In the last hours, Gustavo Petro’s president said he is willing to testify before the Supreme Court of Justice in the case of corruption of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).
The Colombian president, through a message from his X account, He denied having bribed Iván Name, the former president of the Senate who was captured: “I am willing to declare these facts before the Supreme Court of Justice.”
Iván Name is reviewed in La Picota. Photo:Courtesy
Taking this into account, the Head of State launched an accusation against the senator by, according to him, having “fooled pension reform for 7 months to sink for time. “
Likewise, President Petro said that, once the reform passed to the House of Representatives -with little time to reconcile the texts -, He asked his bench to approve the text of the Senate; This in order to avoid more blockages or impediments with the progress of said reform.
“Once he went to the camera, after Name was deceived for seven months, and without time to reconcile, a process that is imposed if the texts of the bills are different among the cameras; I asked my bench to discuss the reform in the camera plenarybut that the text of the Senate was approved, so that Name, which had only two days to appoint conciliation committee not sink it, simply not naming it, “explained President Petro.
Iván Name and Petro Photo:Néstor Gómez. The time / presidency
Likewise, the Head of State responded to different versions or rumors that They accuse him of having bribed the senator of the Green Alliance for the reform to approve: “If Name had been bribed by me as they say, I would not have been fooled by the pension reform seven months.”
“I made my request to approve in Chamber, the same Senate text, which immediately became law, no longer needed, and the pension reform was saved. The camera did not give Name the opportunity to sink it; They sue this fact before the Constitutional Court, arguing that the Chamber did not debate, which is not true“said the Colombian president.
Name upon arrival at the La Picota Penitentiary Center. Photo:Courtesy
On the other hand, President Gustavo Petro also accused Name of using his position to give benefits: “Look at the robbery action on the treasury that manages my government, which was virulently opposed, as an action to finance their daughter’s campaign. Just look at the dates, both from the daughter’s campaign, as well as the seven months of cheating the reform. “
Felipe Santanilla Ayala
Writing last news
