just two months ago Cecilia López Montaño was the Minister of Agriculture of the Petro government, Being one of the experience and trajectory tabs, he ended up coming out in the President’s shake-up.
Now, already in the distance and as leader of the International Center for Social and Economic Thought (Cisoe), he spoke with EL TIEMPO and revealed the reasons behind his departure.
Cecilia López commented that the rural reform was going slowly, although Fedegán had offered land.
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About the rumors of If your departure had to do with your position regarding the expropriation, López conceded that an article in the Development Plan that allowed it was a source of friction.
“One day they called me from the Palace and told me that an article from the Development Plan had arrived with which it could be expropriated. I immediately called Gerardo Vega (director of the National Land Agency) and asked him: how are you doing this without consult me? He replied that he fulfilled the mandate of the President. So I went there and Laura (Sarabia) arrived with Gerardo, which seemed unusual to me. I asked whose article it was. From the President. And I hit the table and said: I I am a democrat, I am not going to expropriate and they have my irrevocable resignation,” she said in an interview with this newspaper.
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She added that when she left the place, Sarabia informed her that President Petro had withdrawn said article, for which she felt supported, a feeling that not much appeared, since her departure took place after a few weeks.
“The Liberal Party or the Conservative Party did not name me. He named me and when I asked him He told me that he was leaving because I represented the establishment, something that seemed strange to me. So, I do think I came out because of that vision,” she stated.
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For a woman with a career like her, the proof that this was the cause is that the next day the new minister, Jhenifer Mojica, still without taking office, and Vega went to Congress to try to put the article back in the PND, but finally did not stay
Another controversy that he referred to was his position on the Health reform, promoted by former minister Carolina Corcho, and the energy transition led by the current head of the Mining portfolio, Irene Vélez.
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“What does worry me and, saying that I value activism very much, is that this cannot be at the point of activism. It is impossible because activism has no experience and does not know the limits that being in the State requires”point.
You can read the full interview here: “I hope the government understands that it cannot launch projects alone”: Cecilia López
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