The political tank car shakes Colombia
What began as another robbery in the department of La Guajira, another isolated act of corruption from the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), with a contract of 48,000 million to buy some tank trucks that would supply water to the communities. further away and which, by the way, were of no use; It has transformed into a snowball that grows and grows, with no signs of stopping; a latent storm out of control that can destroy the government of change. What the former deputy director of the UNGRD, Sneyder Pinilla, has uncovered, leaves a mark on the Petro government and invalidates its anti-corruption speech, since, according to his complaints, from the presidency itself, bribes of billions were delivered to Congress, legitimizing practices that they previously criticized. .
How was everything done? Pinilla details that through the High Councilor for the Regions, Sandra Ortiz, they delivered 3,000 million pesos in Bogotá to a messenger of the President of the Senate, Iván Name, and another 1,000 million to the President of the Chamber, Andrés Calle, in his apartment in Montería, in order to promote government reforms. Which caused the first heads to roll, when President Petro felt that a powerful hurricane was approaching, which no one saw coming, he asked for the resignation of two high officials, Counselor Sandra Ortiz and the Secretary of Transparency of the Presidency, Andrés Idarraga; The fact that they are such close positions further complicates the situation in the Nariño Palace and raises serious doubts about President Petro’s participation. This is just beginning, the snowball gets bigger and the more it grows, the more it takes in its wake. Pinilla promises to provide more information about 16 congressmen and mayors who were involved in this whole web of corruption, which evokes Yidispolitica, when the Uribe government bought Teodolindo Avendaño and Yidis Medina to approve the re-election.
A great challenge for the Supreme Court of Justice and for the Attorney General’s Office, which must provide peace of mind to the country. If the new Prosecutor wants to demonstrate independence, she has a golden opportunity in her hands, evaluate all the information and decide if she can deliver a beginning of opportunity for Sneyder Pinilla, who was also mayor of Sabana de Torres, Santander, where he surely advanced his master’s degree in corruption with the Aguilar Clan and then with Didier Tavera. But also, Olmedo López, the same one that Gustavo Petro promoted in his campaign to Congress for the Decentes party, needs to speak; yes, likewise, “Decent” as implausible as it may seem. Torres must have much more information about this and other robberies in UNGRD, which was taken by the former mayor of Medellín Daniel Quintero and congressmen Julián Bedoya and Carlos Andrés Trujillo. The Risk Management Unit turned out to be the politicians’ petty cash, since due to its objective of immediately reaching the territories in emergency, its processes are simpler and do not always require public bidding, let us remember that the scandal of “the puppets” in the Duque Government, also came from there.
President Petro cannot continue posing as a victim, talking about a soft coup and trying to evade his responsibility, saying that any corrupt official in the government is leaving; Washing your hands is very easy, especially when the media reported the facts. President, there is a political responsibility and it belongs to whoever you appoint, it is up to you to assume in front of the country what is happening and let the institutions of justice take charge and let whoever has to fall fall.