specific incidents that, according to him, show a pattern of alarming behaviors.
Among the outstanding episodes, Leyva mentions Petro’s disappearance during an official visit to Paris, where he assures that the president was absent in key moments. This fact, according to the former chancellor, was corroborated by multiple testimonies and attributes it to an alleged addiction.
Another indicated incident occurred in January 2023, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Leyva recounts that Petro unexpectedly canceled his agenda, which forced the then chancellor to assume his place at a meeting with former British prime minister Tony Blair.
According to the former chancellor, the central themes of the meeting revolved around public administration strategies and democracy in times of crisis. “It was I who felt in crisis,” Leyva said in his letter.
In the same critical tone, the former chancellor recalled an episode during a state visit to Chile, also in January 2023. According to his story, Petro did not attend an official commitment in the Palace of the Courts of Justice, leaving Leyva the task of representing it without prior notice.
The former chancellor said that, After a private dinner the previous night, the president ceased to be located, which generated discomfort in the diplomatic context.
Another moment that Leyva described as problematic took place in June 2023, during a visit to Germany. According to the document, Petro would have generated tensions when making controversial comments about the fall of the Berlin wall, which caused a “historic discomfort” in the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Leyva says he had to intervene to calm the situation, describing the incident as a shameful experience.
“Something is happening to its president”, A German Minister told him, according to the former chancellor. Leyva added that it was seen in a difficult position to handle the consequences of Petro’s statements.
