President of Colombia Gustavo Petro demanded the resignation of all government members after the disputes arising during the broadcast of the Cabinet of Ministers.
In his statement on the social network X Petro clarified that it is not only about ministers, but also about high -ranking officials.
“I demanded the official resignation of ministers and heads of administrative departments. The government will have changes in order to achieve more compliance with the program specified by the people. I will completely focus on the implementation of this program,” he stressed.
Before this statement, the Minister of Culture Juan David Correa and the Minister of Environment Susan Muhamad left their posts.
Live disputes
On February 5, during the broadcast of the government meeting, an acute dispute occurred between the new foreign minister Laura Sarabia, vice president of France Marquez, the former ambassador of Armando Benedetti and the head of the Ministry of Ecology of Susana Muhamad.
Vice President Marquez accused Sarabia of an unacceptable way. “I do not like her behavior in this government. I was forced to say:” Show me respect, I am a vice president. “Even if I do not support your decision (referring to Gustavo Petro-Ed. The fact that you are the president, ”she said.
Sarabia after the meeting recognized the problem. “Each minister is responsible, and the government should find decisions for the people of Colombia. Today we have not coped with this, and our discussion turned out to be ineffective. We should think about it all,” she said.
After the conflict, Petro sharply criticized ministers and actually announced personnel permutations.