They made it difficult for Robledo: isolation of the Senate board of directors by Covid-19 within hours of the motion of censure against Carlos Holmes Trujillo

This Wednesday, the Senator of the Democratic Pole, Jorge Robledo, sent a letter to 69 congressmen, asking them to vote in favor of the motion of no confidence against Minister Holmes Trujillo, scheduled for this Thursday at 10:00 am

In addition to the presence of the US military, the other issues for which Holmes Trujillo was cited in the debate on the motion of no confidence in the Senate are the deterioration of security in the country, the murder of social leaders and the excesses of the Public Force .

“It would be a serious mistake for you to vote to keep Carlos Holmes Trujillo in the position of Defense Minister, given his proven unworthiness to exercise it”Robledo said in the statement.

In the letter, Robledo criticizes the defense minister for his actions amid the discussion about the presence of the US military in the country. In addition, he questions the support that the congressmen gave to the Government against the American troops.

“You signed seven equal letters, in my opinion wrong, in support of the United States troops in Colombia. But the motion of no confidence in the defense minister is not cited for another debate on the inconvenience for the country of these soldiers. It is called because, using said letters fraudulently, Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo prepared the ground for Iván Duque not to obey the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca the order that he gave him to ask the Senate for permission, if he wanted those troops to act legally in the National territory”Robledo added.

However, Robledo’s intention will not go further, since in Congress, the government has the majority of congressmen. For this reason, the probability that senators will vote in favor of Holmes Trujillo’s vote of no confidence is minimal.

Likewise, everything indicates that Holmes Trujillo is going to beat Robledo and Senator Roy Barreras, another of those involved in the debate and will take advantage of it to gain greater support among the bases of Uribismo, who see him as one of the most important cards. strong to replace Iván Duque, in the presidential elections of 2022.

The Defense Minister comfortably won the vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives, where he was supported by the parties that are part of the Government coalition.

Now, the debate, which would take place this Thursday in person, It is to be seen after Senator María del Rosario Guerra, from the Democratic Center, was positive for Covid-19.

The announcement of contagion by Senator Guerra, who was present last Monday at the budget debate, did not wait for the reaction of Senator Roy Barreras, who on his Twitter account said “Do not worry so much that the Uribistas and Trump have the Covid lasting two days. It’s a special strain … it’s called opportuninsis coronavirus ”.

Senators Jorge Robledo and Roy Barreras, promoters of the motion, will have a meeting this Wednesday afternoon with the president of the Senate, Arturo Char, to define how the proceedings against the Duque official will be carried out.

In that meeting it will be defined if it is done in a blended way. However, there is the possibility that many of the congressmen, including Carlos Holmes Trujillo himself, could not attend the venue, for fear of a coronavirus contagion.