Gustavo Petro’s message after the death of Piedad Córdoba
Upon Córdoba’s death, President Gustavo Petro expressed his most sincere condolences to the family, remembering the legacy that the senator left in the country.
“Piedad Córdoba was a woman beaten by an era and a society. She fought all her mature life for a more democratic society. Her body and her mind did not resist the pressure of an anachronistic society, which applauded the adjustments of young people, that he hated dialogue and peace, that he hated black people, indigenous people and the poor, that he treated her like a criminal. A fascist attorney expelled her from the Senate and mocked her constituents, I wanted to make up for the damage and helped her get on the list of the Historical Pact, I felt she deserved it. As a congressman I knew her and as a senator she died. A true liberal is dead,” expressed the Colombian president.