A tinkle from the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro generated a tough conversation on social media between the presidential candidate who is running for the top position in the country by the Historic Pact and the commander of the Army General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro. Petro wrote a post on social media stating that some (generally-ranking) officers "are being paid by Clan."
"While soldiers are being killed by Gulf Clan, some generals are on the payroll of Clan. If politicians who are involved in drug trafficking become the. they are eventually rising to the generals," Gustavo Petro shared on social media.
General Zapateiro's response
The message prompted the response of the Army Commander, who in six trills asked the presidential candidate questions.
Gustavo Petro asked the army commander if he had details about links between the generals and groups that were not under the law. Gustavo Petro If so the commander should file a complaint to the authorities.
"Senator. Please do not use your investiture (parliamentary inflexibility) to claim that you are politicizing the death of our troops, but instead, fulfill your civic duty of submitting a substantiated claim to the
@FiscaliaCol, the information you provided, whoever it may be"" the general indicated.
He added another sentence: "I remind senators that they belong to the group that you dare label 'drug trafficking legislators'. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Petro As a citizen, it is crucial that you don't just generalize. Respect first and foremost"
One of the most controversial statements from the high-ranking official is that Colombians have seen the current presidential candidate getting money "in the trash bag".
"I have never witnessed a general receiving ill-gotten cash on television." General Zapateiro said that Colombians have witnessed him receiving money in a trash bag.
In the final statement the official declared that it was the "oldest institution in this country which has members both of both genders have unflinchingly defended democracy in this nation for more than 200 years, and even sacrificed their lives for it, I expect respect."