The images of the riot against the Supreme Court of Justice reminded us of the takeover of the Palace of Justice in 1985 by the group M-19. What a paradox, but, above all, what clumsiness of the Government to devise and promote these marches that could not end in anything different. to what we observed on Thursday afternoon. Hundreds of people, I can imagine the majority of them public officials, leaders and militants of Fecode and employees of the Sena, also members of the indigenous guard and not a few hooded men similar to those who took part in the marches against President Duque, and who no longer doubts were protagonists. leaders of the Petrista campaign for the presidency.
In a statement read by its president and with the Court under siege, he asked for guarantees, not only to exercise his functions with autonomy, but also demanded respect for his integrity and the safety of all officials of the Palace of Justice. Can imagine the anxiety in the building when they sensed that the protesters, armed with sticks and who knows what other elements, tried to force the entrance to the parking lot on Carrera 12.
What happened is the preamble of what could come. How can it be possible that the President of the Republic himself leads his hordes of protesters to pressure a decision of the Supreme Court of Justice, violating his autonomy and also violating the constitutional principle of the separation of powers. What we saw on Thursday, in my opinion, It is nothing more than the prelude to the generalized institutional breakdown that threatens the country.
This week was to unduly and illegally pressure and accelerate a Court decision. They have already attacked, who would believe it, the JEP. Apparently he doesn’t like their decisions either. Two weeks ago they disregarded a decision of the Attorney General’s Office that ordered the suspension of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. We will see what compliance will be given to the rulings that ordered the appointment of the Creg commissioners issued by the Council of State and the one who ordered to pay the sums owed to the EPS of the Constitutional Court. Very serious, for example, is the rupture related to the implementation of the health reform by force, without the law having been approved. Will they intend the same with pensions? Is the slogan also to dispense with the Congress of the Republic?
What will happen tomorrow when Mr. Petro does not like an order from the Council of State or the Constitutional Court? Will he ignore her, with the thesis of the soft blow? Will he once again march his hordes against the Congress of the Republic to force the approval of all his proposals? What scenario should we prepare for when the water of disapproval of the Government finally reaches its neck? And, worst of all, will the Government also touch the electoral system with its long hand? What guarantees will we have to advance the presidential elections in 2026? When a government, as is happening, makes the decision to go around the Constitution, we have to set off all the alarms and tighten our belts because what is really at stake is the rule of law itself.
The desire that motivated this clumsy attack on the Court revealed the Government’s interest in converting the Prosecutor’s Office into a political instrument at the service of the Government and its political and electoral project. We will have to be very attentive, although I think that in this they are also wrong if they think that any of the trios, and even more so since they all come from the same Rama Judicialwill be provided for this purpose.
Given the seriousness and prominence of the facts, no one should be an indifferent witness to them, since it is forced to conclude that the last trench left for the country and its institutions is none other than the high courts, which will have to be support and protect as at a good time happened last Thursday.