Impossible Requests: Petro's Ministers Slamming

Yesterday a new resignation was added to the Petro cabinet, which to date has experienced five ministerial retreats.The departure of the Minister of Justice, Angela Maria Buitrago, after external pressures, exposes the tension between the orders and wishes of the Presidency on the cabinet.Risk proposals for its dubious legality and pressure on the independence of each official, have ended in open disputes with the outgoing officials.In addition …

Augusto Ocampo assumes as minister in charge of Justice after the departure of Angela Maria Buitrago Agencia Period... Vie, 16/05/2025 - 12:46 The legal secretary of the Presidency is in charge of the portfolio after the resignation of Buitrago, who denounced internal pressures as one of the reasons for his departure. Tags { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DataFeed", "name": "", "description": "", "creator": { "@type": "Organization"…

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, said this Friday that the Minister of Justice, Angela María Buitrago, came out of office because he asked her to resign despite the fact that the official said that she resigned because of alleged "intents of interference" in her decisions. "I asked for the resignation of the minister (...) There is conflict with some fundamental axes of my peace policy that I cannot let go, even one day. In that measure I…

From China, President Gustavo Petro defended Interior Minister Armando Benedetti in the controversy surrounding the resignation of Justice Minister Ángela María Buitrago, who alleged interference in the appointment of officials in her office. The president asserted that this was a "gratuitous" fight because he was the one who specifically requested the Justice Minister's resignation due to their differences regarding the search for a justice sys…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, referred for the first time to the controversy generated by the resignation of the Minister of Justice, Angela María Buitrago, who in his letter of resignation denounced “injerencias” of third parties in the portfolio. In public statements, the president said that it was he who requested the resignation of Buitrago, dismissing that his departure was related to external pressures. “It is free because I as…

Colombia’s Minister of Justice, Angela María Buitrago, resigned from office and denounced in a letter released on Thursday “attempts of interference” in her portfolio by members of President Gustavo Petro’s cabinet, including the Minister of the Interior. In less than three years of government, 55 ministers have passed through the 18 [...] The entry The Minister of Justice of Colombia resigns for “intents of interference” in her portfolio was fi…