The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has criticized his Guatemalan counterpart, Alejandro Giammattei, following statements made by the Guatemalan Attorney General’s Office against former high-ranking officials, including the current Colombian Minister of Defense, Iván Velásquez.
«Sanity in politics means fighting corruption. Those who allow the mafia to take over the state only lead society to genocide,» said Petro.
«The history of Guatemala and Colombia are full of genocides for handing over the state to the mafias. We sane people do not lead societies to the slaughterhouse», added the president through his Twitter profile.
Petro made these statements after Giammattei asked him for sanity, as he said in an interview, after the Colombian president called his ambassador in Guatemala, adding that he would not accept an arrest warrant for his minister.
The Attorney General’s Office of the Central American country announced on Monday that it will take legal action against the current Colombian Minister of Defense for his performance before the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), who later denounced that he had not been notified of any requirement and reiterated his commitment to transparency and justice.
Following this, Velásquez has thanked Petro «deeply» for «his expressions of solidarity and trust». «We know the monster, we have seen it very closely and, from different trenches, we have fought it. We know how he transforms himself and the methods he uses, but he does not frighten us,» he insisted.
«I also express my gratitude to my cabinet colleagues, to the entire government team and to hundreds of people who have expressed their support and solidarity through various means,» he thanked.
«The fight against corruption has to be a purpose, a collective action,» he added.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
