Alejandro Rusconi, member of the American Association of Jurists and activist of the Evita Movement of Argentina, expressed his support to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in the face of destabilizing actions against his administration.

Buenos Aires.- On Friday, through his profile on social media, also secretary of Habitat, Land, and Housing of the Ombudsman’s Office of the province of Buenos Aires, denounced the legal war against the head of state and warned about the use of this mechanism to attack progressive governments.

From Argentina, we express all our solidarity. We know that reaching and maintaining the presidency is not an easy task. Lawfare is constantly lurking, he said.

Alejandro Rusconi

On this day, the Historical Pact coalition expressed its unrestricted support to the Colombian president.

In a communication to the public, Petro expressed that he receives with pain, at a personal level, the information on alleged irregularities in the development of the presidential campaign on the Caribbean Coast.

“As for the institution, without any hesitation, I affirm and reiterate that no one can be above the law and that justice must be applied impartially, with due process and all constitutional guarantees,” he stressed.

He said that he will resolutely continue with the presidential agenda and that “nothing and no one can stop the lifelong fight against all forms of corruption."

COLOMBIAN COALITION TRUSTS PETRO’S HONESTY

Bogotá.- Numerous demonstrations of trusting Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s honesty were shown on Friday to crack down on attempts to destabilize his term in office.

The Historical Pact Coalition expressed its strong support by saying, “We respect the work of justice and request full guarantees in all instances and stages of Petro’s investigation.”

In the still ongoing criminal process, there are not any pieces of evidence that the money allegedly received by Nicolás Petro Burgos, the president’s son has been used in his father's presidential campaign. (PL)