For what money did Petro count in the video – Congress – Politics

One of the events that took place during the Tuesday night debate, at the Senate plenary session, which was related to the magnitude of the Odebrecht bribes in Colombia, was was the presentation of a video in which Senator Gustavo was seen. Petro with bundles of bills.

Senator of the Democratic Center, Paloma Valencia, presented the video in the middle of the plenary session and said it was a "Evidence" showing "that the left has no moral pedestal to try to destroy all Colombian institutions".

This is due to the fact that left-wing senators Jorge Enrique Robledo and Gustavo Petro were two of the chief critics of Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez during Tuesday night's session.

Petro, who had warned of the possible presentation of these images, told El TIEMPO that it was a "strategy" to "undermine" the debate on political control.

"If they had presented it separately, in a different scenario, it would not have that connotation," he said.

In the video, the former presidential candidate claimed that the audio had been removed and that the money counted was a "loan" related to the Polo presidential campaign in 2006.

Petro baderted that he "had not finally decided" on the resources that went into this electoral society and that his participation was limited to politics. "I supported (Antonio) Navarro at that time – it is Carlos Gaviria who won and he was the first beneficiary in advance," said the senator.

"It is an act of financing, 14 years ago, of a person whom I find very respectable, the architect Simón Vélez, whom I personally wish as an artist, because I consider him an artist. more friend with Vargas Lleras, but that does not stop him from respecting him, "said Petro.

As to why he was registered while receiving money, Petro replied that it was about the "issues" that now arise, as well as "the why 14 years later, the video is presented ".

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