Reactions left by the death of Senator Piedad Córdoba
Faced with this news, leaders and political figures have expressed their condolences. Among which are: The councilor of Bogotá, Heidy Sánchez Barreto, the former senator Gustavo Bolivar, the Atlantic Chamber Representative Agmeth Escaf, the President of the Republic Gustavo Petro and Senator JP Hernández.
On the one hand, the councilor of Bogotá, Heidy Sánchez stated: “Senator Piedad Córdoba has passed away. We will remember her as a brave woman who fought tirelessly for peace, who believed in a negotiated solution to the social and armed conflict since when it was not politically profitable, which brought harassment of all kinds against her. That rest in peace”.
While, the former senator of the republic Gustavo Bolívar; Senator Piedad Córdoba died. All my solidarity and my fraternal hug to her family. Latin American progressivism loses one of its greatest fighters. I met her just three years ago and she always treated me with love and respect. Peace on her grave.”
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Furthermore, the Representative Atlantic Agmeth Escaf Chamber: “I just received the news of the death of my colleague @piedadcordoba. My solidarity with their families. Peace on his grave.”
Without being left behind, the president Gustavo Petro He 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.
Finally, the Senator of the Republic of Colombia, JP Hernández, was sincere about his perception of the death of the senator of the Historical Pact, happened this Saturday afternoon.
“I cannot hypocritically go out and tell her to rest in peace when it is clear to me that a bandit who remained unpunished and did not pay for her crimes has just left. She was always a friend and accomplice of murderers and dictators, a bandit who caused harm. She was a bandit who left without paying for her crimes,” said Hernández.