'Petro is change, we are all Petro,' says a pro-Petro demonstrator on Plaza Bolivar this afternoon. |
Now, Petro has only two, very frail, hopes. One is that Pres. Santos will delay signing the procurador's order. This is uncharted legal territory, but the attorney general recently opined that the president is not obligated to sign the order. And Santos does have a motive for wanting Petro to remain in office, since his ouster would deal a blow to the ongoing government-FARC peace talks going on in Havana, Cuba.
Petro's other, even slighter hope, is in the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, to which the mayor appealed for support. But even if the commission rules that Petro's rights were violated, Colombia is not obligated to obey the order, altho it usually has in the past.
But if nothing unexpected happens, Petro will stay in office until the end of January, when Santos is supposed to appoint a temporary mayor. A special election for a new mayor is to be held in a few months.
By Mike Ceaser, of Bogotá Bike Tours
A steel barrier and riot police protected the Procurador's building this afternoon. |
#Petrosequeda gringo... pongale la firma... LOD BOGOTANOS así lo queremos... Muy a tu pesar
ReplyDelete¿Quién dijo que no quiero que Petro se quede? Pero lo veo dificil...
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