“It is not enough to appear in the news”: Claudia López’s video for which she is criticized

In an event that took place this Monday, in the town of Bosa, the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, tried to organize a press conference ahead of schedule because if not “It’s not going to be on the noon news.”. Phrase for which some Twitter users criticized her, among them, the former mayoral candidate, Hollman Morris.

“Making headlines is not the same as creating political facts. It is the Peñalosa -Fajardo- Claudia López style. They would say pure broth without substance on the street ”, the journalist also wrote.

In the video, which was taken from a live broadcast of the mayor’s office, the president is seen walking with several journalists while asking them to settle in that place outside the building to start the press conference. An official tells her that they first enter to finish the tour and that later they can give space for the questions of the communicators, that’s when López says that if they do not do it at that time, they will finish at 12 and “it’s not going to be on the noon news.” However, several officials convince her and enter to finish the tour.

The video was published by the Bogotá Firme account on Twitter, where he wrote that the mayor “only cares about the show.” “In Bosa Claudia López was inaugurating the care block, at one point she realized that her route was not going to appear on the noon news, so she had the route suspended, made the community wait and advance the press conference ”The tweet reads, however, the mayor did not suspend the tour as stated.

At that event, the mayor said that the city is not experiencing a second wave of covid-19 as planned for this month. López said that there are strict controls and monitoring of the health of people over 60 years of age with some preexistence, this in conjunction with the EPS of the city.

“We We are not having a second wave of covid at the moment, fortunately and not by luck, nor by chance, but because of the enormous care effort that all of Bogotá has made, by the use of the mask, the distancing, the hand washing “, affirmed the president.

He also invited Bogota citizens to take advantage of the third and last Tax Free Day that will take place this November 21 “I invite citizens to take advantage of the third day without VAT. Buy digital, buy electronically, buy online; it is the best combination. Zero risk in covid and instead we contribute to an economic activity that generates employment and opportunities ”, he concluded.