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After the controversy for his attendance at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium to see the match between the national teams of Colombia and Venezuela and the request of the Ministry of declare himself prevented from investigating the Colombian Football Federation, Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz Orjuela announced on Wednesday morning his resignation from the Disciplinary Commission of said entity.
Ruiz Orjuela had already confirmed that he attended “accompanied by my two sons, who play in the U-20 and U-17 categories of the Unión Magdalena and La Equidad teams,” he said.
He also apologized for attending, in the company of his two children, the game after receiving an invitation from the FCF and Conmebol to witness said meeting from the rostrum.
On why he attended when other officials such as the Ministry of Sport and the mayor of Barranquilla, who were also invited, did not go, the minister pointed out that “they call me from the Federation who had some invitations and I acted very calmly and I accepted all three accreditations and finally I invited my children “, of whom he clarified that they traveled by commercial plane.
“If any Colombian was offended by attending the game, I apologize if it was interpreted as a privilege“, He said.
He also assured that he complied with the biosafety protocols. “During the time we stayed in the Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla We comply with all the biosecurity measures and protocols required for the management and control of Covid-19 “.
In an interview with Blu Radio, the minister explained that there is no disability or incompatibility and that has no objection to departing from the Disciplinary Commission, an ad honorem position in which he was elected a month ago as a member, to avoid inconveniences from an ethical point of view and that “before I was a minister I was nominated to be a member of the disciplinary commission, I submitted to the process and was elected . I belong to the disciplinary commission but before being a Minister“.
“I am going to leave my position because I consider that it is unethical, but there is no disability ”, he stressed.
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