Colombia
In the W, the President of Congress, Roy Barrerasdefended the new selection process for the 10 finalists to occupy the position of comptroller general.
According to the congressman, it was the most transparent process in history since It had national and international oversight and live broadcasting.
“What matters is having avoided an institutional crisis. I confess that yesterday I went to bed quite calm with the idea of having humbly fulfilled my duty“, said.
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And as for the possible lawsuits against this election process, he replied that “fear is not a cause for failing to fulfill the duty”.
“I have received five lawsuits, the last one for conspiracy to commit a crime and influence peddling for integrating the accidental commission,” he explained.
Given the support expressed by the La U, Liberal, Cambio Radical and Conservative parties for the candidacy of Maria Fernanda Rangel pointed out that “it was an inopportune statement due to a fear
unfounded that the candidate of his affinities was going to be beheaded and President Petro’s candidate was going to be introduced, which is not true.
“What Armando Benedetti said does not represent my opinion or that of the president. It is evident that the only expectation of President Petro is that merit and gender parity prevail exclusively, he never had a candidate, it was not true that a candidate, a name, was going to get in the hard way, ”he said.
Still, I trust that the governing parties are committed to the change agenda.