One of the curiosities of the possession and transfer of command to new head of state, Gustavo Petro, it was the imposition of the presidential sash to the national president. Something that by tradition must do the president of the senatein this case Roy Barrerasbut instead of that the congressman called the senator of the Historical Pact, María José Pizarro.
“I now call on a daughter of the left, a daughter of history, that history that was interrupted by murderous bullets, but thanks to you (Gustavo Petro) who embodied that will, the cause was resumed. Senator María José Pizarro,” said Roy Barreras.
On Sunday the president of the Senate, Roy Barreras, offered María José Pizarro to impose the presidential sash on Gustavo Petro, in homage to the left; It was a surprise for the new head of state.
In the institutional transmission, it was seen when the senator approached the main stage in surprise and Roy Barrera began the imposition of the presidential sash, so that later María José Pizarro, deeply moved, as seen in the recording, finished this formal act.
Then the new head of state and the senator embraced, while the president of the Senate, Roy Barreras; and the president of the House of Representatives, David Racero, applauded this meeting.
For many, the reason for Senator María José Pizarro’s emotionality at the imposition of the presidential sash is unknown. It all has to do with the fact that politics is one of the daughters of leader and former commander of the April 19 Movement (M-19) Carlos Pizarro Leongómez.
After the demobilization of the M-19, Carlos Pizarro Leongómez presented himself as a presidential candidate for the period 1990-1994, highly guarded due to the significant number of threats against him. On April 26, 1990 Pizarro took a flight to Barranquilla, Gerardo Gutiérrez Uribe alias “Jerry” managed to sneak into the aircraft, who took a machine gun out of the bathroom and shot the political leader, dying from the impacts hours later in the Santa Clinic. Rose of the National Social Welfare Fund.
Some media said at the time that Carlos Pizarro Leongómez enjoyed good favor in the elections for the presidency, which is why it is even stated that the murder against him was to prevent his arrival at the House of Nariño.
Due to the above, the act of Carlos Pizarro’s daughter, María José, of placing the presidential sash on a leftist leader and a former member of the M-19, Gustavo Petro, takes on symbolism. A truncated dream for the former commander of the April 19 Movement due to drug violence and the politics of the 1990s.
On Blu Radio, María José Pizarro spoke about how Roy Barreras’ invitation took her by surprise:
“I found out right there really. Roy Barreras had made an appointment with me the day before to Plaza Bolívar, but he told me, please, come so we can settle some logistical things. When I arrived he told me: ‘I have to rehearse the theme of the band, come join me’. I accompanied him, I thought it was more of a fluke there. I acted as president, he placed the band, that is, he did it more as he was going to do it together with the protocol people. Well, I said goodbye and and the next day, to my surprise, he had that immense gesture of recognition with meas a woman in politics, as a mother, too as a daughter of this story as a daughter of my father so the truth was deeply moved, ” he told that outlet.
There, he also pointed out that as a result of the state’s peace process with the M-19, a a peace that made it possible for former members of the April 19 Movement to reach politics and even the presidency, How is the case by Gustav Petro.
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