Councilor requests disciplinary investigation for Mayor Claudia López

According to councilor Carolina Arbeláez, from Cambio Radical, The life of the community was put at risk in the event that the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá carried out last Sunday in Illimaní Park from the El Paraíso neighborhood, in the south of the Colombian capital.

There an artistic presentation was made to which in principle few people attended, but that As it developed, it came to congregate several dozen people and in which, according to the councilor, it would be evident a lack of social distancing -even on the part of the mayor López herself- as well as the absence of biosafety protocols to avoid contagion of the new coronavirus, since there were no disinfection areas where there were antibacterial gel and antiseptic alcohol dispensers.

Neither were body temperature measurements taken and some of the attendees would have misused their masks. “It became a massive event called by the District, when the city registers more than 374,000 cases of covid-19.”, Said the lobbyist.

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The president, however, responded on Monday to various media about this controversy: “It wasn’t really an event, it was a tour of the park, however, in effect, we needed coexistence managers to guarantee a little better distance ”.

But despite these explanations, Councilor Arbeláez indicated that she presented the respective complaint to the Bogotá Ombudsman and requested a disciplinary investigation for the mayor before the Attorney General’s Office.

“It put the community at risk: children, the elderly and many people who attended this event called by the Mayor’s Office without complying with the biosafety protocols, with what violated the norms established by the National Government and by the same District ”, said Arbeláez.

In the document sent to the control entities, the lobbyist attached photos and a video in which it would be demonstrated that more than 50 people attended, which would go against the national decrees on agglomerations.

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“Massive events with a capacity of more than 50 people cannot be held. No agent can be above the norm. This has disciplinary consequences and that is why we have asked the Personería and the Attorney General’s Office to investigate, “added the councilor.

In the documents that you sent to the control entities, Arbeláez recalled that Mayor López has criticized agglomerations such as citizen protests in September and October, or those caused by the Day without VAT implemented by President Iván Duque in those same months.

“Since this confinement began, the authorities and experts have sent the message that we came out of this situation together and therefore, despite having reactivated the economy on a larger scale, care and precautions must be maintained “, concludes the councilor in the document she sent to the control entities.

At the moment, the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá has not ruled on these investigation processes that the councilor requested and we would have to wait for the control entities to decide on the matter.

Meanwhile The Colombian capital reported 1,914 new infections on Tuesday, which would add up to a total of 377,229. In addition, 34 deaths were registered, for a consolidated of 8,570 deaths in the city. Despite this, 345,646 people have been recovered.

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