Petro, traveler and unpunctual

Two particularities, in addition to his bad appointments and false starts to organize a government coalition, mark President Gustavo Petro, when he approaches his first year in office: trips abroad and lateness. Regarding travel, we can remember Andrés Pastrana and Iván Duque as the most traveled Presidents, so many trips that were of no use, after all, his governments have been the worst in our recent history; but Gustavo Petro is going the same way, in 10 months of his mandate he has made 20 trips abroad with different destinations, Lima, New York, Caracas, Praia, Sharm el-Sheikh, Rome, Paris, Mexico City, Brasilia, Caracas, Santiago from Chile, Davos, Toulouse, Buenos Aires, Quito, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Washington, Madrid, Lisbon, Havana, Berlin, Paris. Some important, such as the visit to Joe Biden to advance a strategic agenda on drug trafficking, migration and climate change issues, others really unnecessary, such as repeating a trip to France 3 times, going to Europe twice in one week and his last trip to Belgium , to the CELAC summit to preside over a rhetorical event, which leaves nothing for the country; while the ordinary Colombian struggles to survive the violence, the high cost of living and the difficulties in health, poverty and unemployment in a country like Colombia that is experiencing a truly critical moment.

On the other hand, President Petro’s tardiness has already exceeded the limits, this trait has become recurring and therefore annoys opinion. A harmful behavior that shows contempt for the time of those who are affected, this week it was the turn of the inhabitants of San Andrés who met to learn about the transcendental ruling of the International Court in The Hague and although President Petro himself had announced his presence in the archipelago that day did not arrive; The Raizales intended to explore ways to move the island forward, which is currently experiencing its worst days, due to the drop in tourism due to the bankruptcy of low-cost airlines. But his changes in the agenda are not isolated, he had previously failed the Asobancaria summit, the possession of magistrates of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, he also left the inhabitants of Chocó waiting 5 hours and he did not keep the appointment with the National Youth Council, except for the military promotion ceremony, or other events where the presidential figure is required to achieve meetings with sectors that seek solutions to different crises, adapt viable, sustainable and achievable public policies. However, Petro seems to give a damn what they say and it is not just a lack of courtesy or rudeness, this creates discomfort and offends those who wait, denotes arrogance, arrogance and even negligence. Some say that the president does not like to get up early, others that he does not know how to calculate the times, pure cart, it is time for him to understand that his position is to work 24/7 for the country and its people, that if he wanted to sleep or live more relaxed shouldn’t have breathed. President, the country is blown away by your non-compliance and lateness, seriously, it is a disrespect that people do not deserve, something that you must correct because it is also affecting you, it is one of the ingredients that has encouraged the decline in your popularity.