The Vice President and Minister of Equality of ColombiaFrance Márquez, denounced Thursday that His life and that of his family are in danger for the complaints about corruption he has done and for “pointing out what is wrong.”
“Today, my life is in danger. Denouncing corruption and pointing out what is wrong has consequences. They have not attacked me with arguments, but with threats Against my life and that of my family. Even so, they will not shut up, I will not give up. Because the change we promised, will not be stopped by fear, “Márquez said in a statement.
On February 4, in a controversial Council of Ministers transmitted by television and social networks, divisions and discomforts for the appointment that same day as the controversial political one emerged Armando Benedetti, with corruption processesas head of the presidency office, a position he already left to assume this week as Interior Minister. The criticisms were expressed that day by Vice President Márquez, supported by the Minister of Environment, Susana Muhamad, and other senior officials, several of whom left their positions.
“It does not seem to me, and I respect Benedetti, but I do not share your decision (to appoint it head of dispatch); I respect you because you are the head of state and you are the president, but I do not share your decision to bring to this government those people who know they have Much of responsibility in what is happening“Márquez said then.
Petro distanced
According to local media, the vice president is distanced by President Gustavo Petro and He resigned this week as head of the portfolio of equalityalthough in his statement this Thursday it was not clear whether or not he made that decision.
“My commitment to Colombia does not end up being inside or outside a ministry. I will continue working for people And I will not stop to take equality and equity to every corner of Colombia, “he said. Márquez added:” I have always spoken with transparency and the truth, I have never kept silent. Because loyalty is not silenceloyalty is to notice when the course deviates from the way, of the people. “
In that sense, he asked not to be misunderstood because his “commitment to the people is still intact” and added that when he points out what I consider that he is not right in the government “it is not to destroy, but to build a firmer and more honest path.”
The vice president also assured that by making these complaints they have tried to involve it in “scandals or political maneuvers” that seek to damage their image. “Corruption has no place in the change we promised. As (the Liberator, Simón) Bolívar: ‘More costs to maintain the balance of freedom than to support the weight of tyranny’, and when the government gives in to the blackmail of those who whisper in the shadow, it is the entire country that ends up paying the price, “said Márquez.
