Daniel Briceño, councilor of Bogotá, denounced through his account in X that within the Government of President Gustavo Petro there are several cases of nepotism, that is, relatives of officials of the current administration have had contracts and positions.
Among the officials are the Ministers of Finance, Ricardo Bonilla; of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo; of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, among other officials
In , Councilor Daniel Briceño referred to each of the cases of nepotism. He clarified that he only denounced relatives of senior managers.
“Because If we open Pandora’s box, for example, of relatives of congressmen from the Green Party and the Historical Pact in the Petro Government, that becomes bigger.; or close friends. Here the only thing we said was, we are going to review the vice ministers, ministers and senior officials, those most visible people within the Petro Government, who are those who have family members working within the Government,” said Briceño.
In this way, Briceño said that There are around 15 documented cases of nepotism.
“The consul in Barcelona, Mrs. Karen Natalia Carvajal, is the daughter of Mr. Héctor Carvajal, lawyer of President Gustavo Petro, and arrived at the Barcelona consulate with only six semesters of fashion design.“said Briceño.
Regarding the case of Minister Bonilla, Councilor Briceño highlighted that his wife Claudia Liliana Cortés López was appointed in July 2023, as director of the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (Upra).
“Another case is the sentimental partner of the Minister of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, whose name is Beatriz Eugenia Gómez. She was appointed as delegate superintendent in the National Health Superintendency,” he added in V
About Guillermo García Realpe, currently advisor and consultant on environmental and regional development issues at Ecopetrol, his son, Guillermo García Figueroa, is vice minister of the Interior. In addition, Constanza García Figueroa, daughter of former congressman, She is director of Formal Justice at the Ministry of Justice.
On the other hand, there is the Guanumen family, of whom he said There are five members of this group who have had positions and contracts with the Petro Government. “This is a true family-company that has been formed since Petro was mayor of Bogotá and this was a family that always contributed resources to Petro’s campaign,” said Briceño in .
As for the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, she revealed that two of her children were appointed to positions within the Petro Government. According to the lobbyist, one as legal head of the Penitentiary and Prison Services Unit (Uspec), and the other, as a contractor for the Ministry of Culture.
Another who is also mentioned in the nepotism cases is Hollman Morris, current manager of RTVC. According to Briceño, Juan Pablo Morris Rincón, his brother, is a contractor in the Dispossessed Land Restitution Unit.
“His other sister, Ingrid Jhoana Morris Rincón, It appears registered as a contractor within the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge. And her other sister, to complete the four Morris Rincón brothers, also appears within the Ministry of Culture,” Briceño stated in
Likewise, among the cases of nepotism that the councilor denounces, there is Hildebrando Vélez, father of the former Minister of Mines Irene Vélez, who today is consul in London: his relative, according to Briceño, He was appointed advisor to Vice President Francia Márquez in the Ministry of Equality.
In addition to the above, Briceño denounced that Sjoerd Van Grootheest, spouse of the former ministersigned a contract for $10,730,861 per month through the Colombia in Peace Fund to lead communication strategy on substitution of illicit crops in Colombia.
Below are the other cases of nepotism reported by Briceño on his social network X:
– Roy Barreras, Colombian ambassador to the United Kingdom, He would also have his son and daughter-in-law in positions in Washington.
– The two sons of the Vice Minister of Sports, Manuel Palacios, “Through a marketing company, they received a contract for more than 5,000 million pesos from Invías to build a road in Necoclí.”
