Did Mayor Claudia López have to go on vacation?

Claudia López completed her first year as mayor of Bogotá on January 1 and many were surprised to hear the announcement of her vacation until January 11. From the El Dorado airport he tweeted a photo with his wife, Senator Angélica Lozano, before leaving for his destination.

The mayor left her government secretary, Luis Ernesto Gómez, in charge, and asked the citizens of the capital to comply with all the recommendations of the District Health Secretariat. This fell very badly in a wide sector of the citizenry, who expressed their criticism on social networks. Bogotá is going through a second peak of covid-19, according to the mayor herself and at the beginning of the pandemic Claudia López was very emphatic in asking Bogota citizens not to travel: “We are not on vacation. We cannot put the rest of Colombia at risk … On the contrary. We have to stay in our houses. We must prevent that, as happened in Italy, when they declared the quarantine, people go to travel and spread the virus to the rest of the country, “he said on that occasion.

Although Colombia is not in mandatory isolation, it is in the worst moment of contagion of the pandemic. This is demonstrated by the latest reports from the Ministry of Health, with Bogotá leading the deaths and new cases of coronavirus in the country.

In addition, the perception of insecurity in the city reaches 82.9%, according to a survey paid for by the mayor’s office itself and which was not shared with public opinion. Until it was revealed by Councilor Emel Rojas.

Although the mayor has the right by law to take her vacations, the citizens of the capital also have every right to be indignant.