He report that certifies the status of the model of Gustavo Petro’s passportspresented by the National Printing Office and the National Printing House-Casa da Moeda of Portugal, revealed by EL TIEMPO, was agreed between the parties in advance to its presentation, but, at the last minute, The Foreign Ministry refused to sign it. This is stated by the European country in a letter of opposition to the memorials of the Ministry’s Revolving Fund, in which the irregular use of its logo is denounced, the document is unknown and the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca is asked not to process it.
According to the Portuguese, The position of the Foreign Ministry ignores that there was agreement on the terms of the report, leaving only the signature of the document. This report indicates that Phase 1 of the model is completed and functionally accepted.
In that sense, They attach proof of an internal email from October 14, 2026with a copy to Andrés Sarmiento, lawyer of the Foreign Ministry, in which the consolidated report is sent for the purposes of the signature of the parties and its subsequent filing before the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca.
Internal email of October 14. Photo:Capture.
“According to the email and the conduct of the parties, it is clear, at least for IMPRENSA NACIONAL – CASA DA MOEDA SA, that those involved with the report agreed on the definitive terms, even agreeing on a form of subscription to the aforementioned document,” Portugal indicated.
The Foreign Ministry, for its part, maintains in a memorial revealed by the Investigative Unit of this newspaper that the report does not have its consent. In fact, the Revolving Fund requested a 20-day extension to submit the report.
“It is intended to mislead the Court by giving the appearance of an agreement between the defendants regarding the information contained in the report, which was even sent without knowing the request for a high extension from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Revolving Fund,” explains the Foreign Ministry.
On October 16, 2026, the National Printing Office and Portugal, being within the ordered term, presented the joint report requested by the magistrate Moisés Rodrigo Mazabel Pinzón.
To the above, The Europeans add that the Fund’s lawyer did not previously consult the requested extensionomitting the duty established in paragraph 14 of article 78 of the General Code of Process in accordance with article 186 of the Code of Administrative Procedure and Administrative Litigation.
“It should be noted that there was an order from the Court, which had to be complied with, and that the memorial presented by the MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ITS ROTATING FUND did not have the potential to suspend the term granted to comply with the aforementioned order,” it reads.
For these reasons, Portugal requested in its brief to have the report submitted by those who signed it that complies with the precautionary measure ordered by the Court, and to order the lifting of the precautionary measure so that the provision of the public service is preserved.
