Former presidential candidate calls for the resignation of Gustavo Petro | Video

Bogota, Colombia June 5 (EFE).- Former Colombian presidential candidate Federico "Fico" Gutiérrez on Monday called for the resignation of President Gustavo Petro after the scandal over the audios in which Armando Benedetti, former ambassador to Venezuela, threatened to reveal secrets from the last presidential campaign.

Camera: Carlos Ortega.

STATEMENTS BY THE FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FEDERICO "FICO" GUTIÉRREZ.

We already knew, as we denounced in the campaign, that this was an illegitimate government because it received the support of criminal structures, because it made pacts with corrupt people. But today what we already know with the latest statements is that we are also facing an illegal government. I ask President Petro to assume his responsibility and resign as President of the Republic. Today the country must unite and rebuild trust through different social and political sectors. We have seen how even today there will not even be a legislative function due to the last thing that is happening, they have paralyzed the country and it is not only a paralysis, it is a setback of many decades in institutional terms, many things are worrying.

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Date: 05/06/2023 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Crime, law and justice » Corporate crime
Politics » Government
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 55 seconds
Reference: 55011291083
Relevance: Normal