President Gustavo Petro and the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, were the protagonists of a spat on the social network X this weekend, due to the delicate situation in Venezuela caused by the Nicolás Maduro regime that stole the presidential elections which took place on July 28.
Through X, Mayor Galán sent a message to Petro in which he asked him to clarify if he was censuring his stance on the incidents that have involved the neighboring country and the lack of action by the government to “face a dictatorship.”
In the midst of this controversy, Mayor Galán issued a warning. The mayor said that The delicate situation that Venezuelan citizens are going through cannot be ignored. at the hands of the Maduro regime, emphasizing that tomorrow it could happen to Colombians.
Mayor Galán was emphatic in saying that he did not agree with Venezuela having to repeat the presidential elections and asked that, on the contrary, The decision of the citizens who elected Edmundo González at the polls must be respected as president of that country, as revealed by the electoral records released by the opposition.
“It is not a good precedent to raise this issue, because then what could happen if there is a dispute in an election where a reliable system says there is a 2% advantage. Should the elections be repeated? Until when should they be repeated? Until the result suits whom? That makes no sense. I respect the position of the national government but I do not share it and I believe that the government should have a more active position. that seeks to ensure that the popular will is respected,” Galán said in
