The president of the Commission of Investigation and Impeachment of the House of Representatives, Gloria Arizabaletaordered this Wednesday the “provisional suspension” of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petrowhile investigating him for his alleged participation in the electoral campaign.
The congresswoman, member of the Historical PactPetro’s same party, ordered the president to be “provisionally suspended from office” until June 21 at 4:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. GMT), when the polls for the second round of the elections close. presidential elections.
If this measure, unprecedented in the country, is carried out, Petro would be the first president of Colombia to be suspended from officealthough the final decision will depend on the Senate, the only one that has the power to do so.
Arizabaleta argued his decision in that he can order the provisional suspension of the president “as long as serious evidence is evidenced that allows establishing that the permanence in the position, function or public service makes possible the interference of the author of the failure in the investigation process.”
